The Tomcat and the Mice
 In a house, the mice multiplied very much. They were more and more. The Tomcat took shelter there and he began hunting.
When the mice saw it was not a joke with him, they said:
"Brothers, let's not go down off the ceiling, because the Tomcat can't get here."
Seeing that, the mice don't come down to him, the Tomcat thought how to cheat them.
So the Tomcat hanged a paw on the ceiling and remained hanged, pretending that he was dead.
A little mouse watched him attentively and said: "You can't cheat me! And if as knapsack you hanged I would not come near you!"
Good counsel does no harm.
Retold by Maria Dumitru
 
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