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In the oldest versions, a lion threatens a mouse that wakes him from sleep. The mouse begs forgiveness and makes the point that such unworthy prey would bring the lion no honour. The lion agrees and sets the mouse free. Later, the lion is netted by hunters. Hearing it roaring, the mouse remembers its clemency and frees it by gnawing through the ropes. The moral of the story is that mercy brings its reward and that there is no being so small that it cannot help a greater. Later English versions reinforce this by having the mouse promise to return the lion's favor, to its sceptical amusement.

The 16th-century French poet Clment Marot also recounts an expanded version of the fable in the course of his pitre son ami Lyon Jamet (Letter to his friend Lyon Jamet), first published in 1534.[3] This is an imitation of the Latin poet Horace's Epistles, addressed to friends and often applying Aesopian themes to their situations. In this case, Marot has been imprisoned and begs Jamet to help him get released, playing on his friend's forename and styling himself the lowly rat (rather than mouse). La Fontaine's Fables included a more succinct version of the story (II.11) in the following century.[4]

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In Ivan Krylov's version (1833), the mouse, instead of disturbing the lion, requests permission to make a house upon his territory, stating it might one day prove useful in return. Resentful of the idea that a creature so pitiful might provide him a service, the lion angrily tells the mouse to flee while he's still alive. Only in the cage does the lion come to realize that his own pride was his downfall.

The fable has been a favourite with artists and sculptors. The Flemish painter Frans Snyders was responsible for at least two versions.[5][6] One of these used to hang in the Great Hall at Chequers, the country house of the Prime Minister, and was retouched by Winston Churchill so as to highlight the barely visible mouse.[7][8][9] In 1973 the painting was restored and the overpainting removed; it now hangs in an ante room to the Great Parlour there.[8]

Sculptors turned to the fable in the 20th century. One of them was the maker of church furniture, Robert (Mouseman) Thompson, who came by his name for incorporating a mouse into most of his carvings. He did this legitimately in the Church of Our Lady and St Michael in Workington, Cumbria, where the underside of one of the seats in the choir stalls, installed in 1926, depicts the fable of the lion and the mouse.[11]

A Marshall Fredericks statue of 1957 seeks to make the lion less threatening to children. The sculpture was commissioned for the Eastland Center in Harper Woods, Michigan. The lion is carved from limestone and has a large round head with stylized, uniformly coiled ringlets. Reclining on its back, it grins at the little mouse perched on its paw. This was cast from gilt bronze and gold plated, which led to its being stolen numerous times. One was returned 50 years after its theft and exhibited at the Detroit Historical Museum in 2007.[12] A copy of the whole statue is on exhibition in the sculpture garden of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum.[13]

Another American sculptor, Tom Otterness, has made the fable the subject of an equally child-friendly sculpture among the 23 he installed on the outdoor terrace of the seaside Beelden aan Zee museum in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, in 2004. In this the lion is lying trussed up on its side, contemplated by the mouse that stands upright with its hands clasped behind its back. A similar piece of public art by German sculptor Peter Fritzsche (b.1938) is in Eisenhttenstadt. His lion lies on its back with its legs bound and is perched on a plinth round the sides of which is carved a translation of Ivan Krylov's version of the fable.[14] This dates the work back to the days of the Communist administration.

In 19th century Britain the political cartoonist John Doyle adapted the fable to one of his monthly series of prints in February 1844. In it the mouse nibbling at the net is Earl Russell, who prevailed on the House of Lords to free the leonine Daniel O'Connell from the imprisonment he had incurred for trying to repeal the Irish Act Of Union.[22] In the United States the fable was applied to a case of corrupt lobbying in a Puck cartoon for 23 July 1913.[23] Under the title 'Even a rat may help free a lion', the House of Representatives is shown enmeshed in the nets of "Lobbyism", from which Colonel (Martin) Mulhall is about to free it by his revelations of bribe-taking.[24]

The Neo-Latin fabulist Laurentius Abstemius provided a sequel to the story with an opposite social message in his Hecatomythium (1499). In this the lion promises the mouse any reward it cares to name after setting him free. The mouse asks for the lion's daughter in marriage, but the bride steps on her husband by accident on the marriage night.[30] Where Aesop's fable teaches that no-one should be despised, however low in the social scale, this reinterpretation suggests that one should not try to rise out of one's class through marriage. A later verse treatment by Hieronymus Osius is followed by the same moral.[31] In England, both the Francis Barlow (1687) and Roger L'Estrange (1692) collections include both versions of the fable, as does Samuel Croxall (1721). He, however, reads into the story a lesson on lack of judgment.[32]

