What inspired Aesop to write The Lion and the Mouse (fable)?

Usually writers—of fable or other fiction genre: non-fiction or news report authors—observe or experience something that compels explanation, discourse and/or assertion. read more

Usually writers—of fable or other fiction genre: non-fiction or news report authors—observe or experience something that compels explanation, discourse and/or assertion. read more

The Mouse couldn’t think of a single way in which a tiny Mouse could help a Lion. He shut his eyes and waited to be eaten. But the Lion didn’t eat the mouse. He just laughed and gently put the Mouse down on the ground. ‘That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard!’ said the Lion. ‘A tiny Mouse helping a huge Lion like me. read more

The Lion & the Mouse A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. read more