There was a young prince who had a pet lion. The lion was his friend, but unluckily, the lion was never let out of his cage. This made the lion feel sad because he thought that if he was considered a friend, then why wasn’t he allowed out of the cage?
Next to the lion’s cage was a hyena. He hated the lion. One day, the hyena said to the lion, “If you are the friend of this prince, why does he keep you in a cage?”
When the lion was about to answer, the hyena cut him off and said, “Because of your big teeth.” The prince laughed at this and said, “No. I believe the lion will not hurt me. The reason is because I’m afraid that if I were to let him out, he would leave me.”
The hyena said, “Oh, but you’re wrong, young prince! We love our cages. We’d never leave. Open my cage and I’ll show you.” The young prince opened the cage and the hyena quickly jumped on the prince to eat him. Suddenly, the lion jumped out of his cage and grabbed the hyena. Then the hyena ran off, and never to be seen again.
The young prince was surprised and asked, “Lion, how did you get out?” The lion replied, “My prince, my cage was never locked. I have always stayed here because we are friends. ”
From that day on, the cage door was taken off. The prince learned a valuable lesson that day: A friendship without trust is not a friendship at all.
| Word Bank： hyena鬣狗 grab抓住 |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Because the hyena hated the lion. |
| B．Because the lion liked living in the cage. |
| C．Because he was afraid that the lion would hurt him. |
| D．Because he was afraid that the lion would leave him. |
| A．The hyena hated the lion. | B．The hyena liked his cage. |
| C．The lion saved the prince. | D．The prince was cheated by the hyena. |
| A．Kind and believable. | B．Powerful and wild. |
| C．Playful and boring. | D．Lazy and sleepy. |
| A．Because the prince was rich enough. |
| B．Because he thought the prince as his friend. |
| C．Because the prince was the most powerful man in the country. |
| D．Because he didn’t want to leave the hyena. |
