Kindness – Every little bit counts Including the story the Lion and the Mouse by Aesop

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‘Every little counts’. Sometimes, something little means a lot to the person receiving it. It might make their day!

The lion and the mouse Lion was a huge animal with big, sharp teeth. Many animals were afraid of him. He was fierce and he had a very loud, frightening roar. One day, he was fast asleep when a little mouse ran across his face. With a start, Lion woke up. He was angry and caught the mouse with one scoop of his enormous paw.  ‘Spare me,’ cried Mouse. ‘Please don’t kill me. One day, I may be able to repay you.’ Lion laughed. How could a little mouse possibly help him? After all, he was king of the jungle. However, Lion let the mouse go. Some time later, Lion was out in the jungle when SNAP! He was caught in a hunter’s ropes. How the mighty creature roared and roared! The little mouse heard him and came to his rescue. She gnawed and gnawed at the ropes until they fell apart and Lion was freed. ‘You laughed when I said that one day, I would repay you,’ said Mouse. ‘But now you can see that even a mouse can help a lion.’

What does it mean? In this fable, Lion was kind to Mouse. For him, it was nothing that a big, fierce lion should spare a tiny, helpless creature such as a mouse. But that small action ended up saving Lion’s life! This story doesn’t mean that we should just be kind to people to get something back. It means that we never know what difference being kind to someone can make to their life and also to our own life. How we react to others is important. Being kind to others improves relationships with those around us. Also, being kind to people can make us feel good on the inside, too!

Spreading kindness Sometimes, it is easy to forget to be kind. Being kind means thinking about someone else and being willing to put their needs first. Think about the ways in which people are kind to you. Think about how that makes you feel.