• Recently, the best young years have surfaced in my memory - these are student years, where such an incident occurred. I don’t know how it is now, but in those days we were sent for potatoes - a wonderful time!
• Having collected all the potatoes that grew in the collective farms, everyone began to study. Here again, good luck! As always happens with us, "unexpectedly" the first frosts struck, and sugar beets remained in the ground.
• For them - trouble, for us - a happy time. We worked hard in Stakhanov's way, and for our hard work we were rewarded with a well-deserved day off.
• Where will you go in the countryside? Only in the forest. And we stomped in single file on a clear October day along the path into the forest. In October, a real frost is rare, but small frosts are common. The earth freezes, flowing and stagnant waters freeze, losing the remnants of summer heat. Slowly we made our way to a small lake, in some places overgrown with reeds and more like a swamp.
• Probably in the summer, a stormy life was in full swing here: crickets chirped, various birds chirped and frogs croaked. And now it seemed that nothing alive was left: everyone flew away, crawled away, galloped away and lay down on the bottom. And then there was a quiet voice, or rather a whisper: "Let's all come here."
• A minute later we looked at the nest, where there were four mice, the size of a bean, blind, but already dressed in thick velvety fur.
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• And only many years later I came across an article from which I learned that the owner of a beautiful house and the mother of tiny babies was a baby mouse.
• It is at this time that more often and easier than in summer, you can meet her nest, similar to a wicker grass ball, with living inhabitants.
• Special mention must be made of the nest.
• At first glance, it looks like a bird, but done differently. It seems to be hanging on the leaves, but it is impossible to remove it, because. woven not on a plant, but from a plant.
• The little mouse is not a burrow, not a burrowing mouse, and it hardly knows how to dig. In summer, she scurries between land and water grasses, on which, shortly before the appearance of offspring, she weaves her round house, the size of a large apple.

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  round house
• With sharp teeth, she cuts the ends of green leaves of reed, cattail or corn (if in the field) into ribbons and weaves a frame out of them - a living continuation of the plant itself. Then he pulls dry or withered leaves into it and dissolves them into narrow ribbons, from which the bottom, walls and roof are made. And for interior decoration weaves thread-fibers from them.
• So it turns out a dense ball, built so skillfully that even after a long rain inside the house it is warm and dry.
• She can make such a nest even under a cabbage head. In the big world of rodents, there are many masters in building dwellings, but the baby mouse from the entire legion is, firstly, the smallest, and secondly, it is among the top ten most skillful builders.
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• Not only can its wicker house not be thrown off, not shaken off by any wind, no elements will bring trouble to its inhabitants.
• The grass fibers are not glued to anything, the cracks are not smeared, but the roof does not leak. The engineering solution of this design could not be simpler - this is a dome.
• There are no drafts in the mouse dwelling, it is not hot in it in the July heat, and the cold cannot get there, despite the fact that there is no door.
• And the thing is that the nest serves only two weeks.
• The mice grow and develop so quickly that after one and a half, two months the cubs become adults.
• Barely opening their eyes, they can already deftly climb the leaves and stems of herbs. We can say that everyone perfectly possesses such abilities, but the baby has everything brought to perfection: an animal, like a bird, can stand on a swinging straw on its hind legs.
• And the mobile and tenacious tail is no worse than that of a monkey. In a blind mouse, which still does not know how to crawl with current, the tip of the tail is already crocheted around a straw or a blade of grass.
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• The little mouse is an excellent swimmer. This is evidenced by her nests found on the islands of swamps and lakes, distant from the coast.
• Outwardly, our heroine looks like a teenager house mouse, but even smaller, graceful and tender. Small round ears and a neat muzzle with a pink nose give this mouse a cute and childish expression. The fur is short, thick, velvety and almost waterproof. The back and sides are brown, and the belly is always pure white.
• The tail is darker than the back and does not appear bare. The incisors are thin, sharp and easily gnaw through a thick cabbage stalk, which you can’t immediately cut even with a thick knife.
• In captivity, babies learn instantly: they build nests, play, eat everything they don’t offer, which they haven’t tried in nature.
• You can read more about domestic rodents.
• Here's how it turns out in life.
• Then we did not stand near the nest for long and decided to get out so that the little mother could return to her tiny babies.

