The Lion and the Mouse
Once a lion lay sleeping.
A mouse ran across his paw.
The lion woke up and roared and grabbed the mouse.
Please lion, do not hurt me.
I am sorry I woke you.
But if you do not hurt me,
I promise I will do something good for you someday.
Roar! laughed the lion.
What could a tiny mouse do for a big,
strong lion?
But all the same, the lion let the mouse go.
One day,
the lion was walking through the forest
when suddenly some hunters captured him with a net.
The lion roared his loudest roar.
The trees
shook, but the net stayed as strong as ever.
Far away,
the mouse heard the roar.
He ran to the lion and nibbled at the net.
He nibbled and nibbled until he made a big hole in
the net.
The lion squeezed through the hole and
walked away with the mouse at his side.