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Androcles and the Lion
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A slave runs away from his master and hides in the woods – then finds himself face to face with a limping lion….
The tale of Androcles and the Lion is said to have been written by Aesop – the great Greek storyteller who always summed up his stories from the animal kingdom with a moral. In the case of Androcles, the lesson is that “Gratitude is the sign of a noble soul!”
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It happened in ancient times that a slave named Androcles escaped from his master and fled into the forest, and he wandered there for a long time until he was weary and well nigh spent with hunger and despair.
Just then he heard a lion near him moaning and groaning and at times roaring terribly. Tired as he was Androcles rose up and rushed away from the lion; but as he made his way through the bushes he stumbled over the root of a tree and fell down twisting his ankle, and when he tried to get up there he saw the lion coming towards him, limping on three feet and holding his forepaw in front of him.
Poor Androcles was in despair; he had not strength to rise and run away, and there was the lion coming upon him. But when the great beast came up to him instead of attacking him it kept on moaning and groaning and looking at Androcles, who saw that the lion was holding out his right paw, which was covered with blood and much swollen. Looking more closely at it Androcles saw a great big thorn pressed into the paw, which was the cause of all the lion’s trouble. Plucking up courage he seized hold of the thorn and drew it out of the lion’s paw, who roared with pain when the thorn came out, but soon after found such relief from it that he rubbed up against Androcles and showed, in every way that he knew, that he was truly thankful for being relieved from such pain.
Instead of eating him up he brought him a young deer that he had slain, and Androcles managed to make a meal from it. For some time the lion continued to bring the game he had killed to Androcles, who became quite fond of the huge beast.
But one day a number of soldiers came marching through the forest and found Androcles, and as he could not explain what he was doing they took him prisoner and brought him back to the town from which he had fled. Here his master soon found him and brought him before the authorities, and he was condemned to death because he had fled from his master.
Now it used to be the custom to throw murderers and other criminals to the lions in a huge circus, so that while the criminals were punished the public could enjoy the spectacle of a combat between them and the wild beasts.
So Androcles was condemned to be thrown to the lions, and on the appointed day he was led forth into the Arena and left there alone with only a spear to protect him from the lion. The Emperor of Rome was in the royal box that day and gave the signal for the lion to come out and attack Androcles. But when it came out of its cage and got near Androcles, what do you think it did? Instead of jumping upon him it rubbed up against him and stroked him with its paw and made no attempt to do him any harm.
It was of course the lion which Androcles had met in the forest. The Emperor, surprised at seeing such a strange behavior in so cruel a beast, summoned Androcles to him and asked him how it happened that this particular lion had lost all its cruelty of character. So Androcles told the Emperor all that had happened to him and how the lion was showing its gratitude for his having relieved it of the thorn. Thereupon the Emperor pardoned Androcles and ordered his master to set him free, while the lion was taken back into the forest and let loose to enjoy freedom once more.
Aesop lived in Ancient Greece in the 6th Century BC. His fables are usually short and end with a moral. The plot often involves a silly mistake or a cunning trick.
Loved it fun hey lara
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i love Androcles and the Lion very much and these story is aesop too.>wo<
Super I had this story for hmework.But this is isway better.
Super I had this story for hmework.But this is isway better.
I love this story thank you.
super
This was really helpful for my school homwork.I heard it being read over and over again.so decriptive and it wsa soo good i stole the website onto my homework sheet.im only 9 yrs and so far this stoty has helped me through the whole year! pleases read it it is such a good story!
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Amy xx1010
HELLO,
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO WHOEVER MADE THIS WEBSITE AS IT HELPED ME WITH MY PROJECT(HOMEWORK)AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL…
KIND REGARDS
JESSICA
P.S I LIKE THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU HAVE MADE TO THIS WEBSITE…
Hello
That’s great for you. Its always helpful to act the characters in stories. We also have Greek Myths like Dido & Anaes that come in the form of a play, which you can act out at School or a local venue where you can do theatre.
Bye Bye
N *
I played androcles in school and now i’m so popular
nice love it
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good side learning for kids there is no doubt they can enjoy perfectly reading various parts of the stories
it’s heartiest thank for creating such web side
i am susantha form srilanka
The story of Androcles is splendid. I like very much to humanize of animal world becouse i love the animals. A gratitude is characterised of them. Most striking examles can be brought in case of dogs and horses, about their devotion to the human beings. Thank you for excellent story.
IT WAS FANTASTICO!
FABULAS,AMAZING,SPECTECTULAR,INTRESTING,AUSUME AND WICKED!
IT WAS REALLY INTRESTING!
Dear Erica we are planning to do a story from Ghana in the Autumn Glad you liked this one !
in Ghana,we really love this story… i loooooooooooooved it
one day at school i we read this book and i loved it because i love lions and Androcles was so sweet to help it
By Maddie hardes
good human being can change a lion into a cat…
good moral for human beings
I liked the story very much! Thank you!
that was awsome!!!
Well-narrated fable about gratitude, freedom, and nobility.
I read this to my class today! They loved it! We have enjoyed learning about Grece!
