Mouse Soup: (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2) » (Reprint)

Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) was the award-winning author and illustrator of many beloved children's books, including the classic I Can Read books about Frog and Toad, and the Caldecott Medal winning Fables.

A mouse is innocently sitting under a tree reading a book when a weasel grabs him by the tail and puts him in a pot to make mouse soup. The ingenious mouse tells the weasel that soup is not good without any stories in it, and then proceeds to tell him four very silly tales. The tales inspire the weasel to search for additional ingredients for the soup - and while he does, the mouse calmly climbs out of the pot, goes home, and finishes his book in peace.