~An Aesop Fable伊索寓言

Name: Flora

The weather is so hot. I am

so tired.

Who is bothering

me?

I am sorry!

You are only a harmless little mouse. Off you go, I won’t hurt

you.

Thanks. One day I will repay

your kindness.

Ha Ha! I am much stronger and bigger than you. A

mouse cannot help a lion.

Help me! I fell into a

trap!

You called

for me? I’ll help

you!

No one can help

me. Least of all you.

Be patient, lion. Soon you will be

free.

I will never again laugh at someone weaker or smaller

than myself.

• 1. Why did the lion spare the mouse’s life?

• 2. How did the mouse help the lion?• 3. What is the mouse’s merit< 優點 >?• 4. What is the moral< 寓意 >of this story?• 5. If you were the lion, would you spare

the mouse’s life? Why or why not?