The Lion and the Mouse | שלח לחמך על פני המים

The Lion and the Mouse, a Jewish fable for kids. 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)