Anatole — "the mouse of action, the mouse of honor, the mouse magnifique" — sets out to solve the problem of the mice of the world since the days of Aesop — the belling of the cat.

One night and his friend Gaston, busy at their cheese tasting, heard a You-Know-What. They left the Fromagerie Duval in great haste and the next evening Gaston refused to go to the city until That Animal left the cheese factory.

"Voila! If a man may build a mouse trap, then a mouse may build a cat trap!" thought Anatole. And it was such a clever trap that Gaston declared: "I said it before and I say it once more — HE IS A MOUSE MAGNIFIQUE! VIVE ANATOLE!"

From the dust jacket