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Some mice face the problem of being attacked by a cat. Read the poem and find out
how they try to find a solution for it.

Some mice who saw fit, once a quarter to meet,

To arrange the concerns of their city;

Thought it needful to choose, as is common with us,

First a chairman, and then a committee.

When the chairman was seated, the object he stated

For which at that meeting they sat:

Which was, it should seem, the concerting a scheme

To defeat the designs of the cat.

saw fit: thought it is good or necessary
to do
once a quarter: once in four months
Dr Nibblecheese rose, and said, ‘I would propose, arrange: to make plans for
concerns: things that are important to
To this cat we fasten a bell; someone
committee: a group of people
He who likes what I’ve said, now will hold up his head; appointed for a specific function
concerting: the planning of
scheme: plan; design
He who does not, may hold up his tail.’ designs: dishonest plans
propose: to suggest
fasten: to attach firmly

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