奴仆和狮子读后感合集(4)

but，to his utter astonishment，the Lion，instead of springing upon him and devouring him，came and fawned upon him，at the same time whining and lifting up his paw．Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed．he examined it and found a large thorn embedded in the ball of the foot．He accordingly removed it and dressed the wound as well as he could：and in course of time it healed up completely．The Lion’S gratitude was unbounded；
he looked upon the man as his friend，and they shared the cave for some time together A day came，however，when the Slave began to long for the society of his fellow—men，and he bade farewell to the Lion and returned to the town Here he was presently recognized and carried off in chains to his former master．who resolved to make an example of him，and ordered that he should be thrown to the beasts at the next public spectacle in the theatre．On the fatal day the beasts were loosed into the arena，and among the rest a Lion of huge bulk and ferocious aspect；