One cool evening, a cat called, Cattah, lied on his stomach, very hungry. He had gotten nothing to eat since the day broke. Cattah lied close to a rat’s hole expecting one to come out (even if it was a small one) and be used to appease the hunger dealing with him. Hearing footsteps from the hole, Cattah prepared himself mentally and physically, ready to dash for the owner in other to use it to regain his almost lost strength. Behold, the owner of the footstep, Rattah, a pregnant rat, moved gently out of the hole to get what to eat as well.
       Cattah wanted to dash for her but his mind pulled him back.
    “It is a pregnant rat”
     “That makes it a good prey. It will satisfy me, I have been hungry” Cattah replied
    “Yes, it may satisfy you now but what about the future? Eating a pregnant rat is like eating a fruit with it seed. The future you make uncertain by doing that. Leave her, let her birth her pups. They can be meat for you in the future as well” Cattah’s mind replied
     “Wise words!  What do I eat now?” Cattah asked
     “Go somewhere else to look for your food or wait till another comes out” Cattah’s mind replied
       Cattah obeyed his mind. He moved to another part to search for food. It passed by the side of Rattah, smiled to her while Rattah almost melt for fear of been devoured. After he had passed, she wondered what was happening, “has he stopped eating rats? He even smiled to me.” Little did she know that, she was spared for the future so both her pups and her would be used for succession meal.

[Developed from this wise word, ‘A WISE CAT DO NOT EAT A PREGNANT RAT’]
 
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