The baby mouse (lat. Micromys minutus) belongs to the Mouse family (Muridae). This is one of the smallest mammals on our planet. It is half the size of the brownie (Mus musculus) and (Apodemus agrarius).

The animal is easily tamed and has an accommodating character, ideal for keeping in an apartment. In natural habitat, it can harm farmers during the years of mass reproduction, which are usually subject to a three-year cycle.

The species was first described in 1771 by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas as Mus minutus. In the last decade, the accepted systematics has raised doubts among scientists involved in its study. Despite its outward resemblance to mice, it is genetically closer to rats. This conclusion was reached in 2008 by geneticists from the Institute of Biology at the Free University in Berlin.

Spreading

The baby mouse is common in most of Eurasia. On the European continent, its range extends from the south of England and from the north of Spain to Finland, occupying almost the entire territory of Central and Eastern Europe, with the exception of highland areas. There are isolated populations in the Alps and the Balkans.

The rodent is found in Ukraine, the southern regions of Russia, Turkey and the Middle East. The Asian population inhabits the steppe and forest-steppe zones from Central Asia to the northern regions of Mongolia, Korea and Japan. In the north, the range boundary runs south of the 65th parallel. In China, the species is distributed west of Yunnan Province.

In mountainous areas, baby mice are observed at altitudes up to 1700 m above sea level.

They willingly settle in meadows with high grassy vegetation, thickets of reeds, reeds and bamboo. They can often be found on cultivated land with crops, especially in rice and wheat fields.

Behavior

Representatives of this species lead a solitary lifestyle. Each adult animal has its own home area of ​​about 90-100 square meters. m. As a rule, the possessions of several animals intersect.

On one hectare live from 30 to 200 rodents. With an abundance of food supply, their density increases to 1000 individuals. Males and females meet only for mating, the rest of the time they try to stay away.

In winter, up to 5,000 animals sometimes hibernate in a haystack at the same time.

The structure of the legs allows them to briskly climb thin branches and stems of plants. Animals can be active around the clock, but they become most active at dusk and before dawn. After a three-hour search for prey, they take a break for 30-40 minutes.

The baby mouse often gets to lunch with birds of prey and mammals. Its main natural enemies are owls (Strigiformes), snakes (Serpentes), foxes (Vulpes), (Felis silvestris) and (Mustela nivalis). Noticing a predator, the mouse freezes motionless and only at the last moment rushes to flight.

Food

The basis of the diet is seeds and green young shoots of various plants. Insects and their larvae are eaten to a lesser extent. These are mainly butterflies (Lepidoptera), caterpillars, (Grylloidea), (Tettigonioidea) and locusts (Acrididae).

In summer, food of animal origin predominates, and in winter, the baby mouse almost completely switches to grain. Bacteria living in the caecum help her digest the cellulose-rich food. With their help, it is possible to absorb up to 80% of plant foods.

When the opportunity arises, the little animals will not deny themselves the pleasure of eating bird eggs or hatched chicks.

reproduction

Puberty in baby mice occurs at the age of 40-50 days, and in captivity with good care even a little earlier. The mating season runs from April to September. During the season, under favorable conditions, one female manages to bring offspring from two to six times. Immediately after mating, she drives her chosen one away. Fathers do not take part in the upbringing of offspring.

With a high population density, males are aggressive towards each other and arrange fierce fights among themselves for the right to continue the genus.

Shortly before giving birth, the expectant mother builds a spherical nest of soft blades of grass in tall grass or on a bush at a height of about 100 cm from the soil surface. Its diameter is 5-7 cm. A skilled builder manages to build a cozy nest in one night.

Pregnancy lasts 17-18 days. In one litter there are 3-8, maximum 13 naked and blind cubs, which after their birth weigh about 1 g. Their eyes open after 8-10 days, and after another week milk feeding stops. By this point, the mice are gaining weight about 4 grams.

Mortality among infants in wild nature very high. By the age of one month, no more than 40% of mice survive.

Given the size and habits of this rodent, it needs a cage with a volume of 40x40x80 cm. This is quite enough so that it can satisfy its needs of climbing plants in an upright position.

