"No, no, good hunter, I am not an elephant, I am not an elephant," squealed the mouse.
The hunter laughed. "No, you don't look much like an elephant, my little friend," he said. "I think I must help you all to escape."
The first animal that the hunter drew up was the lion. "Oh, hunter," said the lion, "I and the other animals will prove grateful to you and will help you for your kindness to us, so rescue them. But leave the man in the pit, for I warn you he will forget your kindness and do you harm."