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Belling The Cat
Belling The Cat
Long ago, the mice 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 case. "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 venture, therefore, to propose that a small
bell be procured, and attached by a ribbon round the neck of the Cat. By this
means we should always know when she was about, and could easily retire while
she was in the neighbourhood."
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. Then the old mouse said:
"It Is Easy To Propose Impossible Remedies."
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