The Lion and The MouseOnce when a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon awoke the lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and open his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, o King,” cried the little mouse,” Forgive me this time, I shall never forget it; perhaps I may be able to do you a good turn some of these days.”The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him. Then, he lifted his paw and let him go.Sometime after, the lion was caught in a trap. Some hunters, who wanted to carry him alive to the king, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him in. Just then, the little mouse happened to pass by and see the sad plight in which the lion was. The little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bounded the king of beasts. Soon after the little mouse had finished gnawing away the ropes, he asked the lion to run away.1. What is the purpose of the text?A. To entertain the readersB. To persuade the readers that something should or should not be the case.C. To inform the readers about the events of the day which are considered newsworthyD. To explain somethingE. To present at least two points of view about an issue.

2. What did the little mouse do to prove his words?A. He would never forget the lionB. He tried hard to help the lion freeC. He run up and down upon the lionD. He asked for apology to the king of beast.E. He tied the lion to the tree so that the hunters could carry him

3. Paragraph three mainly tells us that….A. The little mouse asked forgiveness.B. The hunters carried the lion a live to the king.C. The lion was tied to a tree by the hunters.D. The little mouse could prove that he could help the lion.E. From the first, the lion believed in what the little mouse said.

Once, it so happened that a Lion and a Bear were resting not very far from each other. They bothchanced to see a strong kid nearby. The great Bear rushed to seize the kid from one direction and theLion came towards it from the other.Since both the lion and the Bear wanted the prey, they fought savagely for it. In the battle, bothreceived so many wounds that they sank to the ground, as they were too exhausted to continue thecontest. Just then the clever fox came by. The fox dashed up, seized the kid in his jaws by his teeth,and whisked it off.The mighty lion and the powerful bear could only watch with helpless rage as a much weaker animalmanaged to get the prize, which they had themselves set their eyes upon. “It would have been muchbetter,” agreed the Lion and Bear, “to have shared the prey between us ourselves in a friendly spirit,rather than lose it to a third party!”Answer the following questions: 10M1) Give a suitable title to the passage. (1 Mark)

Read this story summary:A sleeping lion is awakened by a tiny mouse. The lion wants to eat the mouse, but the mouse convinces him that he is too small and could someday prove useful to the lion. Although the lion is skeptical, he kindly releases the mouse. Later, the mouse finds the lion in a hunter's net and, remembering the lion's mercy, gnaws at the net and sets the lion free. The lion learns the valuable lesson that kindness will be rewarded.Which literary form is this story an example of?A.An allegoryB.An allusionC.A mythD.A ballad

Write or draw what you learn about a lion’s structural and behavioural adaptations as well as its classification.