LOVE IT
We can all learn a lot from this story of kindness.
What goes around come around.
Loved the story! Very nice! Thank you.
it was very, very nice about good manner
I love this story!
I LOVED it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks
It was interesting. I hope you give more stories like this. I have to do an assignment on moral stories and I will use this as one of my two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
supper concept
I am going to do a play about Androcles and the lion at the middle school at LongBranch at New Jersey.
its a good story
Nice Story
Thank U
very good
if this story was on a scale from 1-10 it would be 100,000,000,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice story, Bertie
Really awesome.Wonderfully read.Great to see the little boy released. Hope santa comes to him
i think the girls pronounciation was just supercalifragilisticexpradocious!!!!!!!!AWESOMEEEEEE<3
WELL I THINK IT IZ GRATE
it was very interesting and not in the least monotonous!!!!!!!!
:) :) :) :) :)
it was good to read a story where a dangerous animal such as a lion can become kind as a result of being shown kindness!:)
great!!!!!
when you get closer to it it is a diaster
do you hav
i love that story it really help me thank you
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Adrocles and the lion is at least 2000 years old
when was this story composed? please help!! urgent reply needed
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it was gooooood
Great 1 !!!!
It brought me back to my school days 72 yrs ago when I first had this story read to me by my 3nd grade teacher. What I loved about it and still do is the story taught gratitude and faithfulness in loyalty. Good message for everyone. It was like meeting a good friend once again
later, they came home from school with the book! They were so excited when they brought it home, it was weeded from the collection at the library and that meant that they got to keep it in their collection at home! They love the idea of such a big lion being kind and gentle to someone. They love the story so much.
kim says:
IT IS A GOOD STORY FOR ME BUT THE TIGER WAS OUTSIDE OF IS HOUSE AND HE WAS TO AND THE LION JUMPED ON HIM THEN
THE BOY SAID YOU CAN HAVE FREE
It was of course the lion which Androcles had met in the forest. The Emperor, surprised at seeing such a strange behavior in so cruel a beast, summoned Androcles to him and asked him how it happened that this particular lion had lost all its cruelty of character. So Androcles told the Emperor all that had happened to him and how the lion was showing its gratitude for his having relieved it of the thorn. Thereupon the Emperor pardoned Androcles and ordered his master to set him free, while the lion was taken back into the forest and let loose to enjoy freedom once more
It brought me back to my school days 72 yrs ago when I first had this story read to me by my 3nd grade teacher. What I loved about it and still do is the story taught gratitude and faithfulness in loyalty. Good message for everyone. It was like meeting a good friend once again.
i like asoep fables very much it,s so interstttting
it,s a very intersting story vvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy iiiiiiiinnnnnnttttttttteeeeeeeerrrsssting
It’s nice……
I like the story..it’s nice…read again….bye…..
this is so estupid!!
I told my kids about Androcles and the Lion and they were so fascinated that they kept an eye out for it at the library at their school. A few days later, they came home from school with the book! They were so excited when they brought it home, it was weeded from the collection at the library and that meant that they got to keep it in their collection at home! They love the idea of such a big lion being kind and gentle to someone. They love the story so much.
It is very good and interesting.
vvveeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy good
I LIKED THE MOUSE IN THE STORY.I THOUGH THAT IT WAS A GOOD STORY. I LOVED THAT STORY.
good
and very interesting=)
Good stories!!!
good story
IT WAS A GOOD STORY FOR ME BECAUSE THE LION LOVE THE BOY A LOT THE LION WANT TO BE FREE
IT IS A GOOD STORY FOR ME BUT THE TIGER WAS OUTSIDE OF IS HOUSE AND HE WAS TO AND THE LION JUMPED ON HIM THEN THE BOY SAID YOU CAN HAVE FREE DOM
Fab story, we used it in school
tnx Bertie xxx
Hi These Books Are Really Useful For Me As My Mum Never Reads Me Storys Anymore =]
GREAT!!! :P :) :o
Nice moral story…..
hi whats up
I love hearing your stories and I will listen to them again sometime soon. :)
I liked it to listen to it. It was fun.
Wow! Its great!!!!!!
I loved the story. Its great!
Andrcles is a wonderful story which my children enjoyed a lot.
Like to read more about it………..
SHORT BUT NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iv’e learnt fables at school but not that one so its nice to hear a new one!
is relly that s berry nice
): (:
This is not quite an exciting story. It would be better if had more adventures.
can you select tales very short?
I’m improving my english and I need little story.
Have you a agreable voice! congratulations!
I liked the moral of the story and i haven´t heard this before. Good to know though.
that is one incredibel tale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Androcles a brave man
to take a thron out
of a lion .
It’s very good. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought that this story/book is very interesting for young children.
Good story!
nevva heard of dat story kk cya soon story nory
how sweet!
this story rocks
wow
Good way of teaching
that was a luvly story;-)
Well-done! I am going to use it with a lesson on cats for my Pathfinders Club.
it is really nice and intreseing
im hungry…
Aesop’s fables always teach lessons and I like that, but I think they ought to have more details.
