Fable
The Lion and The Mouse
A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great
head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and
in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from
his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
"Spare
me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and someday I will
surely repay you."
The
Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was
generous and finally let the Mouse go.
Some
days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the
toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his
angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling
in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it
until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
"You
laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see
that even a Mouse can help a Lion."
Moral
-
A kindness is never wasted.
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