The Lion asked what was going on and who was there. The Mouse wondered if he could see her. The Lion asked who she was. The Mouse answered that she was his friend. She also asked if she could help him. The Lion answered that he needed help. But he didn’t know how she would help him. The Mouse asked the Lion not to worry. The Mouse said that she would gnaw the net. The Lion asked why she wanted to help him. He wondered if the Mouse was afraid of him. The Mouse answered that she wasn’t. She said that she was his friend.