Do You Know the old tale of Androclus and the Lion ?
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Many years ago there lived in the city of Rome a rich man who owned a great number of slaves. One slave, named Androclus, grew very weary of the hard work he was forced to do, and upon a dark night ran away from his home.
At first he did not know where to go, but ran blindly through the streets until at length, when almost breath¬ less, he found himself outside of the city.
There he could travel more slowly; but he must, nevertheless, go steadily on or he would be caught and fed to the lions. For this was the law; a runaway slave was cast into the arena into which hungry lions were driven.
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Suddenly he was awakened by the deep roar of a lion! Nearer and nearer it came — nearer and nearer!. Androclus, terribly frightened, drew back as far as he could into the darkest corner of the cave, hoping that the lion would not see him; but on it came right into the cave!
Then Androclus saw that the lion was lame. It held up its front paw very much as a kitten might have done had its paw been sore.
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