Kindergarden - Nursery Rhymes and Fables

258 Nursery Rhymes and Fables: Supplemental Guide

One day, a little mouse was running

here and there in the jungle. The mouse

accidently ran across the paw of a sleeping

lion.

The angry lion awoke and caught

the mouse in his great, big, furry

paws.

The lion was just about to

eat the mouse when the tiny

creature cried out, “Please,

please set me free! I promise I

will return your kindness.”

So the lion released the mouse.

A little while later, the mouse

heard angry roars. The mouse

followed the sounds and found the lion

trapped in a net made of ropes.

Then the mouse remembered his

promise. Even though he was scared,

the mouse knew he had to keep his

promise.

So using his sharp teeth, the

mouse made a hole in the net

to set the lion free. And so the

great lion was set free by the

little mouse.

The moral of this story

is: Friends who are little

in size can still be great

friends.

The Lion and the Mouse

A Fable by Aesop

Illustrated by Gail McIntosh

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