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Gustave Doré's illustration of La Fontaine's fable, c. 1868. Belling the Cat is a fable also known under the titles The Bell and the Cat and The Mice in Council.In the story, a group of mice agree to attach a bell to a cat's neck to warn of its approach in the future, but they fail to find a volunteer to perform the job.
The moral lesson taught by these stories is summed up by the English proverb 'Once bitten, twice shy'. The episode of the rats holding a council is similar to the fable of The Mice in Council who suggested hanging a bell on the cat, but that only developed during the Middle Ages and has a completely different moral.
Arms of Archibald Douglas up until 1491.svg. Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (c. 1449 – October 1513) was a Scottish nobleman, peer, politician, and magnate.Tradition has accorded him the nickname Archibald 'Bell-the-Cat' due to his association with the 1482 rebellion against James III of Scotland.
Bell the Cat may refer to: Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (1453–1514), Scottish nobleman also known as "Bell-the-Cat" Bell the Cat (Snowpiercer), television episode; Belling the Cat, medieval fable also known as The Bell and the Cat
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Who Will Bell the Cat? is a 2018 children's picture book by Patricia McKissack. Based on the fable Belling the Cat , it was published by Holiday House and is illustrated by Christopher Cyr. It concerns a group of mice who nurse back to health an ungrateful terrifying cat called Marmalade, make a bell and collar warning device, and how they ...