A ………….. lion lived in the forest. Every day, he killed and ate a …………..of animals. The other animals were …………..the lion would kill them all.
The animals told the lion, “ Let’s make a deal. If you …………..to eat only one animal each day, then one of us will come to you every day. Then you don’t have to …………..and kill us.”
The plan sounded well thought-out to the lion, so he ………….., but he also said, “If you don’t come every day, I …………..to kill all of you the next day!”
Each day after that, one animal went to the lion so that the lion could eat it. Then, all the other animals were …………… ………….., it was the rabbit’s turn to go to the lion. The rabbit went very slowly that day, so the lion was …………..when the rabbit finally ……………
The lion angrily asked the rabbit, “ Why are you late?”
“ I was …………..from another lio5he forest. That lion said he was the king, so I was afraid.”
The lion told the rabbit, “ I am the only king here! Take me to that other lion, and I will kill him.
The rabbit ………….., “ I will be happy to show you where he lives.”
The rabbit led the lion to an old well in the ………….. of the forest. The well was very deep with water at the …………… The rabbit told the lion, “ Look in there. The lion lives at the bottom.”
When the lion looked in the well, he could see his own face in-the water. He thought that was the other lion.
Without waiting another ………….., the lion jumped into the well to …………..the other lion. He never came out.
All of the other animal in the forest-were very pleased with the rabbit’s clever trick.
A nice woman lived by a large river. She loved children. She wanted to help them in any way. She loved her ………………., and everyone in the community loved her. She lived a very long time andbecame very ………………..
When she died, she became a ……………….. She was ………………., but every night she ……………….to her community. She wanted to help children and not to ……………….them ……………….. But she had a scary
……………….. Children were afraid of her, but the ghost was a good one. She only scared them to help them.
One night, some children and a dog were playing by the river. They were having fun with their
……………….. But they were far from home. Then the ……………….became bad. It rained and rained. The river was rising. It was very dark. The children knew they were lost. They needed to go north, but they didn’t know which direction it was. When the moon came out, they saw a ghost by the river.
The ghost said, “ Go away!”
The children felt great fright. They knew it was a ghost. Then the ghost moved closer. She yelled again, “ Go away!” The children became very ……………….. Some of them began to cry. The children knew they had a ……………….: they could ………………., or they could stay and ……………….this scary
……………….in the dark.
The children ran a long ………………. away. The ghost ………………. them all the way. Finally, the children ………………. home. The ghost was very happy. Soon the river rose higher and higher. It was very dangerous. The ghost had helped the children ……………….! She had saved them from the rising
water. She also used her power to lead them home. Sometimes, meeting a ghost has ……………….. A ghost can save your life!
King Minos was very sick. His ……………. was getting worse. He had three sons. He loved them all.
He had to ……………. who would become king.
Two of the ……………. stood waiting outside the king’s room. Theseus was the oldest and strongest.
He thought his father would make him king. Pelias, the second son, thought differently. He was an
……………. with weapons. He thought the king would choose him.
“ When I’m king,” Theseus told Pelias, “ I’ll let you ……………. to the defense of our country. You can
lead the army.”
Pelias became angry. “ Father knows I’m ……………. for my sword skills. He’ll make me king.”
“You?” Theseus yelled. “ He won’t choose you!”
“The kingdom is mine!” Pelias …………….. “ Father will give it to me—or I’ll use ……………. to take it!”
Theseus made a ……………. move to take out his sword. Then Pelias did the same. “ Beating me will
be a …………….,” Theseus said. “ Fight me now. The winner gets the kingdom!” Pelias agreed.
King Minos could hear his sons fighting. The youngest son, Jason, stood ……………. him. He …………….
his father’s sadness. The king ……………. his hand flat on Jason’s arm.
“Your brothers fight too much,” the king told him. “ I must ……………. my kingdom from all ……………..
They’ll ……………. it between them. The people won’t know what to do. There’ll be war. I can’t
……………. either of them to be king. ……………., I’m making you king. Your kindness has always made
you special. It’s the ……………. between you and your brothers. You can bring peace. They can’t.”
Then the king died. Theseus and Pelias heard that their youngest brother was king. They were
surprised. They realized that their fighting was wrong. It had kept them from saying
goodbye to their father. They agreed to have Jason as their king. He was the best choice.
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