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Question
‘When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.’ Explain the meaning of this statement to your friends.
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Solution
Mouse knows the capacity of the cat to pounce on him and make a meal of him in just records. The mouse could dare to laugh at the cat when the scope of escape into the hole is bright.
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