There was once a Cat who was so watchful, that a Mouse hardly dared show the tip of his whiskers for fear of being eaten alive. They did not wait for an invitation. No milk and water government for them, they declared. He took care to let all his neighbors know about it, and then lay down in his cave to wait for visitors. At the next turnstile they overtook some women carrying market baskets loaded with vegetables and other things to sell. They had done me no harm. Very well; now dance! And they turned their backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.
Might makes right.