"I'm sorry, Alfred. It's too dangerous here. I want to go home" says Jack. "Would you like some cheese?" asks Alfred.

"No, thank you. I want to go home. I've got lots of grass at home," says Jack.

Two mice are friends. Alfred is a town mouse and Jack is a country mouse.

One day Alfred visits Jack in the country. Alfred is very surprised. Jack hasn't got a house. He hasn't got a car. And he eats grass! Alfred wants to show Jack the town. There are shops, houses and restaurants with nice food.

But Jack soon finds that the town is dangerous, too! What happens when Jack goes to town? Read and see!

In this Reader you will find:

Games and language activities | An audio recording of the story and the song | A picture dictionary

The Multi-ROM CD that accompanies the Young ELI Readers adds a new, digital dimension to reading in class with an interactive whiteboard (IWB), to reading in the school multimedia centre or to reading at home on the PC.

The Multi-ROM CD allows children to:

follow fun animations of the story; listen to the recordings on either a conventional CD player or a PC; do engaging, interactive and auto-correcting exercises.