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The mother mouse gathers the family’s ideas for survival, and the smallest mouse proposes attaching a bell to the cat so they can hear him coming and escape in time. The mice react with excitement and praise the plan’s cleverness, but the grandfather mouse challenges the crucial question: who will actually be brave enough to approach the cat and fasten the bell—and why does no one volunteer?","The Cat and the Mice  \nEnglish Traditional Story  \nThe Cat and the Mice  \nWritten by Aesop, retold by Carol Smith  \nThis story is from 'Stories for Children Book 7' used in the SIL MLE Curriculum in Cameroon  \nImages by Jedidja van Oene, © 2019 SIL Cameroon.  \nCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.  \nEnglish  \nUnited Kingdom  \nCopyright © 2019, SIL Cameroon  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[ ](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)[You may not use this work for commercial purposes. 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You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nImages by Jedidja van Oene, © 2019 SIL Cameroon.  \nCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.  \nThe Cat and  \nthe Mice  \nA family of mice were always being chased by a big hungry cat.  \n“What are we going to do?” said themother mouse to her family.  \nEveryone had something to suggest, but the smallest mouse said,“If we hang a little bell around the neck of the cat, then we shall hear him coming and we will have time to get out of his way.”  \nAll the mice squeaked in excitement and told the smallest mouse how clever he  \nwas .  \nThen the grandfather mouse in the family spoke.“That may sound like avery good idea, but tell me which one of you is brave enough to go up to the cat and hang the bell around his neck?”  \nAnd why do you think that none of them answered?  \n5  \nText in English: The Cat and the Mice-A family of mice were always being chased by a big hungry cat.“What are we going todo?” said the mother mouse to her family. Everyone had something to suggest, but the smallest mouse said,“If we hang a little bell around the neck of the cat, then we shall hear him coming and we will have time to get out of his way.” All the mice squeaked in excitement and told the smallest mouse how clever he was. 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