I narrated an Aesop Fable. You can find it here by pressing the link The Mice in Council.
The moral lesson is "It is one thing to say that something should be done, but it is quite a different matter to actually do it.". Many things appear feasible when speculating, but are found to be impracticable after some thinking.
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Also one should not act, not before thinking at least, on the urges of people who present themselves as leaders urging others to do things that they themselves wouldn' t do. Those that judge that this or that should be done, will appear ridiculous when the question "who will do it" is asked and so the moral lesson of this fable could also be "let those who propose, be willing to perform".
The Fable:
Once upon a time all the mice met together in council and discussed the best means of securing themselves against the attacks of the cat. After several suggestions had been debated, a mouse of some standing and experience got up and said, “I think I have hit upon a plan which will ensure our safety in the future, provided you approve and carry it out. It is that we should fasten a bell round the neck of our enemy the cat, which will by its tinkling warn us of her approach.” This proposal was warmly applauded, and it had been already decided to adopt it, when an old mouse got upon his feet and said, “I agree with you all that the plan before us is an admirable one. But may I ask who is going to bell the cat?”
The Mice then further debated who among them should be the one to execute the plan.
But there was no one found to do it.