IF - "Extremes" - Extremely Humble

So, I may have mixed up my fables somewhat... but I think this still works. :) The irony of the big 'ole lion needing the little itty bitty mouse to help him, and how "extremely" humbling that could be... :) Below I pasted in some background on the original fables, from Wikipedia.

The Lion and the Mouse

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The Lion and the Mouse is an Aesop's fable. In the fable, a lion wants to eat a mouse who wakes him up. The mouse begs forgiveness and promises to return the favor if ever he is given the opportunity. He also makes the point that such unworthy prey as him should not stain the lion's great paws. Later, the lion is captured by hunters and tied to a tree; the lion roars with all his might so that someone might help him. The mouse hears the lion's pleas and frees him by gnawing through the ropes. The moral of this story is stated in the last line of the fable:

Little friends may prove great friends.

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted"

Another Aesop fable with a similar moral lesson concerns a slave who removes a thorn from a lion's paw, and the lion later comes to the slave's rescue.[1]

The story may have Ancient Egyptian roots, a nearly identical tale was told by Thoth to Hathor in one myth.