Ears of wheat, oats, rye or millet are best suited. Particular attention should be paid to the fact that they are not previously subjected to any chemical treatment. In their absence, you can take the dry stems of any other herbs.

The walls of the cage must be made of a metal mesh with cells up to 6 mm to prevent the pet from escaping. A small layer of sand, peat or coconut substrate is placed at the bottom. It is recommended to use pottery, coconut shells or hay as a shelter. Be sure to install a feeder and drinking bowls with fresh drinking water.

Mice can be fed ready-made food for hamsters, budgerigars or canaries.

They willingly eat millet and any small grains. Meal worms, gammarus or crickets should be given daily. Cottage cheese and bread are given occasionally and in small quantities. Greens, pieces of carrots and ripe fruits should be added to food every day.

Description

The body length of adults is 54-68 mm, tail 51-69 mm. Weight ranges from 5 to 11 g. Males are slightly smaller and lighter than females. The fur is thick and soft.

The basis of the background color is brownish, red-brown or yellow-brown, it serves as an excellent camouflage among dry grass. The abdomen is cream or whitish-gray. The bald tail is brownish or reddish brown.

Large dark eyes are located on the sides of the head and are adapted to see in the dark. Large, rounded ears are at the back of the skull. At the tip of the muzzle are sensitive vibrissae.

The limbs are well developed, with five toes on the paws. The hind legs are comparatively short.

A baby mouse in the wild rarely lives more than 8 months. In captivity, some record holders live up to 3-4 years.

In the east dwells the amazing little animal- a tiny mouse. The name of this species is fully consistent with its size.

THE SMALLEST MOUSE

The baby mouse is the smallest rodent in the world, and together with the pygmy shrew and the tiny shrew, it is the smallest mammal on the planet. The body length of this mouse is only 11-13 cm, and almost half of it falls on a long tail. The mass of an adult male is not more than 16 g, a newborn mouse - a little less than 1 g. A flat muzzle with short ears, along with bright reddish fur on the back and sides of the body, distinguishes the baby mouse from other small rodents.

Along the river valleys, this species penetrates far to the north - to the Polar Urals and Yakutia, and in the Central Caucasus lives in alpine and subalpine meadows at an altitude of up to 2200 m. The baby mouse lives primarily in wet meadows near rivers, along the edges of forests, and sometimes settles in fields, rice paddies and hayfields. It is extremely difficult to see her and watch her. And the point is not only in small sizes, but also in the amazing ability of this animal to hide and hide its presence. More often, a baby mouse is seen by chance, having frightened her not far from the nest, or in winter, when the animals gather in groups.

LITTLE MONKEY

Most of the time, the baby mouse spends in thickets of tall grasses, where it climbs superbly along the stems, and sometimes even along the branches of shrubs. With such a small weight and a long prehensile tail, this is not difficult. The tail is very mobile, easily clinging to stems and small branches, and the baby mouse moves like a tiny monkey. The similarity is enhanced by the fact that the animals can jump short distances from stem to stem.

NEST ON STILTS

The nest does not have a special entrance, and the female, each time climbing into it, makes the passage again. Leaving the nest, she necessarily closes the hole. In this way, she improves camouflage and reduces the risk that any predator will find her offspring. At the same time, on the territory of a mouse pair there may be one more or several more simply arranged residential balls-houses, which parents use for rest and shelter.

Mice develop very quickly and reach sexual maturity by about 40 days of age, and if conditions are favorable, they themselves acquire offspring in the same year.

FUNNY ANIMAL

The baby mouse is active all day, every three hours a short sleep and feeding replace each other. The animals are very sensitive to overheating and try to avoid direct sunlight, so they are usually nocturnal in summer, while in winter they are more active during the day. To avoid enemies, the baby mouse moves slowly and carefully, often freezing behind the stem of the plant. If the danger persists, a cautious rodent may even fall sharply down, hiding in the shade on the ground.

The baby mouse feeds on all available seeds and fruits, and in the fall it sometimes makes small stocks of grain that will come in handy in the coldest days. After all, for the winter, the animals do not hibernate. In search of food, they roam under the snow, but not far from the "winter apartment". This is just a well-arranged burrow or ground shelter - among deadwood, under stacks and haystacks. If the winter is very severe, the animals move into the buildings of man.

