The Bell

  There were a lot of mice in a house . The man of the house got a cat . The cat killed many of the mice . Then the oldest....

The Bell 

There were a lot of mice in a house . The man of the house got a cat . The cat killed many of the mice . Then the oldest mouse said: "All mice must come to my hole tonight and we will think what we can do about this cat."

All the mice came . Many mice spoke, but none knew what to do . At last a young mouse stood up and said: "We must put a bell on the cat.

Then, when the cat comes near , we'll hear the bell and run away and hide . So the cat will never catch any more mice."
Then the old mouse asked: "Who will put the bell on the cat?" No mouse answered.

He waited, but still, no one answered . At last, he said: "It is not hard to say things , but it is harder to do them."