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The Lion And The Mouse
Once upon a time in a forest,
a lion was sleeping with his great head on his paws.
A little mouse crept into his cave
and started playing near the lion!
“Since he is sleeping,”
thought the mouse,
“he will never suspect I’m here!”
While playing, the mouse ran close to his nose,
and suddenly the lion woke up!
Swat!Went his huge paw upon the little mouse,
and the mouse was trapped!
The lion was angry as the little mouse had disturbed his nap!
“Spare me” begged the poor mouse.
“Please let me go, and someday I will surely repay you!”
The Lion laughed,
“You are so small! How could you ever help me?”
The lion was feeling very kind that day
“Ha ha haa” laughed the lion
and he let the little mouse go!
The next day two hunters came to the jungle.
They went to the lion’s lair,
and set a huge rope snare!
When the lion came home that night,
he stepped into the hunters trap!
He tried everything to get out of the trap,
but nothing helped this big lion!
He roared,
He wept,
but he couldn’t pull himself free!
The mouse heard the lion’s cries,
and came to help him!
The little mouse with his little teeth gnawed at the ropes,
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!”
That day, the lion realized that “Kindness is never wasted”
The lion and the mouse became good friends
for the rest of their lives.