In the cold season, males and females live separately, uniting in pairs only for breeding, but in the most favorable places for wintering, for example, in haystacks or granaries, they form clusters of up to 5 thousand individuals.

A SHORT, DANGEROUS LIFE

In nature, the life expectancy of baby mice is very small - up to a maximum of 1.5 years, but usually no more than 6 months. According to European scientists, 95% of all animals in the population die in winter. The main causes of mortality are cold or damp weather, sudden frosts, and predators such as weasels, stoats, foxes, cats, owls, and crows. At the same time, in captivity, animals can live up to 5 years. Peaks in the number of baby mice occur, as a rule, every 3 years, after which there is a gradual decrease with subsequent growth. In nature, populations of this rodent are characterized by an extremely high reproduction rate, but at the same time a very low survival rate. The baby mouse in some European countries is classified as a species that requires protection due to the gradual decline in their numbers. As the main threats to this species, researchers note the ever-increasing intensification of agriculture and, as a result, the destruction of potential habitats, as well as the generally poor knowledge of the ecology of this species.

BABY MOUSE IN THE FOOD CHAIN

The main food of the baby mouse is the seeds of various herbs, primarily cereals and legumes, fruits of trees and grains of cultivated plants. In summer, the animals also willingly eat small insects, such as butterflies, moths and grasshoppers, and their larvae.

NUTRITION OF THE BABY MOUSE

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In the second half of June, in sparse mixed and birch forests, on forest edges and slopes, in steppe meadows, a herbaceous perennial blooms - meadow rank. On tall, up to 1 m, thin stems, brushes of bright yellow moth flowers light up among many small leaves and tendrils. Soon they will turn into beans. This plant from the legume family is loved by sheep, horses, geese. Meadow nina, like many other legumes, is very nutritious: it contains a lot of ascorbic acid, carotene and vitamin P, microelements. And, despite the bitter taste, the baby mouse gladly includes it in its diet.

OATS

An obligatory dish of a baby mouse is grains of cultivated cereals. For example, oats. The fruits of this plant are distinguished by the optimal percentage of carbohydrates, proteins, fats and vitamins of the B complex. Oats contain the protein necessary for the body to grow and repair tissues. Soluble fiber lowers blood cholesterol levels, protecting the cardiovascular system. Vitamins and minerals are involved in important metabolic processes in the body. It is no coincidence that a person uses oats as a dietary product and includes convalescents in the diet. The mouse, although it does not know about the chemical composition of the cereal, appreciates it, perhaps, more than a person.

ENEMIES OF THE LITTLE MOUSE

WEASEL

This smallest representative of mustelids is a formidable enemy for a baby mouse. Agile and agile, runs fast, crawls through the narrowest cracks and holes. This bloodthirsty animal sometimes lays up to 30 voles and mice in reserve! There is no escape for small rodents either on the surface or in the mink from this predator. In bird eggs, she makes several holes and sucks out the contents. In search of food, a hardy animal runs up to 2 km per day. Weasel skillfully moves under the snow and swims well. This animal is bold. So, the weasel desperately defends its nest, no matter how great the danger. Sometimes the weasel copes even with the bird of prey that attacked it itself, gnawing its throat in flight.

COMMON FOX

Mice and voles make up about three-quarters of this predator's diet. There is even a special term for fox hunting for small rodents - mouse. The ability of the fox to change food depending on the habitat is amazing. In the southern regions of Europe, she eats reptiles, in the Far East, near rivers, - salmon fish, near the coast - sea emissions (from mollusks to large mammals). In the taiga it attacks large birds and even young ungulates. She deftly grabs the beetles flying past, and after the rain she collects earthworms. Be sure to add fruits, fruits and berries to meat food. But the hare becomes prey only during the period of starvation, the fox chases him very rarely.

Tawny Owl

This is one of the most common owls in temperate latitudes. It prefers to get food in forest clearings, forest edges and in floodplain habitats, especially at twilight and at night. The main food of the owls is small mammals, which the owl detects with the help of exceptionally sensitive hearing. At the same time, in absolute darkness, the error when throwing at prey is no more than one degree.

