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Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:57:34 +0000 |
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1 long ago the mice had a general council to consider what measures they could take to outwit their common enemy the cat
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2 some said this and some said that
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3 but at last a young mouse got up and said he had a proposal to make which he thought would meet the case
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4 you will all agree
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5 said he
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6 that our chief danger consists in the sly and treacherous manner in which the enemy approaches us
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7 now if we could receive some signal of her approach we could easily escape from her
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8 i venture therefore to propose that a small bell be procured and attached by a ribbon round the neck of the cat
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9 by this means we should always know when she was about and could easily retire while she was in the neighbourhood
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10 this proposal met with general applause until an old mouse got up and said
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11 that is all very well but who is to bell the cat
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12 the mice looked at one another and nobody spoke
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