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Belling the Cat
給貓系鈴鐺
All the mice met together in a council against a fierce cat. "We cannot live because of the cat. There must be some ideas to get rid of it." "Please tell us your ideas."
所有的老鼠聚在一起商量著如何對付兇猛的貓。“只要那只貓在，我們就難以生存。一定有什么辦法可以制住它。”“說說你的想法吧。”
But despite the enthusiastic discussion, they were unable to come up with a good idea. The oldest mouse advised the other mice, "It would be nice if someone let us know when the cat is coming." Having no good ideas, they were just studying each other's facial expressions.
雖然討論很激烈，但是仍然沒人想出好主意。最老的老鼠建議說，“要是貓靠近的時候有人告訴我們就好了。”沒有任何好辦法，老鼠們面面相覷。
At that time, the youngest mouse confidently said, "If we tie a bell around the cat's neck, we will know when the cat is approaching so we can run away." Everyone agreed to the young mouse's opinion.
就在這時，一只小老鼠滿懷信心地說：“如果我們在貓脖子上系個鈴鐺，就知道貓什么時候來了，這樣我們就可以逃跑了。”老鼠們都同意這個好主意。
Then, the leader mouse replied, "That is a good idea. If we tie a bell to the cat, we will be able to run away in advance. But, who is going to tie a bell to the cat?"
然后領頭的老鼠說：“這倒是一個好主意。如果把鈴鐺系在貓身上，我們就可以提前逃命了。但是，誰敢給貓系鈴鐺呢？”
After hearing the leader, all the mice became quiet. No one wanted to tie a bell to the cat. The young mouse that offered the idea slowly read the others' faces and left the meeting.
領頭的老鼠說完，所有的老鼠都不說話了。沒人敢把鈴鐺系在貓脖子上。提出這個主意的那只小老鼠看到別人的表情，悄悄地離開了。
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