The Sick Lion
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A Lion, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice. He returned to his den, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known. The beasts expressed their sorrow, and came one by one to his den, where the Lion devoured them. After many of the beasts had thus disappeared, the Fox discovered the trick and presenting himself to the Lion, stood on the outside of the cave, at a respectful distance, and asked him how he was. “I am very middling,” replied the Lion, “but why do you stand without? Pray enter within to talk with me.” “No, thank you,” said the Fox. “I notice that there are many prints of feet entering your cave, but I see no trace of any returning.”
The moral of the story is: He is wise who is warned by the misfortune of others.
Wordchecker
- infirmity (noun): weakness
- artifice (noun): cleverness
- devour (verb): to eat quickly and fully
- middling (adjective): okay; neither good nor bad
- trace (noun): a small amount
The Sick Lion is one of the famous Aesop’s Fables. A “fable” is a short story, typically with animals as characters, telling a moral or lesson.
Read by: Tara Benwell
19 comments
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Liza says:
At first I felt sorry for the Lion, but when I understood what he was doing… I really like the Fox in this story. This is very instructive for many, since now there a lot of users who want to fool you on the internet. This story will warn many people!!!
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Hoang says:
So many people like the Lion :))
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Suba says:
It was so use to me, I learned some vocabulary words from this story
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Subtonic says:
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Margie says:
This is very helpful. I hope that there will be Questions and answer portion of this. After listening to the story followed by answering the comprehension question
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Ayisha amana says:
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omar sierra says:
Its an esasy story to be understood. Good for children and adults trying to learn English. We can have more of these type of excellent teachings as for example the plot (setting,conflict and resolution) by means of questions….
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jere-kun says:
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mia says:
thank you for providing so many valuable English sources to teach!
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Claire says:
Thank you for providing wonderful resources, English Club!
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Claire says:
Jahangir – There is nothing wrong with the story stylistically. It is fashioned from an ancient tale, thus retaining its flavour. In fact, in your version, you have grammatical errors.
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Jahangir says:
I think the fable needs to be corrected stylistically.
THe like this: “An old Lion, being unable to hunt animals anymore, figured out a trick to catch and devour the other animals. Lying down in his den, he pretended to be sick and immovable and he let it be publicly known. The beasts, expressing their sorrow, and came one by one to his den where the Lion devoured them. “ -
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babita bhatia says:
In old age we did not unable for provide food for himself because in old age we have weakness that’s why we did not felt good and that time we felt very bad for us.