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A mouse wakes up a sleeping lion by playing on its head. The angry lion threatens to kill the mouse but spares its life after being amused. Later, when the lion is caught in a hunter's snare, the mouse hears the lion's roar and comes to help by chewing through the ropes with its teeth, freeing the lion. The lion admits the mouse saved its life despite doubting a mouse could ever help a lion.

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Lion and The Mouse Full Version

A mouse wakes up a sleeping lion by playing on its head. The angry lion threatens to kill the mouse but spares its life after being amused. Later, when the lion is caught in a hunter's snare, the mouse hears the lion's roar and comes to help by chewing through the ropes with its teeth, freeing the lion. The lion admits the mouse saved its life despite doubting a mouse could ever help a lion.

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Retold from Aesop by Rohini Chowdhury

Once, as a lion lay sleeping in his


den, a naughty little mouse ran up
his tail, and onto his back and up his
mane and danced and jumped on
his head ...
...so that the lion woke up.
The lion grabbed the mouse and,
holding him in his large claws,
roared in anger. 'How dare you wake
me up! Don't you know that I am
King of the Beasts? Anyone who
disturbs my rest deserves to die! I
shall kill you and eat you!'
The terrified mouse, shaking and
trembling, begged the lion to let him
go. 'Please don't eat me Your
Majesty! I did not mean to wake you,
it was a mistake. I was only playing.
Please let me go - and I promise I
will be your friend forever. Who
knows but one day I could save your


life?'
The lion looked at the tiny mouse
and laughed. 'You save my life?
What an absurd idea!' he said
scornfully. 'But you have made me
laugh, and put me into a good mood
again, so I shall let you go.' And the
lion opened his claws and let the
mouse go free.
'Oh thank you, your majesty,'
squeaked the mouse, and scurried
away as fast as he could.





A few days
later the
lion was
caught in a
hunter's
snare.
Struggle as
he might,
he couldn't break free and became even more
entangled in the net of ropes. He let out a roar of
anger that shook the forest. Every animal heard it,
including the tiny mouse.


'My friend the lion is in trouble,' cried the mouse. He
ran as fast as he could in the direction of the lion's
roar, and soon found the lion trapped in the hunter's
snare. 'Hold still, Your Majesty,' squeaked the
mouse. 'I'll have you out of there in a jiffy!' And
without further delay, the mouse began nibbling
through the ropes with his sharp little teeth. Very
soon the lion was free.

'I did not believe that you could be of use to me,
little mouse, but today you saved my life,' said the
lion humbly.
'It was my turn to help you, Sire,' answered the
mouse.
Even the weak and small may be of help to those
much mightier than themselves.

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