When the tiny mouse is caught by the huge lion, he begs to be freed. The lion laughs and lets him go, not knowing that his tiny captive will later save him! Find the moral to Aesop's fable in the easy-to-read, brilliantly illustrated Short Tales Fable The Lion and the Mouse. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Publishing Group. Grades 1-4.