The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced . Once when a Lion wasasleep a little Mouse beganrunning up and down uponhim ; this soon wakenedthe Lion, who placed hishuge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws ^SOPS FABLES 27 to swallow him. cc Pardon, O King, criedthe little Mouse ; ct forgive me this time, Ishall never forget it : who knows but whatI may be able to do you a turn some of thesedays ? The Lion was so tickled at the ideaof the Mouse being able to help him, that helifted up his paw and let him go. Some timeafter the Lion was caught in a trap, and thehunters, who
The fables of Æsop, selected, told anew and their history traced . Once when a Lion wasasleep a little Mouse beganrunning up and down uponhim ; this soon wakenedthe Lion, who placed hishuge paw upon him, and opened his big jaws ^SOPS FABLES 27 to swallow him. cc Pardon, O King, criedthe little Mouse ; ct forgive me this time, Ishall never forget it : who knows but whatI may be able to do you a turn some of thesedays ? The Lion was so tickled at the ideaof the Mouse being able to help him, that helifted up his paw and let him go. Some timeafter the Lion was caught in a trap, and thehunters, who desired to carry him alive to theKing, tied him to a tree while they went insearch of a waggon to carry him on. Justthen the little Mouse happened to pass by,and seeing the sad plight in which the Lionwas, went up to him and soon gnawed awaythe ropes that bound the King of the Was I not right? said the little Mouse.
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