[كاميليا رضوان]

Little friends may prove to be great friends

Little friends may prove to be great friends

The above wise saying leads us to the story of :
The Lion and the Mouse

Vocabulary:

bound: tie
gnaw: bite and chew, usually for some purpose other than eating
King of the Beasts: a lion
paw: the foot of an animal
plight: a desperate or bad situation
tickled: amused
trap: a device for catching animals

Once when a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down upon him. This soon wakened the lion, who placed his huge paw upon the mouse, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.
"Pardon, O King," cried the little mouse. "Forgive me this time, I shall never forget it. Who knows -- someday I may be able to do you a favor one of these days."
The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him, that he lifted up his paw and let him go.
Some time later, the lion was caught in a trap, and the hunters who wanted to carry him alive to the *King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him away. Just then the little mouse happened to pass by, and seeing the sad plight in which the Lion was trapped, went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts.
"Was I not right?" said the little Mouse.
Little friends may prove to be great friends.