A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable from The Aesop for Children (1919): the Mice, afraid of the Cat, cheer a young Mouse’s plan to hang a bell around her neck, until an old Mouse asks who will bell the Cat.
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Once there were many Mice who lived in fear of their enemy, the Cat. They were very, very afraid of her sharp claws.
The Mice hardly dared to leave their dens, by night or by day. The Cat walked so softly. They never knew when she would come! Creep, creep, creep.
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