Lion and Mouse - Fable

Read the fable and answer the questions

Lion and Mouse

A generous lion caught a mouse but he let her go. A few days later the lion was caught in a net. Along came the same mouse and helped him because he had helped her. She gnawed through the net and set the lion free.
Moral:
It is always a good thing to help others who have helped you, no matter how small you are. You must be grateful.

Vocabulary:
generous - Giving people more of your (time or help) than is usual.
to gnaw - To bite, chew on with the teeth.
grateful - thankful
moral - General truth about things that are right or wrong.

Please match the answers to the questions.

1. Why was the lion generous?
Because he set the mouse freeBecause the lion had helped herHe got caught in a netShe cut through the net with her teethThe mouse he had set free.
2. What happened to the lion?
Because he set the mouse freeBecause the lion had helped herHe got caught in a netShe cut through the net with her teethThe mouse he had set free.
3. Who helped him?
Because he set the mouse freeBecause the lion had helped herHe got caught in a netShe cut through the net with her teethThe mouse he had set free.
4. What did she do?
Because he set the mouse freeBecause the lion had helped herHe got caught in a netShe cut through the net with her teethThe mouse he had set free.
5. Why did she do this?
Because he set the mouse freeBecause the lion had helped herHe got caught in a netShe cut through the net with her teethThe mouse he had set free.
Fable based on Aesop's Fables, Baltimore 1818.