A bell on the Cat

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A Bell on The Cat

A large family of mice live in a store . There is always food in the store . Another family of mice comes to the store. Soon there are lots and lots of mice in the store.

The storekeeper is not happy about this. He says, “There are too many mice here!” So one day he goes out. He gets a big, black cat. It is hungry and not likes to eat mice.

The mice do not know what to do. “What can we do?” says a mother mouse . “This cat is terrible .It is going to kill us all”.

“We must talk to our president. He always know what to do,” they say. “the cat is going to kill us. We afraid .What can we do?”

The president is a big, old mouse . He says,” We must have a meeting . All the mice must come.”

And so there is a meeting of all the mice .The president of the mice comes in stands up.

“My dear friends.” he says, “we are living in a bad time . A big, black cat is here in our store. This terrible animal wants to eat us all. But my friends, I know what to do. Your president always has the answer . We can put a bell on the cat. That way we can always hear it. And we can run away in time.”

“ Hurrah ” say all mice . “ Our president is very wise ” The mice are all happy . They are all taking about their president. “Isn’t he a wise mouse?” they say. “Isn’t he a good president?”

But then a young mouse speaks . “ Mr. president, “ he says, “I have a question .”

“Yes,” says the president.

“ Please , “ says the young mouse. “ Who is going to put the bell on the cat?”

Not I! Not I! say all the mice . Then they stop talking .They all go a way . The next day, they move out of the store.