A Baby Lion Learns to Roar小獅子學(xué)吼叫

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Once upon a time， there lived a PapaLion with his son in a jungle2. Papa Lionloved him very much. But he was also veryworried. The Baby Lion had still not learnedto roar.

One day， Papa Lion decided to appoint3a teacher to teach his son how to roar. Heasked Jack， the Jackal4， to be his son’stutor. The next morning Jack came over tothe lion’s cave5. The Baby Lion had neverseen such an interesting teacher.

Jack started the lesson. “This is how todo it，”he said. “Watch me.”He turnedtowards the sky and shouted. Then the BabyLion shouted. That was simple.

They both went proudly6 over to PapaLion. Papa Lion askedhis son， “What haveyou learned？” TheBaby Lion turned to thesky and shouted，“Ooo-wooo. Ooo-wooo.”“You call that a roar？”Papa Lion asked and roared angrily7. Jackwas frightened8 and ran away.

Next day， Papa Lion hired9 a newtutor—the Elephant， Mr. Hophop. He was astrict teacher. He said， “You must payattention10 to your studies. We shall nowbegin our lesson. Now watch me carefullyand repeat after me.”

Mr Hophop lifted his trunk11 andshouted. The Baby Lion lifted his paw12 andshouted.“Very good，” said Mr. Hophop.“You have now learned how to roar.”

But when in front of Papa Lion， thebaby Lion lifted his paw and roared， PapaLion became very angry.“This is anelephant’s roar！”he shouted.“Lions do notroar like elephants！ ”Then he chased13 Mr.Hophop away.

Next day， Papa Lion hired Mr. Cool theCat as the new teacher. Mr. Cool first dranka glass of milk， cleaned his paws carefullysaid，“Meow. Meow.”

“This is very interesting，” the BabyLion said to himself， quite happy. “Fun tolearn.” Later， Papa Lion asked his son，“Let’s see what have you learned.”

從前，叢林里住著一只獅子爸爸和它的兒子。（剩余2450字）