What is the moral of The Lion and the Mouse?

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. The lion spares the mouse, and later the tiny mouse frees him from a hunting net, showing that little friends can be great friends.

Who wrote The Lion and the Mouse?

It is one of Aesop's Fables, traditionally credited to Aesop, a storyteller said to have lived in ancient Greece around the sixth century BCE. The fable was passed down and written down by later collectors; this version is a VoiceSmiths retelling.

What age is The Lion and the Mouse for?

It suits children from about 3 to 8. Nobody is hurt in this telling: the hunters simply run away, and the lion and the mouse become friends.

Back to the theater

Fable · 声匠改编 · 3:39

The Lion and the Mouse

A mighty lion spares a tiny mouse and laughs at her promise to repay him. Then hunters catch him in a net. The Aesop fable about small kindnesses, retold.

Narrator

The Lion

The Mouse

Gruff, a hunter

Pike, a hunter

0:000:00

About this story

The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, the short moral tales handed down from ancient Greece. In this VoiceSmiths retelling, a booming lion king spares a brave little mouse, two bumbling hunters set a trap, and the mouse comes back to keep her promise. It is a full-cast audio story with a gentle, happy ending.

What it teaches

No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Never look down on someone for being little: small friends can be great friends when it matters most.

Suits

Ages 3–8

Tips for telling it

Before the hunters come, ask: do you think the mouse will ever be able to help the lion?
Let children make the nibble, nibble, nibble sound with you while the mouse gnaws the ropes.
Talk about a time someone small, or someone younger, helped them, or a time they helped someone bigger.

Questions people ask

What is the moral of The Lion and the Mouse?: No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. The lion spares the mouse, and later the tiny mouse frees him from a hunting net, showing that little friends can be great friends.
Who wrote The Lion and the Mouse?: It is one of Aesop's Fables, traditionally credited to Aesop, a storyteller said to have lived in ancient Greece around the sixth century BCE. The fable was passed down and written down by later collectors; this version is a VoiceSmiths retelling.
What age is The Lion and the Mouse for?: It suits children from about 3 to 8. Nobody is hurt in this telling: the hunters simply run away, and the lion and the mouse become friends.

Theater

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷🇪🇸🇧🇷🇮🇩7 languagesShort drama3:36

Reborn at My Engagement Party

声匠原创

Pushed down the stairs by her fiancé and her sister, Shen Qingci wakes up at her own engagement party. She exposes them both, then he whispers in her ear: did you come back too?

5 voices

🇺🇸🇨🇳2 languagesClassic5:00

Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats

Romance of the Three Kingdoms · Luo Guanzhong (original) · VoiceSmiths adaptation · 1522

Zhou Yu sets a trap: 100,000 arrows in ten days. Kongming asks for three, waits for fog, and lets Cao Cao pay. Same cast as the Chinese episode.

6 voices

🇺🇸🇨🇳2 languagesFable3:33

The North Wind and the Sun

声匠改编

The boastful North Wind and the gentle Sun bet on who can make a traveler take off his cloak. Aesop's fable of why warmth wins where force fails, retold.

5 voices