Belling the Cat

The Speaker of the Mouse banged his gavel in a fruitless attempted to drown out the debate.

“Gentlemice, please,” he shouted, “One at a time.”

The Representarodents settled into their seats, grooming their whiskers ostentatiously. “The Chair recognizes the President of the Feline Audio-Tracking Implementation Subcommittee.”

“Thank you. As this assembly is well aware, the Subcommittee has been unable to meet recently because our motion for funding remains unrecognized.”

“Your motion hasn’t been submitted.”

“Our couriers keep getting eaten. By the cat.”

“A likely story. I move that we open an investigation into these misdelivered motions.”

“Second!”

“All in favor…”

One Response to “Belling the Cat”

  1. Carl Says:

    I love the phrase “Speaker of the Mouse”.

    The fact that I enjoyed this story probably means I’ve been working in a bureaucracy for too long.

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