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Le Lion et le Rat

The Lion and the Rat

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A rat comes out of the ground, without looking, right between the paws of a lion. The king of the animals shows what he is and spares his life. This kindness is not lost: one day, coming out of the forest, the lion is caught in a net, and all his roaring cannot free him. The rat comes running and gnaws with his teeth until one gnawed mesh undoes the whole net. We often need someone smaller than ourselves, and patience does more than strength or rage.

Retold from Fables de La Fontaine (Bernardin-Béchet, Paris 1874), Livre deuxième, XI: Le Lion et le Rat by Jean de La Fontaine (public domain).

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