Narrative Text, Lion and Mouse

Lion was awakened from sleep by a mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him. The mouse piteously entered, saying, “If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.”
The lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the lion was caught by hunters, who bound with him with strops to the ground. The mouse, recognize his roar, came, gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaiming, “You ridiculed that idea of repayment of your favor; now you know it is possible for even a mouse to confer on a big lion.”