There was a lion, in the jungle, laying on the ground close to death. All the animals of the land were crowded around, taunting and poking fun at him. A mouse scurried atop the lion, and while dancing on his nose said ‘He can’t do anything to us now!’. The animal crowd laughed and continued to make fun of the lion.
With all the energy left in his body, the lion lifted his head and said ‘Mock me now, but, I was a lion once.'