The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox
posted in Fox, Lion, Mouse |A Lion, tired by the summer’s heat, fell fast asleep in his den. A Mouse ran over his mane, nose and ears and woke him from his slumber. The Lion rose up and shook himself in great wrath, and searched every corner of his den to find the Mouse.
A Fox seeing the Lion so put out by the Mouse said: “A fine Lion you are, to be frightened of a Mouse.”
“It’s not that I’m afraid of the Mouse,” said the Lion; “I resent his familiarity and ill-breeding.”
Moral: Little liberties may be great offenses.