On the temple cat’s third day
in his home, the samurai woke to
discover it had sharpened its teeth
on a prized sword that had been in
the samurai’s family for generations.
He lost his patience and decided the
cat had to be returned to the temple.
The rat had grown so bold and
fearless now, the samurai found it
sitting just inches from the sleeping
cat, happily gnawing on grains
of rice.
Just as the samurai groaned in
disgust, the cat suddenly sprang up
and trapped the rat with a single
lightning-fast swing of its paw,
instantly killing it.
The moral of the tale: “Muscles
and speed are nothing without
mental alertness!”RUN!
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