The fable is introduced as an illustration into a longer Egyptian myth in a papyrus of indeterminate date towards the start of the Common Era.[33] A lion previously unacquainted with man comes across examples of his cruelty and exploitation of other animals and decides to hunt him down. On his way the lion spares a mouse that comes beneath his paw and it promises to return the favour. This the mouse does by gnawing the lion free when he is netted in a trap set by man. In general the evidence points to the tale being adapted from a Greek source.[34] There was a long established Greek trading colony in Egypt and the document appeared during the reign of the Ptolemaic dynasty, which was of Greek origin itself.

The screech of an owl, the squeak of a mouse and the roar of a lion transport readers to the Serengeti plains for this virtually wordless retelling of Aesop's classic fable. In glowing colors, Pinkney's textured watercolor illustrations masterfully portray the relationship between two unlikely friends.

The voice of a lion is loud and mighty. Think of that ROAR! An aggressive communicator is often referred to as a lion because the king of the jungle will always be heard first and loudest. But does that lion hear the voice of others? Aggressive communicators are often communicating to ensure their needs are being met and not considering others. Aggressive communicators are often times unwilling to work toward a compromise when there is a conflict of needs. There is use of domination, humiliation, and criticism. An aggressive communicator may not even listen to others.

One day, Leo caught a little mouse. The mouse was gonna be his lunch! The mouse didn't want to be lunch, he suggested having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich instead. If the lion let him go, the mouse said that he would be his friend forever. The Lion laughed and asked what could he do for him? But the lion decided to let the little mouse go. The lion thought he was too small anyways and the mouse said he would save him one day.

Then One day, Leo the Lion stepped in a hunter's trap! And the net fell on him! Leo was trapped in the net and couldn't get out! Just then, the little mouse appeared. The little mouse would help get him out of the net. The lion laughed and asked how could get a big net off such a big lion?! The tiny mouse used his sharp teeth to chew a hole in the net so Leo could get out. The little mouse saved his life! The lion would always be his friend and protect him forever. So Leo the Lion and the Little Mouse became good friends. And they lived Happily Ever After. The End.

Once Upon a Time, a lion slept peacefully on a warm summer afternoon. Suddenly, he felt a tickle on his tail! Then on his back! Then on his head! And finally, right on his nose. Well, the sleepy lion opened his eyes ad what do you think he saw? A Teeny Tiny Mouse trembling on the tippy tip of his nose.

The Lion snatched the mouse from his nose holding him in his mighty paw. The mouse was frightened . He thought he was walking on a log. The Mouse didn't mean to wake the lion up. The mouse begged him not to eat him. The Lion was wondering why he shouldn't eat the little mouse. The mouse said that if he didn't eat him, he would do something for him in return. The Lion then laughed. He thought that the mouse was too little to help him! So, the lion let him go anyways since he wasn't a mouthful to eat.

Later, as the mighty lion roamed through the jungle, he stepped on a trap. And a giant net made of heavy rope fell over. The Lion tossed angrily as he tried to get the net off of him. And the harder he tried, the more tangled he became. He couldn't escape. Finally, he fell to the ground all tired out. The Lion was now upset and he was worried that the hunters will come and get him.

Suddenly, there was a tickling feeling! Just like the tickling feeling he felt when he was sleeping before. And he looked down to see the teeny tiny mouse happily chewing away the heavy ropes. The Little mouse had big strong teeth. And in no time at all, he chewed a hole in the net for the lion to escape. The Lion was very happy! He jumped for joy and he invited the mouse home for a ride home on his back. They were friends from that day on because he learned a very important lesson. The Lion learned that you're never too big to ask for help and too little to give it. The End.

Once Upon a Time, in a jungle deep and green... There lived a mighty lion, the strongest ever seen. And also in this jungle, way down in the grasses lives a tiny little mouse who hides when lion passes. She's afraid he'll eat her. The Lion caught the mouse and held his paw upon her back. The lion says that mouse is too small to eat but she'll make a nice snack. The mouse begged him to to eat her. She says she'll help him and be friends if they ever cross paths again. The Lion laughed and let her go anyways. The mouse thanked the lion for letting her go. 17dc91bb1f