Sasha Chorny
Who?

“Come, Children!
Who is the bravest in the world?”
They knew—and answered in one singing voice:
“The lion!”
“The lion? Ha ha...It’s easy to be brave
If your paws are as wide as mops.
No, it’s neither the lion, nor the elephant,
But the littlest one—The mouse!
Why, just yesterday, I saw a miracle:
A little mouse climbed into a bowl
Right under the nose of a sleeping cat,
And without hurrying, it ate up all the crumbs.
How about that!

Translated by Kevin Kinsella