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The Mouse And The Cat Fable

A wise mouse lived alone in a narrow hole he had dug in the soft soil in the backyard flank of a large house, whose owner had a pet cat that seemed the master of the house, for she moved around majestically in the sprawling premises with an agile feline grace. Once as the mouse was sniffing the ground for food the sprightly cat chased him, but failed to catch, for the alert mouse ran like lightning into the hole. From that day the cat sat all the while by the hole, waiting for the mouse to come out in search of food. The hungry mouse faced a problem of life and death, choice of death from hunger or being a prey to the cat became a huge predicament, but he chose the latter, for there was a chance that the cat wouldn’t be in sight, and outside the hole he could find fast food to survive. After his stomach was full his brain started to work, flashing a novel idea across his confounded mind. He crawled cautiously, dug a few more holes wide apart, the confused cat didn’t know where the mouse was, who was happy for inventing a bright piece of thought. Moral : A little thought can solve almost all problems.

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Date: 3/24/2025 6:37:00 AM
A very cute tale with a good moral! So glad you share this and I appreciate the entry! Xo
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Subimal Sinha-Roy
Date: 3/24/2025 8:28:00 AM
Thank you so much.

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