THE LION AND THE MOUSE.

One day a big lion was asleep in the woods. A mouse ran over the lion’s paw. The big lion caught the little mouse. “Oh, Lion!” said the mouse. “Let me go. Please let me go. Some day I will help you.” “How can you help me?” said the lion. “You are too little to help a big lion.” But he lifted his paw and away the mouse ran.

Some time after this the lion was in the woods. He was caught in a net. He could not get out. Just then the little mouse passed by. “Oh, the poor lion!” said the mouse. “How can I help him?” She ran to the lion and said, “Kind friend, I will help you.” The mouse cut the net with her sharp teeth. “Thank you,” said the lion. “I see that a mouse can help a lion.”