A little mouse was passing through a lion’s
den. The lion caught him and was about to smash him when the little mouse
spoke, “Sir, please let me go, and I will do you a good turn one day, for
sparing my life.”
The lion was rather amused to hear this,
thinking, “What good can he do me. . . ” but he let him go.
Two weeks later, some huntsmen came to the
same forest and spread a net around
the lion’s
den. The lion was captured. He struggled hard to set himself free but he soon
realised he was trapped. He roared with anger.
The little mouse was looking for food, when
he heard the lion’s roar. He ran to him. Seeing the lion caught in the net, he
started gnawing at it at once. The mouse had sharp teeth and he soon freed the
lion.
The lion was very grateful to the little
mouse. From that day, they became the best of friends.