In nature, in years of high abundance, the baby mouse can harm crops. In addition, it is a natural carrier of pathogens of various diseases: tick-borne encephalitis, tularemia, leptospirosis, etc.

Unlike many other mice, this animal is very convenient and pleasant to keep at home. The secretions of these mice have almost no specific odor. The animals are a little shy, they are well tamed and are not demanding on food, and observing their behavior can bring a lot of joy and vivid impressions to an attentive naturalist.

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF

Class: mammals.
Order: rodents.
Family: mice.
Genus: baby mice.
Kind: baby mouse.
Latin name: Micromysminutus.
Size: body length - 5-7 cm, tail - up to 6 cm.
Weight: no more than 10 g.
Colouration: reddish-brown back, white belly.
The life span of a baby mouse: in nature - up to 1.5 years, but more often up to 6 months, in captivity - up to 5 years.

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Appearance

The smallest of the rodents in Europe and one of the smallest mammals on Earth (only shrews are smaller than it - a tiny shrew and a pygmy shrew). Body length 5.5-7 cm, tail - up to 6.5 cm; the total length reaches up to 13 centimeters; an adult male weighs 7-10 grams, and a newborn mouse is an incomplete gram. The tail is very mobile, prehensile, capable of wrapping itself around stems and thin branches; hind legs are prehensile. The coloration is noticeably brighter than that of the house mouse. The coloration of the back is monophonic, brownish-buff or reddish, sharply demarcated from the white or light gray abdomen. Unlike other mice, the muzzle of the baby mouse is blunt, shortened, and the ears are small. The northern and western subspecies are darker and redder.

Spreading

The baby mouse is widespread in the forest and forest-steppe zones of Eurasia - from northwestern Spain to Korea. Found in the south of Great Britain. In the north, the boundary of the range reaches 65 ° N. sh.; in the south - to Ciscaucasia, Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia (Khentei), the Far East. The range also occupies the east of China to the province of Yunnan, Taiwan, and southern Japan.

In Russia, it is found from the western borders to Transbaikalia and Primorye. The northern border of the range goes from the coast of the Baltic Sea, Rugozera region (Karelia), gg. Onega, Syktyvkar through the Northern Urals, the lower reaches of the river. Poluy (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug), Yakutsk to the south to the Amur-Zeya plateau. The southern border runs along Western (including Transcarpathia) and Southern Ukraine and the foothills of the Greater Caucasus; along the Black Sea coast - to Kobuleti, along the Volga - to Astrakhan. To the east, the border runs approximately along the line Uralsk - Lake. Kurgaldzhin - Semipalatinsk, captures the Zaisan and Alakol basins, the Altai-Sayan mountainous country and Transbaikalia.

Lifestyle

The baby mouse inhabits the southern part of the forest and forest-steppe zone, penetrating along the river valleys almost to the Arctic Circle. In the mountains it rises up to 2200 m above sea level (the central part of the Greater Caucasus Range). Prefers open and semi-open habitats with high herbage. It is most numerous in tall grass meadows, including floodplain, in subalpine and alpine meadows, on quagmire, among rare shrub thickets, weeds on wastelands, on fallow lands, hayfields and borders. In Italy and East Asia, it is found in rice paddies.

Activity round the clock, intermittent with alternating periods of feeding and sleep. The baby mouse is sensitive to overheating and avoids direct sunlight. A characteristic behavioral feature of the baby mouse is movement along the stems of plants in search of food, as well as the location of the summer nest. The mouse builds on herbaceous plants (sedge, reed) and undersized shrubs round nests with a diameter of 6-13 cm. The nest is located at a height of 40-100 cm. It is intended for breeding offspring and consists of two layers. The outer layer consists of the leaves of the same plant to which the nest is attached; internal - from softer material. There is no entrance - each time, climbing inside, the female makes a new hole, and leaving, closes it up, and does so until the cubs become independent. Ordinary residential nests are simpler. In autumn and winter, baby mice often move into simple holes, haystacks and stacks, sometimes into human buildings; laying snow trenches. However, unlike other mice, baby mice do not reproduce under such conditions, bringing offspring only in summer in above-ground nests. They do not hibernate.

