Panchatantra Stories - The Lion and the Mouse - Animated Stories - English. A ferocious lion was taking nap in the forest when a little mouse kept disturbing him by moving up and down his huge body. When the irritated lion got up to kill the little mouse, it pleaded to the king and asked for forgiveness. The mouse promised to help the king in difficult times. Laughing at the little mouse's gesture the lion decides to free it. Later one fine day, when the lion gets trapped in a hunter's net the mouse come to its rescue as promised. Thus, the moral of the story is that little friends may prove to be great friends.