Aesop's Fables for Kids - The Mouse, the Frog and the Hawk READ ALOUD for Children

"The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk" is an Aesop Fable read from a classic collection of fables. This version of this fable is read from: "Aesop's Fables: A NEW REVISED VERSION FROM ORIGINAL SOURCES" by HARRISON WEIR, JOHN TENNIEL, ERNEST GRISET AND OTHERS (1884). To use this READ ALOUD video as a read along video, simply turn the ENGLISH CC (closed captions). Young readers can practice reading along with the narrator or with the narrator muted. The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk - an Aesop Fable for young readers. A Mouse, by an unlucky chance, formed an intimate acquaintance with a Frog. The Frog one day, intent on mischief, bound the foot of the Mouse tightly to his own. Thus joined together, the Frog led his friend toward the pool in which he lived, until he reached the very brink, when suddenly jumping in, he dragged the Mouse in with him. The Frog enjoyed the water amazingly, and swam croaking about as if he had done a meritorious action. The unhappy Mouse was soon suffocated with the water, and his dead body floated about on the surface, tied to the foot of the Frog. A Hawk observed it, and, pouncing upon it, carried it up aloft. The Frog, being still fastened to the leg of the Mouse, was also carried off a prisoner, and was eaten by the Hawk. THE MORAL of THIS STORY: Harm hatch, harm catch. MUSIC CREDITS: The theme music for this video was composed and recorded by Eddie Lewis (www.EddieLewis.com). READING CREDITS: This story was read by Ruth Lewis. ART CREDITS: The graphics for this video were created by Pearl Lewis (www.DrPearlLewis.com).