Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. 5
One day, a big, strong lion was asleep. Suddenly, a little mouse ran right over his back. The lion woke
up with a roar and grabbed the mouse! He was so angry that he was ready to bite the mouse in half! "Oh, please,
please don't bite me," said the little mouse. "I'm sorry I woke you. Please let me go.
The lion said, "Why should I let you go?" The mouse replied, "If you do, someday, when you need help, I will
help you." The lion was very big and strong. He thought that the little mouse could help him was so funny that
he laughed out loud. The mouse said, "You laugh, but I am strong, too. Someday, I may show you.”
The lion did not believe it, but the laughing stopped his angry feelings, so he let the mouse go. Sometime
later, some hunters caught the lion in a trap. The trap was made of strong ropes. The lion was very strong, but
he could not break the strong ropes. He began to feel afraid. He was so afraid that he could not act. He started to
cry.
1. What happened to the lion one day?
2. Who disturbed the lion?
3. Who caught whom?
4. Did the lion forgive the mouse?
5. State whether the following statement is True or False:
The lion was old and weak.
Answers
A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you."
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
"You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."
A kindness is never wasted.
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