The Lion and the Mouse [עברית] | Tales of Tails | שלח לחמך על פני המים The Lion and the Mouse [עברית] | Tales of Tails | שלח לחמך על פני המים

A mighty lion catches a tiny mouse… and lets him go. "One day I'll pay you back," squeaks the mouse. The lion laughs — a king doesn't need anybody. Until the night the hunters' net comes down. Then Zaidy tells the nimshal: a boy who picked up a man's pencils in cheder, and an icy morning on the shul steps many years later. שַׁלַּח לַחְמְךָ עַל פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם כִּי בְרֹב הַיָּמִים תִּמְצָאֶנּוּ — Send your bread out on the water, after many days you will find it (Koheles 11:1). The full series, 12 brand-new fables, is coming before Chanukah.