Un Chat, nomm\u00e9 Rodilardus,
\nFaisait de rats telle d\u00e9confiture
\nQue l\u2019on n\u2019en voyait presque plus,
\nTant il en avait mis dedans la s\u00e9pulture.
\nLe peu qu\u2019il en restait n\u2019osant quitter son trou,
\nNe trouvait \u00e0 manger que le quart de son so\u00fbl ;
\nEt Rodilard passait, chez la gent mis\u00e9rable,
\nNon pour un chat, mais pour un diable.
\nOr, un jour qu\u2019au haut et au loin
\nLe galant alla chercher sa femme,
\nPendant tout le sabbat qu\u2019il fit avec sa dame,
\nLe demeurant des rats tint chapitre en un coin
\nSur la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 pr\u00e9sente.
\nD\u00e8s l\u2019abord, leur doyen, personne fort prudente,
\nOpina qu\u2019il fallait, et plus t\u00f4t que plus tard,
\nAttacher un grelot au cou de Rodilard ;
\nQu\u2019ainsi, quand il irait en guerre,
\nDe sa marche avertis, ils s\u2019enfuiraient en terre ;
\nQu\u2019ils n\u2019y savaient que ce moyen.
\nChacun fut de l\u2019avis de monsieur le Doyen :
\nChose ne leur parut \u00e0 tous plus salutaire.
\nLa difficult\u00e9 fut d\u2019attacher le grelot.
\nL\u2019un dit : \u00ab Je n\u2019y vais point, je ne suis pas si sot \u00bb ;
\nL\u2019autre : \u00ab Je ne saurais. \u00bb Si bien que sans rien faire
\nOn se quitta. J\u2019ai maints chapitres vus,
\nQui pour n\u00e9ant se sont ainsi tenus ;
\nChapitres, non de rats, mais chapitres de moines,
\nVoire chapitres de chanoines.
\nNe faut-il que d\u00e9lib\u00e9rer,
\nLa cour en conseillers foisonne :
\nEst-il besoin d\u2019ex\u00e9cuter,
\nL\u2019on ne rencontre plus personne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"annee":[152],"poems-book":[142],"poemes-theme":[342,406],"poete":[151],"class_list":["post-800","poemes","type-poemes","status-publish","hentry","annee-152","poems-book-fables","poemes-theme-animaux","poemes-theme-sagesse","poete-jean-de-la-fontaine"],"yoast_head":"\n