One day, some animals got together in the forest. They were talking about which animal was the ______. The pig said, “Pigs are the greatest because we have many ______. I have twelve healthy little pigs,” He asked the rabbit (兔子), “______ babies do you have?”

The rabbit felt sad. He only had seven. Then he pointed at the sheep and said, “He only has two!” Everyone ______.

A snake went by and said, “Snakes are truly the greatest. I have fifty!”

“So what?” said another animal. Everyone turned around and saw a ______.

The snake lifted up his head and looked at the lion. “Why do you say so? I have fifty babies. You only have ______.That’s nothing.” The other animals said that the snake was right.

The lion laughed and said, “I only have one, ______ it is a lion. Only a lion can be the king of the forest. So lions are the best!”

The other animals couldn’t think of ______ to say. They had many babies, but   ______ of them could ever be as strong as a lion. “One valuable (有价值的) thing,” said the lion, “is much ______ than a hundred common ones.”