c) A Plan To Bell The Cat

🐁 Once there lived a group of mice

Who lived peacefully with their wives.

Suddenly a cat threatened their lives

And became a cause for the children's cries.

🐁 Soon, the mice had a meeting

Adjacent to a giant clearing.

To chase the cat - they sweared

And courage in their hearts - they beared.

🐁 They decided to bell the cat

Whose sound would alert the rats.

Now, a new problem arose

The solution to which wasn't a bed of rose.

🐁 Who'd bell the cat was the question

To which a young mouse gave a brilliant suggestion:

He would try to distract

While another would bell the cat.

🐁 Some decided to follow the plan

While others were petrified and ran.

The mice decided to find

The cat and bell it from behind.

🐁 Exhausted, they finally found

the cat lying on the ground.

It was having a nap - sound

And the mice decided to move without a sound.

🐁 Silently, they belled it

With a change in the plan from their wit.

Near the cat, they lit

a fire making it jump and sit.

🐁 The bell's ring echoed in its ears

Making it tremble with fear.

Trembling, the cat ran far away

Making the mice laugh hard that day.

🐁 On chasing away the yellow tabby

The mice were really happy.

Eager to celebrate their victory,

They went on to enjoy a tasty quaggy!!