There is a poor farmer who has a cat. The farmer is so poor that he can't buy food for his cat. Therefore, the cat has to feed himself by catching and eating mouse. Slowly, the cat becomes very skilled at catching mouse.
One day, farmer's neighbour comes to ask whether he can borrow his cat to catch mouse in his house. Farmer sees the business opportunity with his cat.
"Yes, but every mouse caught by my cat, I'll cahrge you for RM5," says farmer.
The neighbour has no choice as his house has too many mice running around. In the end, the cat manages to catch seven mice in one afternoon, so the neighbour pays the farmer RM35.
"Not a bad business," says farmer to himself.
He then publicise to the whole town that he has a skillful mouse-catching cat. His business is good, everyday plenty of people come to rent his cat to catch mouse. In a day, he can earn RM100-RM200.
He is very thankful to his cat and buys a lot of good food for his cat. Sometimes, he even buys canned salmon for his cat. Soon, his cat is over pampered with good food and loses the desire to catch mouse. Apart from that, the cat also becomes fatter that he finds himself very difficult to catch mouse anymore.
The farmer can't get any new business.
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