The Lion and the Mouse

Robert Henryson's Moral Fables include a tale taken directly from Aesop.  The author justifies this with the medieval dream device wherein Aesop narrates the story during a dream.  Justice tempered with mercy is a significant portion of the well developed legal argument in this tale and is worthy of study by law school students as well as literary scholars.  Morality and spiritual leanings may be fading in current educational trends so perhaps Henryson's lion and mouse story will disappear into the Book Wraith's mist.