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The Lion, The Mouse, and The Fox

A Lion was asleep in his den. A Mouse ran over his mane and woke him. He rose up and searched his den for the Mouse. A Fox, seeing this, chided the Lion about fearing a little Mouse. "It's not the Mouse I fear," said the Lion, "it's his familiarity and ill-breeding."

Townsend version

A Lion, fatigued by the heat of a summer's day, fell fast asleep in his den. A Mouse ran over his mane and ears and woke him from his slumbers. He rose up and shook himself in great wrath, and searched every corner of his den to find the Mouse. A Fox seeing him said: "A fine Lion you are, to be frightened of a Mouse." "'Tis not the Mouse I fear," said the Lion; "I resent his familiarity and ill-breeding."

Moral

Little liberties are great offenses.

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