英文短故事：Who bell The Cat?

A rat and its big family were living in a baker¹'s shop. They scraped the buns and cakes in the bakery. 

 

 

 

The baker tried his best to put an end to the nuisance of the rats. But all were in vain. At last he brought their real enemy-the cat to solve the problem. 

 

 

 

In the very next day the cat got some tiny rats for its breakfast. The rat family got worried of the loss of their dear ones. 

 

 

 

They arranged a meeting soon. They looked for an idea to escape from the cat. In the end, they decided² to bell the cat. 

 

 

 

Then one of the elder rats asked them, who is ready to bell the cat? Nobody said yes. 

 

 

 

Instead they kept quiet.  

1 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。