奇速英语

In a forest, there lived a lion. He was old and couldn’t run fast. It was difficult for him to hunt.

One day, while he was walking through the forest, he came across a cave. He looked into it and smelt the air inside. “Some animal must be staying here,” he said. He went into the cave only to find it empty. “I will hide inside and wait for the animal to return, then I will no longer be hungry,” he thought. 

The cave was the home of a jackal (豺). Every day, the jackal went out in the day and returned to the cave in the evening. That evening, the jackal returned. But as he came closer, he felt something wrong. Everything around him was very quiet. “Something is wrong,” the jackal thought. “Why are all the birds so silent?” 

He walked very slowly to his cave. He looked around, watching for any signs of danger. “I have to make sure that everything is alright,” thought the jackal. Suddenly, he thought of a plan. The jackal called out to the cave. “Hello my good cave, what happened to you today? Why are you so quiet?” The lion thought to himself, “I think it is because I am here that the cave is silent. Before the jackal realizes that something is wrong, I should do something.” The jackal continued to call out, “Have you forgotten our agreement, cave? You should greet me when I return home.” The lion tried to make his voice sound hollow (空洞而沉闷的) and called out from within the cave, “Welcome home my friend.”

The birds flew away on hearing the lion’s voice. As for the jackal, he shook with fear. Before the hungry lion could eat him up, the jackal ran as fast as his legs could carry him. The lion waited for a long time for the jackal to enter the cave. But when the jackal did not come in, the lion realized that he had been fooled.