Why the Cat Kills Rats
Ansa was King of Calabar for fifty years.He had a very faithful cat as a housekeeper， and a rat was his houseboy. The king was an obstinate， headstrong man， but was very fond of the cat， who had been in his store for many years.
The rat， who was very poor， fell in love with one of the king's servant girls，but was unable to give her any presents， as he had no money.
At last he thought of the king's store， so in the nighttime， being quite small，he had little difficulty，having made a hole in the roof， in getting into the store.He then stole corn and pears，and presented them to his sweetheart.
At the end of the month， when the cat had to render her account of the things in the store to the king，she found that a lot of corn and pears were missing.The king was very angry at this， and asked the cat for an explanation. But the cat could not account for the loss， until one of her friends told her that the rat had been stealing the corn and giving it to the girl.
When the cat told the king， he called the girl before him and had her flogged.He handed over the rat to the cat to deal with， and dismissed them both from his service. The cat was so angry at this that she killed and ate the rat， and ever since that time whenever a cat sees a rat she kills and eats it.
安薩是加拉巴的國王，他在位已有50年了。安薩有一隻貓和一隻鼠，他讓忠實的貓當管家，老鼠當男仆。安薩國王是一個頑固不化、剛愎自用的人，但他卻非常鍾愛這隻飼養了多年的貓。
老鼠愛上了國王的女仆，但他非常貧窮，沒錢給女仆買禮物。
後來，他想到了國王的倉庫，因此，夜裏他在倉庫屋頂上鑽了一個小洞，身材小巧的他幾乎毫不費力地就鑽進了倉庫，偷走了玉米和梨子。然後，他把這些東西送給了他心愛的人。
月底貓向國王報賬清點庫裏的東西時，發現少了不少玉米和梨子。聞之，國王勃然大怒，責令貓把事情解釋清楚，但是貓卻又說不清東西是怎麼丟的。後來，貓的一個朋友告訴她老鼠偷玉米送女仆的事情。
貓向國王彙報了這件事。國王把女仆叫到跟前，讓人把她鞭打了一頓，並把老鼠交給了貓處置。國王不允許老鼠和貓繼續在宮中供職。貓非常生氣，就咬死並吃掉了老鼠。從此，貓見鼠就咬死吃掉。