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Chapter 2 - The Elephants and The Mice - 1

Only the mice in the city decided to stay back.

Even without any resldents, the natural

vegetation in the city supplied enough food

for the mice that they decided to stay back.

The city was lined with a lot of fruit trees. They

Couid how eat a variety of fruits and

vegetables that grew in the city. Slowly, the

mice grew in number and the entire city

turned into a city of mice!

Several generations started living together in

the city. There were grandparents, parents,

uncles, aunts, cousins and lots and lots of

baby mice. It was one large mice family. Ihey

held their own festivals and get-togethers.

They took great care of each other, in sickness

and in health.

Far away from the city, there was a very dense

Torest. A huge river Used to pass through the

forest, supplying clean water to all the

animals staying in the jungle. Amongst the

animals, there was a big herd of elephants.

The elephants stayed in harmony with other

animals in the Jungle. The jungle provided

them with ample food, water, and shelter.

During one summer, the river ran dry due to

very less rain. The animals in the forest

started dying of thirst. The Queen of the

elephant herd asked all the young elephants

to go in all directions in search of water. After

a few days, one of the elephants came back to

the Queen Elephant and told her about the

lake near the mice city. The Queen Elephant

at once ordered the herd to leave the forest

and move towards the lake.