"Spare me, I beg you," said the young mouse. "I don't do any harm to this house, eating just a few grains each day. I'm very thin as you can see. Spare me now, and your kittens can eat me later."
"Do you really think you can persuade me?" replied the cat. "An old cat like me? Prepare to meet your doom, mouse. I'm going to eat you now, and I'll enjoy every bite."
The moral of the story is that the young are ever hopeful, even as the aged are without mercy.
Inspired by: Mille Fabulae et Una, a collection of Latin fables that I've edited, free to read online. I am not translating the Latin here; instead, I am just telling a 100-word version of the fable.
Notes: This is fable 389 in the book, which is not in Perry's catalog; the story comes from La Fontaine.
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