The Lion and the Mouse - read by Aesock H Puppet (Aesop Fable)

19 Apr 2020 · 2 min

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This content was created by Dave Edgren. This content was uploaded by Dave Edgren. This is a YouTube video titled "The Lion and the Mouse - read by Aesock H Puppet (Aesop Fable)" (uploaded 2020-04-19). The excerpt is a narrated reading of Aesop's fable "The Lion and the Mouse," performed by two voices (a primary narrator reading the story and a second voice delivering the mouse's lines). The content is a short children's story/audiobook-style reading of the fable about kindness and reciprocity.

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Hi, my name is Aesop H Puppet, and I'm going to read you one of Uncle Aesop's famous fables. This one is called "The Lion and the Mouse." A lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, she ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her. "Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse.
"Please let me go!" And someday I will surely repay you.
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. He was generous and finally let the Mouse go. Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
'You laughed when I said I would repay you,' said the Mouse. 'Now you see that even a mouse can help a lion.' Uncle Aesop says, 'A kindness is never wasted.'