In the original tale, a proud Rellenar huecos (1): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBhJXUwMDFkJXUwMDBk  mouse visits his Rellenar huecos (2): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA2JXUwMDFhJXUwMDA3 in the Rellenar huecos (3): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDFhJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA2JXUwMDBi .

The Rellenar huecos (4): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDFhJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA2JXUwMDBi mouse offers the Rellenar huecos (5): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBhJXUwMDFkJXUwMDBk mouse a meal of simple country cuisine, at which the visitor scoffs and invites the country mouse back to the city for a taste of the "fine life" and the two cousins dine on white bread and other fine foods.

But their rich feast is interrupted by a Rellenar huecos (6): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDAyJXUwMDE1 which forces the rodent cousins to abandon their meal and retreat back into their mouse hole for safety.

Rellenar huecos (7): JXUwMDFiJXUwMDJhJXUwMDFkJXUwMDBk mouse tells Rellenar huecos (8): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDFhJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA2JXUwMDBi mouse that the Rellenar huecos (9): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDAyJXUwMDE1 killed his mother and father and that he is frequently the target of attacks.

After hearing this, the Rellenar huecos (10): JXUwMDNiJXUwMDBjJXUwMDFhJXUwMDFiJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA2JXUwMDBi mouse decides to return home, preferring security to opulence or, as the 13th-century preacher Odo of Cheriton phrased it, "I'd rather gnaw a bean than be gnawed by continual fear".