Belling the Cat |
Morale of the Story: " It is easy to propose impossible remedies. " |
| Long ago, a mice community lived
happily in a big house & enjoyed all the feast. On day to get rid of the mouse's the
family members brought a big cat. She use to eat 3-4 mouse daily. The mouse got worried and had a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy, the Cat. Some said this, and some said that; but at last a young mouse got up and said he had a proposal to make, which he thought would meet the problem. "You will all agree," said he, "that our chief danger consists in the sly and treacherous manner in which the enemy approaches us. Now, if we could receive some signal of her approach, we could easily escape from her. I therefore propose that a small bell attached by a ribbon should be tied round the neck of the Cat. By this means we should always know when she was about, and could easily retire while she was around us." This proposal met with general applause, until an old mouse got up and said: "That is all very well, but who is to bell the Cat?" The mice looked at one another and nobody spoke. When nobody came forward then all the mice decided to leave the house & go somewhere else. At last the old mouse said: "It is easy to propose impossible remedies." |
The End |