酷熱難耐的夏天，獅子正在自己的洞裏睡大覺。一隻不識趣的老鼠偏偏這時爬到他臉上，把他驚醒了。暴跳如雷的獅子，發狂地在洞裏四處尋找這隻可惡的老鼠。狐狸看見後就嘲諷獅子： “這麼英勇的獅子竟然害怕起老鼠來了！ ”獅子回答說： “我害怕的並不是老鼠，而是恨他的放肆和無禮 !”
一個人的小小的自由，有時候也是對別人的冒犯。
A Liohe heat of a summer’s day，fell fast asleep in his den. A Mouse ran over his mane and ears and woke him from his slumbers. He rose up and shook himself ih， and searched every er of his den to .nd the Mouse. A Fox seeing him said，“A .ne Liohtened of a Mouse.”
“It is not the Mouse I fear，” said the Lio his familiarity and ill-breeding.”
Little liberties are great offenses.