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Once, when a (1)was asleep, a little (2)began running up and down upon him. This soon wakened the (1), who placed his huge (3)upon him and opened his big (4) to swallow him. "Pardon, O (5)!" cried the little (2), "Forgive me this time. I shall never repeat it and I shall never forget your kindness. And who knows, but I may be able to do you a good turn one of these days?" The (1) was so tickled at the idea of the (2) being able to help him, that he lifted up his (3) and let him go.Sometime later a few (6) captured the (5) and tied him to a (7)while they went in search of a (8)to carry him on.Just then, the little (2) happened to pass by, and seeing the sad (1), he ran up to him and soon gnawed away the that bound the King of the Beasts(is equivalent to 1). The little (2) was very happy.MORAL: Little friends may prove great friends.

II. The and friends : One day, an (1) wandered into a (2) in search of friends.

He saw a (3)in a (4). Will you be my friend? asked the (1). The (3) replied: You are too big. You cannot do what I like to. Next, the (1) saw a (5). He asked him to be his friend. But the (5) said: You are too big to play in my little (6)! Then, the (1) saw a (7). Will you be my friend?, he asked. How can I?, asked the (7). You are too big to (8) like me.

The (1) was (9). He saw a (10) next. Will you be my friend? the (1) asked the (10). The (10) said: Sorry, but you are too big. The next day, the (1) saw all the animals in the (2) running.The (1) asked them what was going on. All the (11) said they were sorry for not accepting the big (1) as a friend. The (1) was very (12).