Hospitality Rules from the Nice Mice and the Rude Rat

In the home of Mrs. Mouse she had two young children. Mrs. Mouse had two mice, a boy and a girl. The children were very nice and well mannered to their mother and others. The kids were always saying please and thank you when asking and receiving things. It was the first day of school and the two young mice were waiting for the bus at the local bus stop. There is where they met the rude rat who lived down the street. When the two mice saw him they greeted him with a friendly hello like they knew they should. That rude rat just snarled at them and turned their back. The nice mice didn't like this but they just let it go because they didn't want to start a fight. The bus arrived and just as the mice were about to offer to let the rat go through first he barged through them and got on the bus. The two mice didn't mind him and got on the bus. They greeting the bus driver with a good-morning and a friendly hello. The bus driver was pleasantly surprised to see these cheerful pair of mice. The boy mouse joined his friend in one seat and the girl joined her friend in the other. The young girl became curious of where that rude mouse went. When she looked up she saw him in the very back seat of the bus all alone. The girl felt bad that he was sitting alone and knew that her friend she was sitting with now was very popular and would have plenty of people to sit next to her, so at the next stop she moved. The young girl mouse went all the way to the back and plopped down next to that rude mouse with a smile. She greeted him and again was ignored and snarled at. Finally the young mouse asked him why he was being so rude. He finally responded to her by asking what she meant. She then told him that he didn't great them back at the bus stop, like he should have. He also didn't even offer to let someone get on the bus before him or even greet the bus driver, like he should have. He gave her a blank stare because he didn't understand what he was supposed to do. He wondered why no one wanted to sit with him and why everyone put their backpack next to them when he passed. The young mousse explained that simply smiling, saying hello, and small acts of kindness will make people want to be your friend and sit with you. Then by the young mouses surprise, that rude rat stuck his hand out and smiled, "Hello!". That rude rat was not very rude anymore.