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给猫挂铃铛
老鼠们被大花猫吓得不敢出门，连夜开大会想办法。机灵鼠想出一个好主意：给猫挂个铃铛！大家拍手叫好，可老鼠爷爷只问了一句：谁去挂呢？
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老鼠爷爷
机灵鼠
小不点
大花猫Other languages · 2 languages
About this story
《给猫挂铃铛》讲老鼠们开会对付猫，想出给猫挂铃铛的妙计，却没有一只老鼠敢去挂。这个故事常被收进《伊索寓言》，英文名 Belling the Cat，但古希腊流传下来的伊索寓言集里并没有它，最早见于中世纪欧洲的寓言集，后来才归到伊索名下。这一版加入了胆小的小不点和白胡子老鼠爷爷，还让大花猫在结尾亲自来“参加会议”。
What it teaches
说起来容易，做起来难。提出主意之前，先想想它能不能做到、谁去做；光会拍手叫好、没人去做的主意，再好听也没用。
Suits
3–8 岁
Tips for telling it
- 大花猫出场时压低嗓子、拖长“喵——”，开会时让老鼠们叽叽喳喳，一闹一静最抓耳朵。
- 老鼠爷爷问“谁去挂”之后停两秒，让孩子先回答：如果是你，你去吗？
- 大一点的孩子可以接着想：有没有不用冒险就能提防大花猫的办法？练习把好主意变成做得到的计划。
Questions people ask
- 给猫挂铃铛是什么意思？
- 比喻提出一个听起来很好、却没人敢做或根本做不到的办法。英语里的“bell the cat”则多指挺身而出去做一件危险的事，所以“谁去给猫挂铃铛”就是在问：谁来承担这个风险？
- 给猫挂铃铛告诉我们什么道理？
- 说起来容易，做起来难。光提出好主意还不够，还要想清楚能不能做到、由谁去做，否则只是一句空话。
- 给猫挂铃铛是伊索寓言吗？
- 它常被编进伊索寓言故事书，一般也归在伊索名下，但古希腊流传下来的伊索寓言集里找不到它。目前已知最早的版本出自中世纪欧洲的寓言集，后来才随着各种伊索寓言选本流传开来。
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