The lion and the mouse
The lion and the mouse is an animal fable by the ancient Greek fable poet Aesop and has great parallels to the ancient Egyptian - demotic fable The lion and the mouse .
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Once upon a time there was a mouse that danced over a sleeping lion and woke it up. He took it in his paws, but the mouse pleaded:
“Forgive me for my carelessness and give me my life, I want to be eternally grateful to you. I didn't want to disturb you. "
At this request the lion generously gave her freedom and asked how the mouse could show him its thanks. A short time later the mouse found the lion trapped in a net. She rushed over and gnawed a few knots of the net so that the lion could break free.
Phrase
For the saying “the mouse doesn't bite off a thread”, the colloquial confirmation of a statement that cannot be changed, there is often a reference to the fable of the lion and the mouse .
Web links
- The lion and the mouse in the Gutenberg-DE project
- Audiobook The Lion and the Mouse on vorleser.net