Belling the Cat

Jadee I. Castro
Famy-Mabitac District
collar
Motive Question:

What are you afraid of? Why?

What were the mice afraid of?
What did they plan to do?
 Belling the Cat
A long time ago, there were three mice that
lived in a big house. They had an enemy- Pat the
Cat.
Now, Pat the Cat was a watchful cat. She
watched the house so closely that the three mice
could hardly go out from their small hole. They
could not look for tasty food to eat.
So First Mouse called for a meeting to solve the
problem. “We need to fool Pat the Cat,” said First
Mouse.
“Yes, or we will be so hungry, we will die,” agreed
Second Mouse. “What should we do to fool
Pat?”
The mice were silent for a while, thinking.
Suddenly, Third Mouse shouted, “Oh, I know
how!”
“We can put a bell on Pat‟s collar. When Pat
walks, the bell will ring. We will know where she
is,” answered Third Mouse. “Then, we know
when to hide and when to go out.”
“But who will bell the cat?” asked Second
Mouse.
“Not I!” said First Mouse.
“If not you, then who?” asked Third Mouse,
looking at Second Mouse.
“Uh-uh, not I!” said Second Mouse.
“If not you, then who?” asked Third Mouse.
“You!” chorused First Mouse and Second Mouse.
“Not I!” answered Third Mouse.
So the three mice had a brilliant idea to solve the
problem, but not one of them could do it.
Answer the questions:
1. Who wanted to pull the bell on Pat’s collar?
*Third mouse, So they would know where
the Pat cat was.
2. Why do you think no one wanted to bell the
cat?
*Pat would surely catch the mouse who
goes near her.
3. What was wrong with the plan?
*It looked like a good plan but it could not
be done.
4. What makes a plan to solve a problem a good
plan?
*When someone can do it.
5. What should we do when we plan to solve a
problem?
*We make sure that it can be done.
GROUP ACTIVITY:

Each group will think of a plan to solve

the mice’s problem.