In one house there lived many mice, and there also lived a cat, as menacing as a lion. The cat was not lazy to catch mice, and there were fewer and fewer of them. The survivors became sad. Once the mice gathered for a council, judged, decided what to do if the cat continued to deal with them just as deftly, and decided that the only way to survive was not to leave their holes. And so they did. At first the cat was only annoyed, but then, when he had nothing to eat and was completely emaciated, he decided to use a trick: he lay down near the entrance to the hole and pretended to be dead. The mice saw that the cat was dead and began to congratulate each other - they thought that now they could crawl out of their holes. But among them there was one smart mouse who said:
- Oh sisters! Be careful and don't rush to leave the holes. I'm afraid that this cat is fooling us, he's alive, he just pretended to be dead. Even if I see his skin, stuffed with straw and displayed like a stuffed animal, I still won’t believe it.
The mice listened to the advice, did not leave their holes, and therefore escaped from the cunning and treacherous cat.
It is truly true what they say: whoever is persistent and patient will achieve his goal.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru