Line-Talk: A Tale from Aesop: The Mice in Council

                      -=((  A Tale from Aesop  ))=-

                      -=(( The Mice in Council ))=-

  The mice summoned a council     .e.
  to decide how they might       .! .e.
  best devise means of         ,e'  ! !,         .e...e.ee..
  warning themselves of      .o'  o    !         ! ! ! !    'e.
  the approach of their     .'         !        e!             'e.
  great enemy the cat.      '',,,,   .e'       e' o    ..         e.
  Among the many plans        ! . ,, !,,      e'      ,'.o.         ',
  suggested, the one that     ! ',,,',,,'     ',,,,,,,,!' !''e ,,,,,,,e.
  found most favor was        !  ,,    !            .o'     ! !,      'e
  the proposal               .'    !   ',,        .'    o      !     .e'
  to tie a      ,,,,,,,,,,,,;,e    ''''e. !       ',,,.    ,   !  ...e'
  bell to       .ee''''e,.     ',,,,,,,,'''           !''''   e'
  the neck   ,e'         ''. .e.                  ,,e''       !
  of the   .e'             ''! !'''.             ',,, ,'''''  !
  cat, so .e'                    o  '.               ! ''''   !
  that    !             .  .          '.             !  .e'   !
  the     !       !     !  !''e,,,,,,,,' .o.         !  '     !
  mice,    '.     !'...e'! ',          .!  !     ,,,'   '   .o!
  being    ;'    !...     ',,,'      e' o o '   ',,,,,,,'  e''e.
 ,,,,,,,,,,;;'',,,,,,,'             e''     ,!,       ',,,,'    'ee......
                                   'e        e
  warned by the sound of the       e'       !'
  tinkling, might run away and    .!        !
  hide themselves in their        !'        !,
  holes at his approach.  But   .e!          !
  when the mice further        e'           !'
  debated who among them       'e           !
  should thus "bell the cat,"   'e          !e,
  there was no one found to      'e          e'
  do it.                          'e   ,,,,,,'
                                 .e',,'
                        .,,,,,,,,'''
                        '.
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