A cruel lion lived in the forest. Every day, the lion killed and ate a lot of animals. The other animals were afraid the lion would kill them all. The animals told the lion, " Let's make a deal. If you promise to eat only one animal each day,then one of us will come to you every day. Then you don't have to hunt and kill us."
The plan sounded well thought-out to the lion, so the lion agreed but he also said ," If you don't come every day, I promise to kill all of you next day". Each day after that, one animal went to the lion so that the lion could eat it. Then, all the other animals were safe.
Finally it was the rabbit's turn to go to the lion. The rabbit went very slowly that day, so the lion was angry when the rabbit finally arrived. The lion angrily asked the rabbit," Why are you late ?"
I was hiding form another lion in the forest. The lion said he was the king, so I was afraid . The lion told the rabbit,I am the only king here !Take me to that other lion and I will kill him. The rabbit replied , " I will be happy to show you where he lives."
The rabbit led the lion to an old well in the middle of the forest. The well was very deep with water at the bottom. The rabbit told the lion , " Look in there. The lion lives at the bottom." When the lion looked in the well, he could see his own face in the water. He thought that was the other lion . Without waiting another moment, he jumped into the well to attack the other lion. He never came out . All of the other animals in the forest were very pleased with the rabbit's clever trick.
Credit to Paul Nation Book
I studied 20 words above story.
afraid, agree, attack,angry,arrive, bottom ,cruel, clever, finally, hunt, hide, lot, middle, moment,promise,pleased, reply, safe, trick, well
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Thanks for your valuable comment ! @Dara, Roman and Rosemary .
Hi Theint!
I think this story is good. I don't know, what would I do if I were anybody in the story.
At first it sounds weird. I mean, why was that lion so stupid? But it is clear that lion was blinded by anger.
Ofcourse it has some meanings and hidden advices.
One of them is "You don't need to be the strongest or biggest to live happy"
Thank you for sharing!
It's a very popular story . However , the author gave all the characters many human aspects , he even gave them a mind to think of things . But at the climax he took the ability of figuring out that the other lion is only a reflection on the water from the lion . Thus , returning to be a mindless animal , while the rabbit kept the ability to mislead the lion to his fatal ending .........
Telling stories using animals is a wonderful method and it can be found in my cultures . The most funny thing about it is stereotypes , where , some animals are clever other are dump or evil . Thanks for sharing ur wonderful narrative with us
Haallo Theint, kaunggtai! The rabbit is cleverer than the lion. We should take some advice from your story. That strength alone is not enough. Thanks for sharing.