The document summarizes a story about a mouse and a lion. The lion was the fierce and cruel king of the forest who considered other animals inferior. One day, while the lion was sleeping, a mouse accidentally came upon his den and woke the lion. Terrified, the mouse begged for forgiveness. Later, hunters captured the lion in a net. The mouse happened upon the scene and gnawed through the ropes to free the lion. The lion realized the mouse had helped him and that every creature has value. The moral is that kindness is never wasted.