One day a lion was sleeping.He caught the mouse and said, "I'll eat you up. That will teach you not to wake up the king of the animals!" But the mouse cried, "Please don't eat me. I didn't want to wake you up. I'm

very sorry.So he let the mouse go.

A few days later, some hunters came and caught the lion.The lion roared and roared.A mouse ran over his face and woke him up. The lion was angry.But he also thought, "This mouse really is very small. He's too small for dinner. He's even too small for a snack."They tied him to a tree with strong ropes.