Once a lion was sleeping in his den, A mouse came out of its hole and got into the lion’s nose. This disturbed the lion’s sleep, and he started up in rage. He took the mouse in his paw and was about to kill it. The little mouse, out of fear, said, “Oh king of beasts, I have done this unintentionally. Please pardon me and spare my life. Someday I may do you a good turn.” The lion took pity on the mouse and let it go. The mouse, in return, promised to help him.
After a few days the lion was caught in a hunter’s net. He gave out a log.id roar in pain and terror and struggled hard to get out, but it was all in vain. Just at that moment, his old friend, the mouse, was passing. He saw him in trouble and at once came to his rescue. With his sharp teeth the grateful mouse gnawed the two pieces and thus set the lion free.
“Thank you, my little friend’ said the lion, and went away.
Moral: Good deeds never go unrewarded.
