THE MICE summoned a council to decide how they might best devise means of warning themselves of the approach of their great enemy the Cat. Among the many plans suggested, the one that found most favor was the proposal to tie a bell to the neck of the Cat, so that the Mice, being warned by the sound of the tinkling, might run away and hide themselves in their holes at his approach. —
老鼠们召集了一次会议，讨论如何最好地设法提前警告他们的大敌猫的接近。在众多建议中，获得最多赞同的是将铃铛系在猫的脖子上，这样一来，老鼠们听到铃铛的声音，就能在它接近时跑开，躲进洞里。 —

But when the Mice further debated who among them should thus “bell the Cat,” there was no one found to do it.
但是当老鼠们进一步讨论由谁来给猫系上铃铛时，却没有人愿意去做这件事。