The Hungry Mouse Story

Kids, do you want to read beautiful and adventurous stories? Then buckle up. We have brought you the Hungry mouse story moral. Do you like to know the story of a greedy mouse, a tiny animal like Jerry? If yes, let us dive into the hungry mouse story to find out what the hungry mouse does.

After reading the hungry mouse story, you will know that greed does not benefit anyone, even if you work harder to get something. So, read this story with your parents and spend beautiful free time together. You can also download the hungry mouse story PDF for free from Vedantu.

The hungry mouse

The Hungry Mouse

Once there was a mouse. She was having a tough time because of not being able to find any food for days. So, the little creature started searching for food everywhere. But alas! the mouse could not find any. So, it also looked in every hole in search of food. But those were empty too. So, all her effort went in vain.

The mouse, due to not eating for days, had grown thin. So, one day, she went out to look for food again. Suddenly, she found a big basket placed on the floor. When the mouse saw that, she thought there must be food in the basket. So, she went closer and closer to the basket. But she made sure that no one saw her.

When she went to the basket, she found it filled with corn. But she thought, ‘how can I get inside?’ Since the basket was big, she could not jump into it. Most importantly, due to not eating, the mouse was not as strong as it used to be. “How can I get in?” She told herself.

Though she could not find a way to get in the basket, she kept looking. Suddenly, she saw a tiny hole in the basket. She thought she could get inside the basket by using the hole. So, she waited no more and started to go into the basket through the hole.

After getting into the basket, she saw that the basket was full of corn. She could eat it for days. So, she started eating the corn. The next day, she ate a little more, then a little more, and she kept eating the corn.

One day she realised that she had eaten more than she needed. So once she became satisfied (being pleased with something after getting in a large amount) by overeating corn, she decided to come out of the basket. But the mouse had grown so fat after overeating corn that she could not escape through the tiny hole.

The mouse became scared and screamed, “Oh God! I am stuck! Please let me come out. How can I come out of here?” At this time, a rat was passing by the basket. He heard the mouse screaming in fear. He stopped to see what was happening and asked the mouse, “What happened?”

The mouse said, “I am stuck here. I cannot get out using the hole.” So she told the story to the rat too and asked him to give him a solution. But the rat told him, “Well, if you want to come out of the basket, wait to become thin again. That is the only way you can come out through the hole,” and he went away.

Now, the mouse could not find any other way but to wait for days to become thin again. So she stayed inside the basket without eating anything even though there was still a lot of corn left.

Moral

Too much greed is never good for anyone. 

Summary

The Hungry Mouse is a story about a mouse who takes the drastic step of getting into a sack full of corn to get something to eat.  But she becomes so fat that she cannot come out and stays stuck inside. This story is about the mouse’s greed. Had she not become so greedy, she would have been able to free herself. This story is an excellent example of teaching kids how harmful greed is.

Conclusion

Kids love to read short stories with their parents and friends. But if the stories they read can teach them something, what is better than that? Though there are many stories you can find to read to kids, you can consider reading them the hungry mouse story in English.

If you do not have the time, consider reading them the hungry mouse story summary and ask them to read the entire story if they want. Teaching these stories to kids can help them fall in love with reading storybooks more.