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The Lion and the Mouse

The lion and the mouse photos from books.

Sentence Stems

By: Abigail Espinosa, Angel Cisneros, Abigail Garcia, Gabriel Marez, and Jacob Huerta

What is this fable mostly about?

The lion and the mouse fable is about a lion getting his kindness returned to him after getting in trouble.

How do the character's relationships with the other characters or their motivations to take certain actions affect the plot/conflict/outcome of the story?

The mouse would have not helped the lion escape the trap if the lion had not let the mouse go in the beginning.

Theme/Moral

  • The moral of The Lion and the Mouse is, a good deed gets its return or no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

Symbols

  • lion-pride
  • mouse-generosity or compassion
  • trap-lion's ego

Literary Devices

  • Hyperbole- "It ticked like crazy."
  • Metaphor- "I'd be just a tiny snack."
  • Imagery- "He opened his mouth wide and prepared to eat the mouse."
  • Personification- "I kept my promise!" said the mouse to the lion."

The Lion and the Mouse

By: Jerry Pinkney

The Lion and the Mouse is an Aesop's fable. This adaptation of The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney still reminds us that no act of kindness is ever wasted. The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney was written in 2009.

Summary

One day a mouse woke up the king of the beast from his nap. The lion snatched up the mouse planning on eating the little creature, but the mouse pleaded for his life. The mouse promised the lion that he would help out the lion if he was ever in trouble. In agreement the mouse was set free, several years later the mouse heard the lion roar for help. The mouse kept his promise to the lion and helped him escape the trap.

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