The wizard and the mouse

Once upon a time, in a village lived a well-known wizard. One day, the wizard saw a mouse falling down from the sky. Shocked, the wizard looked up. “Oh, so you dropped from the beak of a crow! The fall saved you from being the crow’s meal today, my little friend,” the wizard chuckled. 

He picked up the little mouse and treated its injuries. “Now, have some food,” he said to the mouse. The humble wizard brought a few grains of rice for the little mouse. The mouse ate the grains and slept soundly. 

From that day onwards, the mouse became the wizard’s pet. One day, when the wizard was returning from a trip to the village, he saw a cat chasing his pet. “Now, this cannot continue. If this continues, my poor pet will be killed,” he thought. 

Then he had an idea. “Let me turn this mouse into a cat! After that, the mouse can protect itself against the cats!”. And so, the wizard turned his pet into a cat. Now, the mouse, that turned into a cat lived peacefully. 

Soon, a dog started chasing the wizard’s beloved cat. So, the wizard changed the cat into a dog. “Now, that dog won’t be able to hurt you,” the wizard said. 

But that wasn’t the end of all problems. One day, a tiger strayed from the woods, started chasing the dog. “Oh no!” exclaimed the wizard. Quickly he turned the dog into a massive tiger. So, his pet mouse, now became a tiger. 

Quite happy and satisfied with himself the wizard went to take a nap. Now the tiger wanted to kill and eat the wizard. But when he walked towards the wizard with the intention to kill him, the wizard knew what the tiger was up to. Before the tiger could pounce on the wizard, the he was turned back into a mouse! There was no tiger, only a little mouse. The wizard was disappointed with his pet. “Whatever you are, big or small, never forget to be humble and grateful” the wizard told the mouse.