No One to Bell The Cat

             Some mice lived in a big house and always did some mischief or other. The master of the house brought in a stout cat for killing them. So the mice could not get out of their holes for fear of being killed. Thus being unable to get any food, they were about to starve and grew lean and thin,

             In this crisis the mice met in a council to find out what to do. But nobody could find out plans to solve the problem. At last a smart young mouse got up. He said, “I have thought of a good plan. It is to tie a bell round the cat’s neck. It will ring at every move of the cat. Its sound will be a signal for us to run away.” The rest of the mice jumped for joy at the idea.

             But after a few minutes a grave old mouse rose and said, “It is a good plan indeed, my dear friends, but which of you will dare to beII the cat ?“

             At these there was silence, for no one wished to risk his life in such an adventure. They left the meeting one by one.

Moral: ‘Things are more easily said than done.’