Belling the Cat

Abstract

I automatically thought that this large pamphlet belonged to a series done by Om Kidz. That series is titled "Fabulous Fables." This belongs rather to "Aesop's Fables," and is slightly narrower. It does not admit who is its author or its artist. First printed in 2016, this is a second printing in 2020. The visual artist here dresses all the mice -- and the cat -- in human clothes. A bespectacled bearded mouse leads the mice-meeting as its speaker. This version does not raise the question: Is the suggestion impossible to fulfill or has no mouse the courage to try it? The question "Who will bell the cat?" leads to confusion and then the cat enters the meeting. All the mice scatter. The old mouse who raised the question comments "Easier said than done!"