Baby mice are poorly social, meeting in pairs only during the breeding season or in large groups (up to 5000 individuals) in winter, when rodents accumulate in haystacks and granaries. With the onset of heat, adults become aggressive towards each other; males in captivity fight fiercely.

Food

It feeds mainly on seeds of cereals, legumes, broad-leaved tree species, and fruits. In summer, it willingly eats insects and their larvae. Doesn't appear to stock. Mice that settle near fields and granaries eat grains of cereals, oats, millet, corn, sunflowers, and other cultivated plants.

reproduction

During the period from April to September, the female brings 2-3 litters, 5-9 (sometimes up to 13) cubs in each. A separate above-ground nest is built for each brood. Pregnancy lasts at least 17-18 days, if it is combined with lactation - up to 21 days. Mice are born naked, blind and deaf, weighing 0.7-1 g, but they grow and develop very quickly. They begin to see clearly on the 8-10th day, leave the nest by the 15-16th day, and reach sexual maturity by the 35-45th day. The young of the first litter breed already in the year of birth.

Life expectancy in nature is very short, a maximum of 16-18 months, while most individuals live only 6 months. In captivity, they live up to 3 years.

conservation status

The baby mouse is universally few in number; the number is declining due to the anthropogenic transformation of natural landscapes. Populations appear to be subject to 3-year fluctuations. There are centers of mass reproduction of these rodents in the North Caucasus and Primorye, where they cause some harm to grain crops. In other regions, they are not of great economic importance.

The baby mouse is a natural carrier of pathogens of tick-borne encephalitis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, tularemia and leptospirosis.

In captivity, it is peaceful, well tamed, lives up to 2-3 years. This is one of the few types of mice that are well suited for indoor keeping.

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An excerpt characterizing the Baby Mouse

Prince Hippolyte carried her purse over to her, followed her, and, drawing an armchair close to her, sat down beside her.
Le charmant Hippolyte [Charming Hippolyte] was striking in his extraordinary resemblance to his beautiful sister, and even more so because, despite the resemblance, he was strikingly ugly. His features were the same as those of his sister, but with her everything was illuminated by a cheerful, self-satisfied, young, unchanging smile of life and an extraordinary, ancient beauty of the body; my brother, on the other hand, had the same face clouded with idiocy and invariably expressed self-confident peevishness, while his body was thin and weak. Eyes, nose, mouth - everything seemed to shrink into one indefinite and boring grimace, and arms and legs always assumed an unnatural position.
- Ce n "est pas une histoire de revenants? [Is this not a ghost story?] - he said, sitting down next to the princess and hastily attaching his lorgnette to his eyes, as if without this instrument he could not start talking.
- Mais non, mon cher, [Not at all,] - shrugging his shoulders, said the surprised narrator.
- C "est que je deteste les histoires de revenants, [The fact is that I can't stand ghost stories,]" he said in such a tone that it was clear, "he said these words, and then he realized that they meant.
Due to the self-confidence with which he spoke, no one could understand whether what he said was very smart or very stupid. He was in a dark green tailcoat, in trousers of the color cuisse de nymphe effrayee, [thighs of a frightened nymph,] as he himself said, in stockings and shoes.
Vicomte [Viscount] spoke very nicely about the anecdote that was then circulating that the Duke of Enghien secretly went to Paris to meet with m lle George, [Mademoiselle Georges,] and that there he met Bonaparte, who also enjoyed the favors of the famous actress, and that there, having met with the duke, Napoleon accidentally fell into the faint to which he was subject, and was in the power of the duke, which the duke did not take advantage of, but that Bonaparte subsequently avenged the death of the duke for this generosity.
The story was very sweet and interesting, especially in the place where the rivals suddenly recognize each other, and the ladies seemed to be in a flurry.
- Charmant, [Charming,] - said Anna Pavlovna, looking inquiringly at the little princess.
“Charmant,” whispered the little princess, sticking a needle into her work, as if to signify that the interest and charm of the story prevented her from continuing her work.
The viscount appreciated this silent praise and, smiling gratefully, began to continue; but at that moment Anna Pavlovna, who kept looking at the young man, who was terrible for her, noticed that he was talking too hotly and loudly with the abbot, and hurried to the rescue to a dangerous place. Indeed, Pierre managed to strike up a conversation with the abbot about political equilibrium, and the abbot, apparently interested in the young man's ingenuous ardor, developed his favorite idea before him. Both listened and spoke too animatedly and naturally, and Anna Pavlovna did not like this.
“The remedy is the European equilibrium and the droit des gens [international law],” said the abbot. - It is worth one powerful state, like Russia, glorified for barbarism, to become disinterestedly at the head of an alliance aimed at the balance of Europe - and it will save the world!
How do you find such a balance? - Pierre began; but at that moment Anna Pavlovna came up and, looking sternly at Pierre, asked the Italian how he endured the local climate. The Italian's face suddenly changed and took on an offensively feigned sweet expression, which, apparently, was familiar to him in conversation with women.
“I am so fascinated by the charms of the mind and education of society, especially the female one, into which I had the good fortune to be accepted, that I have not yet had time to think about the climate,” he said.
Without releasing the abbe and Pierre, Anna Pavlovna, for the convenience of observation, added them to the general circle.

