A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of Aesop’s fable from The Aesop for Children (1919): a generous Lion lets a frightened Mouse go, and when he is caught in a hunter’s net, the Mouse gnaws through a rope to set him free.
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Under a big tree, the Lion slept. His paws made a pillow for his heavy head. A timid little Mouse came near.
Oh! A Lion! The Mouse was so frightened. She hurried to get away, and she ran right across the Lion's nose! Scurry, scurry, scurry!
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