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Hello 5th and 6th grade! This week we are going to hear another story. We will hear

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another of Aesop's Fables, who we remember from last week. The last story is an ancient

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Greek storyteller, and all of his stories involve spirits and animals, and they all

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have morals or lessons. This week, we will hear the story of the lion and the mouse.

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So, one day in the great big jungle, there is a lion who is walking along, and he sees a mouse

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sleeping. This mouse is very small, and the lion sneaks up without being heard. The lion

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catches the mouse. He grabs the mouse in his hands, and he looks at it, and it's kind of cute.

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He is going to eat the mouse, but he says,

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Really, I am not very hungry. I ate one hour ago.

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This mouse looks cute. I will let him live. I will show mercy.

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And the mouse says,

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says, thank you so much. You are so big and so powerful, but you show me mercy and I appreciate

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it. The lion continues to walk and he is walking through the jungle and he steps on a thorn.

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It goes straight through his paw. His paw is very painful, and the thorn is stuck in his thaw.

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The lion tries to bite his paw, tries to take the thorn out, but he cannot because his hand

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is too big. The mouse hears the lion roar in pain. Ow! Ow! My paw! And the mouse thinks,

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hmm, this lion helped me. Perhaps I should see what is happening. And the mouse returns,

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and he sees the thorn in the paw, and he says, Lion, with your great big hands and your great

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big mouth, you cannot reach the thorn, but I am very small, and I have very tiny teeth.

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If you allow me to walk into your paw, I can take the thorn out. And the lion says,

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you are so small you are so weak but i need your help i need you to help me please take the thorn

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out and the mouse says please allow me to repay your favor he walks down to the paw he grabs it

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and the lion feels so much better. He says, thank you. You have repaid my favor

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greatly. And the mouse says, no, no, no. Thank you for showing me mercy when you did not need to.

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And the moral of the story is, just like the lion, we must show mercy and gratitude to people, even if you think they are small, even if you think they cannot help you.

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still show mercy because maybe one day you will need their help and they will be grateful in return

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so i hope you enjoyed the story this was the lion and the mouse by asap and we will return

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in two weeks with a new story. Please be well at home. I hope you are enjoying all of your

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classes as much as possible. I miss you. I hope you are doing well and good luck.