THE COWARDLY LION

orothy and his friends were walking through the forest when they heard a terrible roar. The next moment, a great lion ran onto the road. Dorothy and his friends were very frightened, but little Toto ran ahead and barked at the huge beast.

When the lion saw the little dog, he hoped up this mouth as if to bit him. Dorothy became so angry at this that she came forward and slapped the lion on the nose.

“Don’t you dare bit Toto!” she shouted.

“You ought to be ashamed of yourself, a big lion like you, trying to bit a little dog!”

“I didn’t bite him,” said the lion, as he rubbed his nose with his big paw.

“No, but you tried to,” Dorothy answered. “You are nothing but a coward!”

The lion felt very ashamed. He told Dorothy and his friends that although he was the king of the beasts, he was actually a coward. He was afraid of almost everything and everybody.

The scarecrow scratched his straw head. Then he said, “Maybe oz could give you courage.”

“If only I had courage, then I could truly be king of the beasts.” Said the Lion.

So Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Tinman invited the Lion to join them on their journey to the Emerald city. The Lion agreed, and the friends continued to follow the yellow brick Road toward the home of the great Oz.

Taken from: English on sky