_Mice_, _Cat_ and a _Bell_.
There was a Devilish Sly _Cat_ it seems, in a certain House, and the
_Mice_ were so Plagu’d with her at every turn, that they call’d a Court
to advise upon some way to prevent being surpriz’d. If you’ll be Rul’d by
me, (says a Member of the Board,) there’s nothing like Hanging a _Bell_
about the _Cat’s Neck_, to give Warning before-hand, when _Puss_ is a
coming. They all look’d upon’t as the best Contrivance that the Case
would bear. Well (says another) and now we are agreed upon the _Bell_,
say who shall put it about the _Cat’s Neck_. There was no body in fine
that would undertake it, and so the Expedient fell to the Ground.
The MORAL.
_The Boldest Talkers are not always the Greatest Doers._