The Cat And The Mice
A certain house was overrun with Mice. A Cat, discovering this, made
her way into it and began to catch and eat them one by one. Fearing
for their lives, the Mice kept themselves close in their holes. The
Cat was no longer able to get at them and perceived that she must
tempt them forth by some device. For this purpose she jumped upon
a peg, and suspending herself from it, pretended to be dead. One of
the Mice, peeping stealthily out, saw her and said, "Ah, my good madam,
even though you should turn into a meal-bag, we will not come near
you."
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