The Hare Who wouln't be a King

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Nothing stirred on the African plains. The sun Suddenly he was wide awake. There was a boom, boom, booming in his ears. And it was getting closer. Hare peeped out from the tree nervously. Across the clearing the bushes snapped and parted, and out loomed a huge gray shape. "Oh it's you!" said Hare The "Greetings!" he bellowed in his slow way. "Tembo the elephant has sent me to fetch you to the waterhole. He's going to tell us who our new king will be. All the animals have voted." "Oh "Don't you want to see who's been chosen? asked Rhino. "I know already," snapped Hare. "It will be that sly old lion, Kali. He has bribed all the other animals and promised not to eat their children if only they will vote for him." Rhino didn't seem to believe Hare, and in the end Hare said, "Oh very well, I'll come. But you'll see I'm right." The sun was setting as Hare and Rhino reached the water-hole. All the animals had gathered there - The animals cheered. But Hare only sighed. "They'll soon see what a horrible mistake they've made." Out on a rocky ledge above the water-hole strode Kali. He stared down at all his subjects and there was a wicked "You've made me your king," he growled, "and so now you'll serve me!" And then he roared until the animals trembled. "My first "My second decree is that every day you must bring me an animal for my supper. A king can't do his own hunting." The animals nodded gloomily. "And my third decree is, if you don't do as I say, I'll eat the lot of you!" The animals now turned to one another in horror. They had thought a king would be wise and protect them. But Kali only wanted to bully and eat them. As darkness fell, the unhappy animals But at dawn they were back at the waterhole, hurrying to build Kali's palace. There was much to do and little time. All through the heat of the day the animals lugged and labored. Elephants lifted tree trunks for the pillars, crocodiles brought mud for the walls, giraffes collected grasses that weaver birds wove for the roof. None dared stop for a moment. Only hare did nothing. He hid inside a tussock of oat grass and watched as the fine thatched house rose up beside the water-hole. The sun was just beginning to set as the weaver birds tied off the last knots in the soaring "This is what I call a palace," he roared at last. The animals gave a sigh of relief. But all too soon, for in the next breath the lion As soon as he heard this, Hare sneaked off home to his hollow in the baobab tree. "Didn't I tell them?" he said to himself. "Didn't I say that making Kali king would mean big trouble? And would anyone listen?" And so it was that every day afterwards one of the animals was chosen to be Kali's supper. One day it was an One day though it was Hare's turn. Tembo caught him unawares as he was grazing on the plains. The great elephant seized him in his trunk and carried him kicking and screaming to Kali's palace. "It's not fair!" shrieked Hare. "I didn't even vote for Kali. I told you it was a bad idea to have a king."  

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部分单词解释

supper 来自二年级下学期	晚饭
just 来自四年级上学期	只是
them 来自五年级上学期	他们
bad 来自三年级上学期	坏的
their 来自五年级上学期	他们的
tree 来自二年级上学期	树
from 来自二年级上学期	从
big 来自二年级上学期	大的
own 来自三年级下学期	拥有
lion 来自六年级上学期	狮子

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