The Lion And The Mouse (Panchatantra Stories In English)

The Lion And The Mouse – Panchatantra Stories In English

The Lion And The Mouse: Once upon a time, there was a forest where lived a lot of organisms. A lion also lived in that forest, and he was the king of the forest and ruled all the organisms who lived in that forest. Every animal respects him as a king. The Lion lived in a den.

On a hot summer day, the lion feels hot in his den, so he decides to leave the den and sat down under a tree near his den. As the shadow presents at the bottom of the tree, so he feels cool, and the weather under the tree was cooler than in the den.

He just finished his lunch and as his tummy was full, and the weather was also comfortable so, he feels sleepy, and finally, he falls asleep.

On the other side, there also lived a mouse. The mouse was very small and naughty. He always loves to play and tried to help others but as he was very little other animals always humiliated the mouse thus the mouse feels insulted.

One day the mouse accidentally reached near the fen of the lion and the mouse noticed that the lion was sleeping and felt that it is the right time to play with the lion.

So he became very excited and the mouse started to jump around the body of a lion, and he utilizes the curve shape of the body of the lion as a sleeper. He enjoyed it very much while he was playing and jumping on the back side of the lion.

In the meantime, the lion woke up, and he feels very disguised. The lion also becomes very angry and to see the waves of the anger of the lion, the mouse became very scared. The lion tried to catch the mouse with the help of his bow and finally.

The lion was able to catch him. Then the lion moves his hand towards his mouth and the mouse thought maybe it is his last day.

Soon the lion will eat him, thus the little mouse became frightened and started crying and apologized for his work and said to the lion,

“Please leave me. I will never do this type of work in the future, please forgive me.” and again started crying.

To see the little mouse crying and to listen to this type of word. The lion also melted away and hence he pleased him and told to the mouse, “you are very lucky that I did my lunch before some time. If I was hungry, and you disturbed me like that, I will definitely kill you. As you apologized to me, so I decide not to consume you.”

Then he realized him. The mouse said to the lion, “Thank you my king, I will remember your kindness. In the future, I will help you if you need this.” Then the mouse left the place.

To listen to this type of word, the lion smiled and thought that the mouse has a great sense of humor. How he can say this type of word. Being such a small creature, how the mouse will be able to help.

The time flies and after a few days, the lion was busy for searching food for him. When he was eating food, then he became noticed by two hunters. The hunters wanted to trap the lion and hence they spread the net to trap the lion.

The lion was unmindful, and he did not have the presence of a snare, as soon as he gave his feet on the snare he became trapped.

After getting trapped, the lion started roaring with anger.  To listen to his painful and angry roaring, the mouse can not stop himself from going to the lion.

The mouse did not forget the kindness of the lion, and then he started his journey quickly to protect the king, and finally he reached the place where the incident happened.

When he came to the point where the whole incident happened. He saw that the king was trapped in the Snare, he became scared and find out a new plan. And soon he started to chew the rope of the Snare with the help of his sharp teeth.

Soon he was able to cut down the net and the lion get away from the trap. Then they left the place together. The lion thank the mouse and also told to the mouse that he thought the mouse was not able to help him but on that day he save his life. He is grateful to him.

The mouse was blushing to listen to his praise from the king. From that time, the lion, and the mouse became a very close friends. They always spend their time together.

The lion also offers the mouse to make him a sleeper and play around him. Both the mouse and the lion enjoy it. The other animals, who insult the mouse, now feel jealous to see the friendship between the lion and the mouse.

Now they also honor the mouse in front of him. Now they spent their days happily.

So, the story of ‘The Lion And The Mouse’ ends here. Let’s know the moral of this story. What do we learn from “The Panchatantra story of The Lion And The Mouse”?