Worried about losing his job, the mime decides to do something to get their attention. He climbs up a tree and over the wall between the enclosures. Then he starts to hang from the branch over the lion exhibit, swinging back and forth. Of course, this makes the lion furious, but the crowd loves it.
Day in and day out, more and more people come to see him, and his pay grows. The lion gets angrier and angrier, until one day the mime slips. He falls into the lion enclosure. The lion charges after him, and the mime begins to run for his life.
After chasing him for a time,the lion manages to pin the mime to the ground. Unable to take it anymore, the mime screams, “Help, please! Someone help me!”
The lion then opens its mouth and says, “Shut up you idiot! Do you want to get us both fired?”