The cat and some mice
The cat and some mice
Once some mice were
having a good time in the house of a rich man. They always roamed about crying
and leaping even biting the children. The owner of the house brought a cat to
drive them away. The mice fell in great problem. So they could not move about
freely. At last they hit upon a plan to get rid of the cat and held a meeting.
The speakers discussed the problem of the cat and made different proposals but
none of the proposals was good enough to accept. Then the meeting was about to
finish but they could not find out any solution of the problem. Suddenly a
young mouse stood up and said, “Let us tie a bell round the cat’s need. Then we
will be able to hear him coming and save ourselves in time.”
All the mice
praised the idea and thanked the young mouse. But an old mouse thought about
the idea seriously, stood up and said, “Dear friends, listen to me. No doubt,
the idea is good but who is going to bell the cat?” But nobody came forward to do this difficult
task. At last the meeting came to an end and the mice felt helpless.
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