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The Lion and the Mouse
caper_plip Started conversation Sep 5, 2002
Hi there!
I think this is another Aesop one... short and snappy
A lion was prowling around when he saw a mouse engaged in its dinner. Instead of immediately felling the rodent with one blow, the lion strolled up to it and said:
"I am the king of the beasts," the lion boasted, shaking its mane. "You are a useless creature! What can you do that shows your strength? Nothing!"
The lion then wandered off into the undergrowth. The mouse continued eating.
Later on, the lion had the misfortune to be caught in a snare set by a hunter. He tugged and pulled at the netting, but the 'king of the beasts' was trapped! All he could do was wait to see his fate.
But who should come by but the mouse! The lion looked pitifully at the rodent, who immediately sprang away and returned with his enormouse family. The mice gnawed away at the netting and soon the lion was free... and also rather embarrassed to be saved by the aforementioned 'useless creature'.
Moral: Pride comes before a fall.
Caper Plip
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