獅子與報恩的老鼠

獅子和報恩的老鼠

Once when a Lion was asleep, a little Mouse began running up anddown upon him. This soon wakened the Lion, who placed his huge pawupon him and opened his big jaws to swallow him.

"Pardon, O King!" cried the little Mouse, "Forgive me this time.I shall never repeat it and I shall never forget your kindness. Andwho knows, but I may be able to do you a good turn one of thesedays?"

The Lion was so tickled at the idea of the Mouse being able tohelp him that he lifted up his paw and let him go.

Sometime later a few hunters captured the King and tied him to atree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him on.

Just then the little Mouse happened to pass by, and seeing thesad plight in which the Lion was, ran up to him and soon gnawedaway the ropes that bound the King of the Beasts. "Was I notright?" said the little Mouse, very happy to help the Lion.

辭彙學習：

Lion [ˈlaɪən] 獅子

asleep [əˈsliːp] 睡著的；麻木的；長眠的

waken [ˈweɪkən] 覺醒,醒來 （wakened是waken的過去式形式）

paw [pɔː] 爪子，腳掌

jaws [dʒɔːz] 口,狹口,咽喉

swallow [ˈswɒləʊ] 吞下，咽下

Forgive me this time 原諒我這次

forget [fəˈɡɛt] 忘，忘記

kindness [ˈkaɪndnɪs] 仁慈；善行

hunter [ˈhʌntə] 獵人；搜尋者；獵犬