The Lion and the Mouse — Article Cloze

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Read the two fables about the lion and choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

A lion, the King of the Jungle, once — choose —flew awaylay downset you free to take a nap. As he was sleeping, a little mouse began to run — choose —processtrapall over the lion's body. When it ran across the lion's nose, it woke up the lion.

The lion was — choose —amuseddesperatefurious at the mouse for — choose —struggledapproacheddisturbing his nap. The lion caught the mouse with his big paws and opened his jaws wide and was about to swallow the mouse.

The — choose —furiousdesperateamused little mouse began crying loudly to the lion, "Oh, mighty King, please, don't eat me, please, please!" The angry lion replied, "Why should I — choose —set you freelet outlay down ? You will make a nice afternoon snack."

The mouse pleaded with the lion, "Oh please, sir, if you set me free, I promise that someday, I will — choose —misjudgeapproachedrepay you." The lion was so — choose —furiousdesperateamused at the — choose —processfrustrationsuggestion that a tiny mouse could ever help out a lion that he began to laugh. "You are such an amusing little — choose —trapcreaturesuggestion , you are free to go."

Some time later, the lion got caught in a hunter's — choose —trapcreatureprocess . When the hunter found him, he put a rope around the lion's neck and — choose —cut upstruggledtied him to a tree. The hunter left the lion there while he went back to get someone to help him put the lion in a cage.

The lion — choose —struggledtieddisturbing to get free, but it was no use. In — choose —suggestionprocessfrustration , the lion — choose —let outset you freeflew away a big roar. The tiny mouse heard the lion's roar and realized that the lion must be in trouble, so he hurried to the lion's rescue.

When the mouse arrived, he began to gnaw on the rope with his tiny teeth until he bit through the rope and set the lion free.

"You see," said the little mouse, "You laughed at me before, but even a small mouse like me can help a big lion."

"Your are right," said the lion. "I will never — choose —misjudgeapproachedrepay another creature again. Thank you for setting me free."

The lion and the horsefly.

A horsefly — choose —repaymisjudgeapproached a lion and said, "You think you are so tough because you are King of the Beasts. But I am — choose —amusedmightierfurious than you." The lion laughed and said, "You'll have to prove it."

So the horsefly began biting the lion on the nose and all over his face. The angry lion tried to hit the horsefly with his sharp claws but in the — choose —suggestionfrustrationprocess he — choose —struggledtiedcut up his own face. "Enough!" the lion finally cried. "You win."

The horsefly — choose —flew awaylay downlet out all proud of himself for beating the lion, but as he was celebrating, he flew into a spider's web and was eaten by a spider.