The Lion and The Mouse
Once when a lion was a sleep, a little mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon awoke the lion, who placed his huge paw upon the mouse, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.
“Pardon, o King. Forgive me this time. I shall never forget it: who knows I may be able to do you a good turn some of these day?” The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him. Then he lifted up his paw and let him go.
One day the lion was caught in a trap. Some hunters who wanted to carry him alive the king, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him in. Just then the little mouse happened to pass by and see the sad plight in which the lion was. The little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bound the king of the beasts. Soon after the little mouse had finished gnawing away the ropes, he asked the lion to run away.
Taken from UN 2005/2006.
1. Who are the main characters of the story?
a. The lion and the cat.
b. The lion and the mouse.
c. The lion and the beasts.
d. The lion and the king.
2. What is the moral lesson from the text?
a. Don’t look at someone because of his clothes.
b. It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.
c. Common people may prove great ones.
d. United we stand, divided we fall.
3. Paragraph three mainly tells that ....
a. The little mouse asked for forgiveness
b. The hunter carried the lion alive to the king
c. The lion was tied to tree by the hunter.
d. The little mouse could prove that he could help the lion
4. What did the little mouse do to prove his words?
a. He would never forget the lion.
b. He tried hard to help the lion free.
c. He ran up and down upon the lion.
d. He asked for apology to the king of the beast.
