~ The Lion and the Mouse ~
Once
in a jungle, when a Lion was
asleep, a little Mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon wakened
the Lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow
him.
"Pardon,
O King," cried the little Mouse, "forgive me this time, I shall never
forget it. Who knows but I may be able to do you a turn some of these
days?" The
Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able to help him, that he
lifted up his paw and let him go.
Some
time he was caught by trap, the hunters who desired to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree
while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on.
Just
then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which
the Lion was, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King
of the Beasts. "Was
I not right?" said the little Mouse.
1. What does this fable tells us
about?
2. Where
is the setting?
3. What is the moral value of the fable above?
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