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helplessness. Hearing the lion’s roar, the mouse came out of its hole and saw that the

lion’s life was in danger. The mouse came running to the lion and began to nibble the

cords of the net. In no time, the lion got free and he thanked the mouse.

Moral: One good deed begets another.

Test Yourself

Expand the given outlines into a readable stories.

A. A man has a hen — it lays a golden egg daily — man very greedy — thinks that

the hen has a store of eggs inside its body — kills the hen to get all the eggs —

finds nothing but bones — repents

B. A wise crow — very thirsty — it flies in search of water to a garden — sees a jug

with a little water — tries to drink it but cannot — looks about — sees pebbles

— puts them into the jug — the water rises up and the crow drinks it

C. A poor man buys sweets — the shopkeeper gives a short measure — the man

complains — the shopkeeper says, “Don’t worry, you will have less to carry,” —

man very cleverly — pays less money — shopkeeper complains — the man
says, “Don’t worry, you will have to count less”

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