Once upon a time a mighty and ferocious lion lay upon the ground in the forest, enjoying the cool breeze rustling his mane, the softness of the soil beneath him, the muted sunlight pouring through the ...

In Aesop's famous fable The Lion and the Mouse it is the mouse who saves the lion, setting the bound lion free. “Now you know that is it possible for even a mouse to benefit a lion,” says the mouse.

Aesop's fable about the lion and the mouse goes like this. The lion spares the life of the mouse, and the mouse later rescues the lion. Children's book illustrator Jerry Pinkney gave this tale a lush ...