And so in the fable mentioned above, when thelion is hopelessly ensnared in a net, it is the lowly mousethelion once spared, that nibbles through the ropes and sets him free.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who is currently conducting his own "National Conversation" on Scotland's constitutional future, dismissed the report as a "constitutional mouse" at a time when he said the powers to build a "lion economy" were needed.