Direction: Read the short stories below and write the theme or the moral of the story.

1. Once upon a time, there lived a lion and a mouse. One day, the lion was sleeping. The mouse started playing on it. The lion woke up. He caught up the mouse and was going to kill. The mouse requested for forgiveness. The lion let him go. After some days, the lion caught in a net. Upon knowing, the mouse cut the net with his teeth and set the lion free. The lion thanked the mouse.
Theme:_____________________

2. After a feast, two cats see a piece of cake and start fighting for it. A monkey sees this as an opportunity for gain and offers to help them. The monkey divides the cake into two parts but shakes its head saying, "They are unequal". He takes a bite of one piece and then the other, but still finds them unequal. He continues doing so until there is no more cake lift, leaving the poor little cats disappointed.
Theme:______________________​