00:00lying under a bush, yawned and stretched once or twice and said to himself,
00:11Thank God, I am so strong that I need fear no one on this earth.
00:19Not like these wretched mosquitoes who are afraid of everyone because anyone can just crush them.
00:30The mosquitoes heard him and were very angry that they should be held in such disrespect.
00:39And one of them said,
00:46Don't think that no one can get the better of you, lion, just because you are so big and strong.
00:55It's true, we are small, but we may yet prove to be more than a match for you, lion.
01:04Silence, you little wretch! You, if anyone, had better watch what you say.
01:12Why, I can crush a lot of you with just one paw.
01:21This was more than the mosquitoes could do.
01:25I can crush a lot of you with just one paw.
01:32This was more than the mosquitoes could bear.
01:36And one of them said,
01:38Come brothers, let's show the lion a thing or two.
01:43He shall remember to the end of his days how to make fun of us.
01:48At this the mosquitoes flew at the lion and began to bite him all over.
01:59And though he slapped his tail and slapped at them first with one paw and then with another.
02:08Though he turned over on his back and waved all his four paws together, but nothing helped.
02:18He killed quite a few mosquitoes, but their numbers seemed not to lessen.
02:25And swarms of them kept coming at him as though someone were pouring them out of a sand.
02:32The lion tried taking great leaps into the air.
02:37And he ran around the bush.
02:40But the mosquitoes went on biting him and never stopped.
02:50At last, seeing that he could not fight the mosquitoes anymore,
02:57At last, seeing that he could not fight them off, the lion began pleading with them.
03:08Oh, do please stop and leave me be.
03:14I wasn't making fun of you.
03:18Really I wasn't.
03:20Did pity on me for the love of God, please.
