The Lion In The Mouse

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Retold byJenny Dooley & Vonesso Poge

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Jenny Dooley & Vanessa Page,2002

Design and lllustration @ Express Publishing, 2002 Colour lllustrations:Chris Music by Ted & Taz @ Express Publishing, 2002 First published 2002 Published in this edition 2008
Fourth impression 2011

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rsBN 978-1 -84325-381-5

CONTENTS

Activities

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p. p p.

27

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Word

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"Ho-ho! That [s funny. You1l help me one day? You're too smoll for me. Just go for owcy!"

A long tlme loter, on cnother hot doy, o noise much greoter the mouse heors for dwdy,
She runs

to the llon

ond whct does she see?
He (s in o net, hanging under o tree!

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Sc she starts to bite the ropes of the net, ond soon he falls through ond londs on his head.
"Thonk you, my friend. I won't forget you.

We'll olwoys be friends

ond I'll protect you,""You're welcome, decr Lion.

Now you con see,

no mctter how smoll, o good friend I'll be."

People who help us ore olwoys there. We moy not know [t,

but still they cdre. The mouse helps the llon eócope from the net Now they ore frfends ond glad thot they met. Chorus: We hcve friends who ore btg. We hove fr(ends who'ore strong. \de hove friends who are smcll. Brhg them olongl
Repeatchorus When you meet ct person, help them-(n the end, you mdy ffnd out thot you've got a new friend.

Repeat chorus X2 So everyone here cctn see ft (s true thot we need oll our frfends ond thot mecns YOU!

A

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of the ptctures and motch them wlth the

words.

onimols

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king mouse house

B

Look

ct the ptctures ond c(rcle the correct

word.

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