Fable of The Cat And The Mice

A large number of mice lived in a garden. They loved the garden because there was a grocer’s store near it. They fed on the grain, cheese and biscuit in his store.

In the same garden lived cat. It caught the mice whenever it could and made a meal of them.

The mice called a meeting to tackle the cat problem and decided to hang a bell around its neck. That way, whenever the cat came close they would be warned.

Now came the question of who would bell the cat. Not a single mouse was brave enough. And so they had to endure the cruel cat.

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