The Mouse（在线收听）

    A philosophical mouse spoke loudly in praise of nature's goodness for having made mice such particular objects of her regard and preservation．“For，”she said，“one half of us are provided by her with wings；so that if all here below were extirpated by Grimalkin，she could easily restore our extinguished race by means of bats．”
    The good little mouse knew not that there were also flying cats．And thus does our pride chiefly rest on ignorance．Exercises：
    回答下列问题：
    ① Why did the philosophical mouse speak loudly in praise of nature's goodness？
    ② Were there any flying cats？
    ③ What leads to pride？