Unit 14 Revision-An Old Friend
Many years ago,
a judge sent a man to prison. 'You are a thief,' he said.
'You must stay in prison for twenty years.'
'I am innocent,' the man argued.'I have not stolen anything.'
'You argue too much the judge said.
He did not believe him. During the night the man escaped from prison.
He ran for many days until he came to a cave.
He went into the cave and soon fell asleep.
When he woke up a lion was standing near him.
It was holding out one of its paws.
It had hurt itself and its paw was bleeding.
The man tore a piece of his shirt to make a bandage for the lion's paw.
The lion was very grateful.It lay down beside the man and slept.
The lion and the man because good friends and stayed together many years.
Then the man decided go back to the city.
Unfortunately the police caught him and the judge sent him back prison.
'This time,' the judge said,'you will die.'
The next day the prison guards took all the prisoners to a large stadium.
Thousands of people came to watch wild animals eat them.
The prisoners waited in the centre of the stadium for the wild animals come out.
They were waiting to the animals with their hands.
The crowd roared and a huge lion ran into the stadium.
It saw the man and raced towards him.
Then it stopped running and looked at him.
'You were my friend a year ago,'the man said to the lion.
'Are you my friend now?'
The lion lay down at his feet.
'Let the prisoner go free,'the crowd shouted now.
'He must be innocent. The lion has given us a sign.'
The judge agreed,and set him free.