ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Do you know Aesop’s fable The Lion and the Mouse? It’s the story of how a lion catches a mouse. The mouse says that one day it will help the lion, so the lion decides to let the mouse go free instead of killing it. Later, the mouse is able to help set the lion free from a hunter’s trap.

Detailed explanation-2: -The mouse remembered the lion’s voice and ran quickly to the net. The mouse saw the lion struggling in the net and had an idea. She gnawed on the net until it broke and the lion was able to escape.

Detailed explanation-3: -The moral of the Lion and the Mouse fable is that an act of kindness is never wasted. Later, the Lion is caught in a hunter’s trap. The Mouses sees him struggling in the net and gnaws through the rope. He was unable to free himself but, with the help of the Mouse, he escapes.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the African Serengeti, a tiny mouse accidentally disturbs a lion from his rest. To the mouse’s surprise and delight, the lion decides to let her go free. Later, when the lion is caught in a poacher’s net, the mouse nibbles through the rope and, returning the favour, sets the lion free.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Lion and the Mouse: No act of kindness is Ever Wasted. The Story: A Lion is fast asleep until a Mouse wakes him up. The Lion opens his big jaw to swallow him. But the Mouse begs the Lion to think again, as he may become useful in the future.