Once 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 repeat it and I shall never forget
your kindness. And who knows, but I may be able to do you a good turn one 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.
to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go.
Sometime later a few hunters captured the King and
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, ran up to him and soon gnawed away
the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. "Was I not right?" said
the little Mouse, very happy to help the Lion.
MORAL: Little friends may prove great friends.