Outline.
A cat kills many
mice every day --- they discuss how to protect themselves --- many proposal ---
“to tie a bell round the cat’s neck” --- “but now?” --- all silent.
Once a cat
happened to discover a colony of rats in a certain field. Whenever she felt hungry,
she went there. She killed as many rats as she liked, and ate them up.
They were anxious
to get rid of her somehow. They held a meeting, one day. They discussed many
proposals. One of these was to tie a bell round the cat’s neck. They began to
dance with joy, as soon as they heard that. But the president was wiser than
the rest of them. “The proposal, “said he, is very nice indeed. But tell me
who, amongst you, will bell the cat?” none could dare offer his services. So
the meeting ended in great disappointment.