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Quotation from Aesop's Fables by Aesop

“A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.”

Aesop (spoken by Narrator)

Aesop's Fables, The Lion And The Mouse, trans. George Fyler Townsend (1867)

Portrait of Aesop

Opening line of the fable on mercy repaid.

Citation: "A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face." — Aesop, Aesop's Fables, The Lion And The Mouse, trans. George Fyler Townsend (1867). (id aesops-fables-q2)

Portrait: The Fox and the Grapes - Project Gutenberg etext 19994, Illustration by Milo Winter., Public domain.

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