JACK'S WINNING WORDS 12/19/06
“Who will bell the cat?” (Aesop’s Fables) Many a plan has just one flaw. No one has the courage to try it. I think I’ll blog the fable so that you can read about the little mice and the cat. Maybe it will give you courage to do what needs to be done. ;-) Jack
Aesop's Fables BELLING THE CAT The Little Mice Plan to Bell the CatBelieve me, said a youthful mouse,That cat makes too much fuss,The silly thing just sits and waitsto capture one of us.You're right, a peer said, looking grim,I find the cat disgusting,You never know just where she is!No wonder we're mistrusting.Quickly a committee formedAnd came up with an answer!A bell around the kitty's neckWould neutralize the cancer!The crowd rejoiced: OUR PROBLEM'S SOLVED!But Grandma Mouse looked leery,She sighed a tired sigh and said:I've just one simple query.Who'll be the one to volunteerTo go and bell the kitty?And all kept perfect silence then,Especially the committee.MORAL: Many a plan has just one flaw: No onehas the courage to try it.
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"Then Uncle Mouse, an urbane relative who was visiting from the metropolis, stepped forward and suggested, "Why don't we bring in one of those big rats from New York City to do it?"
Then, while Uncle Mouse pulled out his cell phone and called New York, the other mice accessed the internet to buy a bell from ebay.
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