The Lion and the Mouse

Who are the characters in the fable?

• sheep and dog

• mouse and lion

• cat and bird

• turtle and rabbit

What type of story is The Lion and the Mouse?

• short

• long

• nursery rhyme

• fable

Fables always have a story and a lesson to be learned which is called a ________.

What does "disturbed" mean?

• bothered

• scooped

• rebuilt

• happened

What does "grateful" mean?

• love

• chewing

• moral

• thankful

What does "favor" mean?

• hunter

• jungle

• doing something nice and helpful for someone

• chewing

What does gnawing mean?

• lion

• free

• little mouse

• chewing

How does the lion feel at the beginning of the story when mouse is jogging across his back?

• sad

• angry

• happy

• scared

What does the lion plan to do when he awakened by the mouse?

• be friends with the mouse

• play with the mouse

• talk to the mouse

• eat the mouse

Why does the lion decide not to swallow the mouse?

• The mouse says he will help lion by doing a favor for him some day.

• He is a good friend.

• He is sleepy.

• He is disturbed.