A Lion and a Mouse

One day a Lion was sleeping under the tree. A little Mouse 1)_____that he was safe and ran across the Lion's paw (ëàïà).

This awakened the Lion and he caught the Mouse.

The Lion was going to kill the little Mouse,
when the Mouse said, "Please let me go. Do not kill
me. Maybe I 2)_________ help you some day."

The lion decided that this was very 3)___________ .He couldn't see how a little Mouse could help 4)_____great big lion, but because the Mouse made him 5)_____the Lion let the little Mouse go.

Some time after that, the Lion 6)_____ by some men. The men caught him in a net. The little Mouse saw the Lion in the net and decided to help him. So he cut the ropes with his sharp teeth one by one and freed the 7)________________________________ Lion.

1. a) thinked b) thought c) thinks d) has

thought

2. a) can b) must c) have to d) may

3. a) sad b) sadly c) funnily d) funny

4. a) the b) a c) — d) an

5. a) laughing b) to laugh c) laugh d) laughed

6. a) caught b) was c) is d) was

caught caught catching

7. a) helping b) help c) helpy d) helpless