Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest. One day after a heavy meal. It was sleeping under a tree. After a while, there came a mouse it started to play on the lion. Suddenly the lion got up with anger looked for those who disturbed its nice sleep. Then it saw a small mouse standing trembling with fear. The lion jumped on it started to kill it. The mouse requested the lion to forgive it. The lion felt pity left it. The mouse ran away. 

    今天要给大家介绍的是伊索寓言故事The Lion the Mouse (《狮子与老鼠》)。有一天小老鼠不小心撞到了正在睡觉的狮子身上，狮子逮住小老鼠要吃掉它。小老鼠求饶，狮子放过了它。小老鼠承诺以后会报答狮子，狮子哈哈大笑不以为然。

    On another day, the lion was caught in a net by a hunter. The mouse came there cut the net. Thus it escaped. There after, the mouse the lion became friends. They lived happily in the forest afterwards. 

    过了几天，狮子陷入了猎人设下了的圈套，被吊在树上动弹不得。小老鼠闻声赶来，用牙齿咬断了绳子，把狮子救了下来。
                                 来源： English Success