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Jun. 20th, 2005 10:38 amOoooooh. Folktales and Fables and Grimm, oh my!
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Hans Christian Andersen
Aesop's Fables (and others)
I'm wearing my 'bellydancer' anklet today, so I jingle as I walk. Our Serbian intern commented that the anklet is a great idea, because it makes it much easier for her to find me when she has questions. (I'm a big fidgeter, so the anklet is jingling even as I sit here and type.) That reminded me of a folktale regarding mice putting a bell around the neck of a cat, but I couldn't remember any more than that. I ♥ Google.
"Belling the Cat"
All of the mice met in council to discuss the best way to secure against attacks of the cat. After several suggestions were debated a mouse of experience and standing got up and said: "I think I have hit upon a plan which will ensure our future safety." We will fasten a bell around the neck of our enemy, the cat, which by its tinkling will warn us of her approach." As the proposal was being applauded, a mouse who was even wiser stood up on his feet and said: "It is easy to propose impossible solutions. I agree that it is an admirable plan, but who is going to bell the cat?"
Aesop
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Hans Christian Andersen
Aesop's Fables (and others)
I'm wearing my 'bellydancer' anklet today, so I jingle as I walk. Our Serbian intern commented that the anklet is a great idea, because it makes it much easier for her to find me when she has questions. (I'm a big fidgeter, so the anklet is jingling even as I sit here and type.) That reminded me of a folktale regarding mice putting a bell around the neck of a cat, but I couldn't remember any more than that. I ♥ Google.
"Belling the Cat"
All of the mice met in council to discuss the best way to secure against attacks of the cat. After several suggestions were debated a mouse of experience and standing got up and said: "I think I have hit upon a plan which will ensure our future safety." We will fasten a bell around the neck of our enemy, the cat, which by its tinkling will warn us of her approach." As the proposal was being applauded, a mouse who was even wiser stood up on his feet and said: "It is easy to propose impossible solutions. I agree that it is an admirable plan, but who is going to bell the cat?"
Aesop
