Номер 1, страница 52 - гдз по английскому языку 4 класс книга для чтения Афанасьева, Михеева

The Lion and the Mouse

Cast: the narrator, the lion, the mouse.

Scene One (the narrator, the mouse, the lion)

Narrator: A little grey mouse lives in a big jungle.

Mouse: I live in the jungle. I have a lot of friends and I love to run and play with them.

Narrator: A lion lives in the jungle too.

Lion: I'm a lion. I'm big and strong. I live in the jungle too. I have no friends. You know, I'm the king of all the animals in the jungle. They are weak, they aren't clever. I always look down at them. (The lion lies down to sleep.)

Narrator: One bright afternoon, when the lion is sleeping in the sun, the little grey mouse runs near him and wakes him up.

Lion: What's up? Who is here? Little Grey Mouse, why are you running near me when I'm sleeping? I don't like it at all. I'm ready to eat you.

Mouse: Oh, please, don't eat me, Mr Lion, I'm so sorry. And then I'm thin and I'm small. I'm not good to eat at all. And you know what? I can help you one day.

Lion: What? You can help me? How can a small and weak animal help me, the king?

Narrator: Now the lion is not hungry and he likes the brave mouse.

Lion: OK, Little Grey Mouse, run away but never wake me up again.

Mouse: Oh, thank you, Mr Lion, bye-bye.

Scene Two (the narrator, the mouse, the lion)

Narrator: In a few days early in the morning the mouse runs under a big green tree and she hears the lion's cry.

Lion (from under the net): Oh, help me! Help me!

Narrator: The mouse hears the lion's cry and stops. The little grey mouse is ready to help the lion when she sees her friend and her king under a big net. The lion is very sad.

Lion: Oh, Little Grey Mouse, I don't know what to do.

Narrator: But the little mouse knows that.

Mouse: Don't be sad, my king! I know what to do and I can help you. (The mouse starts making a hole in the net.)

Narrator: The mouse is making a hole in the net. Now the hole is very big and the lion can be free and run home.

Lion: Thank you, Little Grey Mouse. Now I know how good it is to have friends. Friends can always help you.

Какова мораль этой истории?

Ответ: The moral of the story is that even a small and weak creature can help a strong one, and friends can always help each other. / Мораль этой истории в том, что даже маленькое и слабое существо может помочь сильному, и друзья всегда могут помочь друг другу.