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Happy birthday, Mickey Mouse! The worlds most famous mouse was 79 years old. On November 18, 1928 Mickey Mouse was in his first cartoon film. He is popular with kids everywhere.

He was a symbol of American courage and determination in his first screen image, Steamboat Willie, on Nov. 18, 1928. The film at New Yorks Colony Theatre showed an impolite little animal who takes Captain Peters steamboat on a joyride and runs after Minnie Mouse by making music on the bodies of various farm animals.

Soon Mickey Mouse became a good friend of both young and old people. Children liked to see their lovely friends, because he brought happiness to them.

Mickey is a clean mouse right from the beginning. Perhaps this is why people love Mickey Mouse. In his early life Mickey made some mistakes. People were very angry. They wrote to Disney and said that they did not want Mickey to do wrong things. As there were some things that Mickey could not do, Walt Disney made a new animal named Donald Duck. He also made a dog, Pluto. This dog does foolish things and makes mistakes wherever he goes. Now our Mickey Mouse is not only clean, but more interesting, he came out as a star of beauty and wisdom. Mickey Mouse has his friends in almost every country.

Mickey Mouse arrived on the worlds cultural stage 79 years ago as a skinny but cheerful black-and-white product of the Jazz Age. Now it has become the US icon.

True (T) or False (F):

( )1. Mickey Mouse had never made any mistakes.

( )2. It was the dog Pluto who did foolish things everywhere.

( )3. Mickey Mouse, a star of beauty and wisdom, has become the US icon.

( )4. It is because Mickey Mouse is impolite that people love him.

( )5. Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse 79 years ago.

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