Let's Read Aesop's Fables - Belling the Cat

Belling the Cat

The mice once called a meeting to decide on  a plan to free themselves of their enemy,  

the cat. At least they wished to find some way  of knowing when she was coming so they might  

have time to run away. Indeed, something had to  be done, for they lived in such constant fear of  

her claws that they hardly dared stir from their  dens by night or day. Many plans were discussed,  

but none of them was thought good enough.  At last, a very young mouse got up and said,  

"I have a plan that seems very simple, but I know  it will be successful. All we have to do is hang  

a bell about the cat's neck. When we hear the  bell ringing, we will know immediately that our  

enemy is coming." All the mice were much surprised  that they had not thought of such a plan before.  

But in the midst of the rejoicing over their good  fortune, an old mouse arose and said, "I will say  

that the plan of the young mouse is very good, but  let me ask one question: Who will bell the cat?"

What's the moral of the story?  Write it in the comments. Then  

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