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I didn’t bother to read that story cause I’ve already read it, but its a good story and I would recomend it to any loser. Thank-you
Byeeee!!! xoxox
I didn’t read it bt hayyy its gurd (y)
hahax
WOW ITS GR3AT
hi
I like this story very much.
I liked the story.well, i guess i finished my homework.Cause this suppose to be social studies homework.
lolli.i never read it but its cool!
great story
this is my school assingment
great story
this is my school assingment
hi!!!!!!!!!
I like the story but it was long.
I liked the story because Natasha read the ending was really cool.
i think it was a very good story and i like how the lion and slave get a good relashon ship and it is good the slave doesent get eaten.
next pleace
This is a nice story for babies
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E OMFG I WANNA READ THIS STORY MORE!!!!!!!!
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cok guzel sacmallam?ss?n?z
hic bi?iy anlamad?m
this one is boring!
I think you must give more full stops in yer story..
Also, decrease the “and” word. Actually this make me hard to remember one to another word…
Thank you…
Lol Verry Nothing Fun /:
com e* tu pell je mepelle green098 sewa bonjour comse com sa
are you crasy
that this story needs a bit more detail and needs to be longer, like why did Androcles run away, was he being mistreated by his master? If he was how, or how did he get captured or how did he feel in the cave with the lion, like come, I know you people can do better than this.
Hi all my peps what u all doing anyway i know none of u know me laters
HI,
this story is boring stop it.
Thanks, Storynory. We enjoyed this story very much. All our class students had a good time listening to this story. Bye.
I liked the part where the lion becomes a hero and the part whan the men was brave.
Hi Kellsy,
Really pleased that you liked Androcles.
We will be doing more Aesop, probably before end of the year, but in the meantime have you heard these four Aesop stories?
http://storynory.com/2007/09/02/four-aesop-fables/
I relly loved the asop fable.
May you please put some more asop fables on storynory.com.
Good story between boy and lion One good turn deserves another What goes around comes around
We learned that What goes around comes around.
One good turn deserves another
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i profer the other one
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Wow! what a great and a funny story….Ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!
thank you very much for this good story
I really enjoyed this story and the message it conveys.
YOUR TOYS ARE GERATE
Hai
the story was so short…
;)
hey gang this story is good.it would be cool if a lion really rubbed up against u like a pet
this story is alright but i dont think that would really happen and i tink it very long and i rather the tortoise and the hare. I LIKE PIE!
it smells in there.
this is a nice & a big stoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ahhhhhhhhh! i gots a weird face!
dude, this is like the mouse and the lion, i love it:D
sheryl says
Bertie the frog
has a name no one has so i do not belive that bertie has a copycat!
and pls daon’t use mmy na,me 4 no resond!!!!to all those who like to make fun of peeople when writing comments!!!
Hi Bertie guess what? My name is Bertie too!! And i think your friend Sheryl is awsome!!! Tell me, what is aseop stories are??? I mean what difference do they make compere to the other ones???
i know you
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Please, I beg of you, more Aesop Fables.
I read the story,I have a question. I learning the languae engilish. you can present the story that easy for me,Because this story is dificullt for me
thank you so much
ok,
those people are a little stupid not to say i want to say them.it is so odvice that they want to use my name and can copy it wrongly.
sheryl:D:D:D:D
Hi Sheryl,
I’m afraid I know very little about the people who leave comments – so I can say who is impersonating you! But please don’t get too upset.
Thanks for all your nice comments.
Bertie
Hi Bertie,
Sheryl Says:
May 5th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Blablabla! I am Sueryl I ask quetions! :) And I act like i know Bertie!! blablabla!!
This is truly not me who wrote it!!
Something is really wrong every time that I leave a comment othrrs will use my name and speak bad!!!!
Please find out who is the culprit.
Great story, thanks :D
Blablabla! I am Sueryl I ask quetions! :) :) And I act like i know Bertie!! blablabla!!
HI BERTIE ,
CAN U GIVE ME SOME INFO ON WHEN THE ASEOP STORIES ARE COMING OUT ON STORYNORY????
this story is so funny
THANX
Hope to see more of the Aseop stories then……..
Byebye
sheryl
Hello Sheryl – Good idea – we will do some more Aesop stories – they are rather brief but very popular.
HELLO BERTIE ,
THIS IS A NICE STORY,BUT IF U CAN PUT SOME MORE OF ASEOP STORIES INTO STORYNORY PLEASE………… BECAUSE ASEOP TALES ARE 1 OF MY FAVE………
SHERYL
I haven’t her this story but it was very fun story.
Nex time tell me a good story then bye bye
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OHH!!!! i HAVE NOT YET HEARD THIS STORY THOUGH BUT… i HAVE READ THE STORY I PLAN OF DAWNLOADING IT SOON! :) I HAVE HEARD OF THE COLASIUM BUT NEVER EVER NEW IT WAS A CIRCUS! :) Good job bertie of chewsing this story! Oh yah and I like the inprovements you have done on the site! :) :) :)