At that moment, a new face entered the living room. The new face was the young Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, the husband of the little princess. Prince Bolkonsky was short, a very handsome young man with definite and dry features. Everything in his figure, from the tired, bored look to the quiet measured step, represented the sharpest contrast with his small, lively wife. He, apparently, was not only familiar with everyone in the drawing room, but he was so tired of it that it was very boring for him to look at them and listen to them. Of all the faces that bored him, the face of his pretty wife seemed to bore him the most. With a grimace that ruined his handsome face, he turned away from her. He kissed Anna Pavlovna's hand and, screwing up his eyes, looked around the whole company.
Vous vous enrolez pour la guerre, mon prince? [Are you going to war, prince?] said Anna Pavlovna.
- Le general Koutouzoff, - said Bolkonsky, striking on the last syllable zoff, like a Frenchman, - a bien voulu de moi pour aide de camp ... [General Kutuzov wants me to be his adjutant.]
– Et Lise, votre femme? [And Lisa, your wife?]
She will go to the village.
“How is it not a sin for you to deprive us of your lovely wife?”
- Andre, [Andrei,] - said his wife, addressing her husband in the same coquettish tone that she addressed to outsiders, - what a story the viscount told us about m lle Georges and Bonaparte!
Prince Andrei closed his eyes and turned away. Pierre, who had not taken his joyful, friendly eyes from the moment Prince Andrei entered the living room, went up to him and took his hand. Prince Andrei, without looking back, wrinkled his face into a grimace, expressing annoyance at the one who touched his hand, but, seeing Pierre's smiling face, he smiled an unexpectedly kind and pleasant smile.
- That's how! ... And you are in the big world! he said to Pierre.
“I knew you would,” Pierre answered. "I'll come and have dinner with you," he added quietly, so as not to disturb the viscount, who continued his story. - Can?
“No, you can’t,” said Prince Andrei, laughing, shaking hands letting Pierre know that there was no need to ask this.
He wanted to say something else, but at that time Prince Vasily and his daughter got up, and two young men got up to give them way.
“Excuse me, my dear viscount,” said Prince Vasily to the Frenchman, gently pulling him by the sleeve down to the chair so that he would not get up. “This unfortunate feast at the Messenger’s is depriving me of my pleasure and interrupting you. I am very sad to leave your delightful evening,” he said to Anna Pavlovna.
His daughter, Princess Helen, lightly holding the folds of her dress, went between the chairs, and the smile shone even brighter on her beautiful face. Pierre looked with almost frightened, enthusiastic eyes at this beauty when she passed him.

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The smallest mouse on Earth lives in the forests and forest-steppes of Europe and Asia. She was called so - a baby mouse. The length of her body does not exceed 7 centimeters, and the weight is 5-7 grams. Baby mice are so small that they can climb up a spikelet like a tree trunk. In the weave of tall grasses, at a distance of about 1 meter from the ground, our baby builds a nest in the form of a ball in which a whole mouse family will live.

Try to find in books, on Internet sites, what the nest actually looks like. Does your drawing look like a real baby mouse nest?