In the retelling of the tale of "The Lion and the Mouse," desperate Bitsie must provide for the necessities of life for her family. She embarks on a dangerous mission, but her curiosity causes an encounter with Leo, the King of the Forest. Bitsie offers to help Leo someday if he will let her live, an idea he finds so humorous that he sets her free.

However, the table gets turned and now her tormenter the lion is desperate, but only one tiny creature is brave enough to come to his rescue. Although the Leo can't believe tiny Bitsie can help him, she tries her best. Just at the hunters were about to capture him, Bitsie makes one last bite. Leo burst forth from his trap and discover that great things often come in small packages.