When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him, ___小题1:__made some noise. This soon wakened the lion. ___小题2:__(lose)his temper, he caught the mouse in his paws and was about to kill it. The mouse, terrified, pleaded to the lion to spare ___小题3:___life.
"Please let me go," it cried, "and one day I will repay you for your ___小题4:___(kind)." The idea of so small a creature ever being able to do anything for him amused the lion so much __小题5:_he laughed aloud. He thought, “How could this little mouse help me?” ___小题6:__, he lifted his paws and let it go.
But the mouse’s chance came after all. A few days later, when the lion was wandering in the forest, he __小题7:__ (catch) in a trap.
The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, __小题8:___he tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.
Just then the little mouse passed ____小题9:__, and saw the sad lion. It went up to him and soon gnawed away(啃断) the ropes. “Was I right?” asked the little mouse. This lion ___小题10:__ (nod) his head and thanked the little mouse.