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14Read the words in bold and look up their meaning.

15Read the fable and answer the questions.

While Reading What animals live in the Lion's kingdom?

Glossary, page 119

In Congoland, every animal, big or small, lived in peace. The hippo slept in the sun. The bears danced, and the giraffe ran fast with the cheetah's cubs on her back. The Lion was the oldest animal in Congoland, that's why he was the King.

But one day, tranquility ended. From far away,a tiger arrived in Congoland. The tiger ate every zebra, every antelope, every rabbit,and left all the other carnivores in the jungle with no food. The cubs couldn't go out to play because they were afraid to be hunted.The animals in Congoland were living in fear.To solve the problem, King Lion called for a meeting:-My beloved animals. We cannot stand the presence of this tiger that is eating our food and scaring our children. Our dignity obliges us to have no fear, we have always loved peace. But as peace has been interrupted, we have to expel the tiger.-Long live the king!– The animals cheered.—Now,who volunteers to do this? – asked the King.There was a long silence. No animal wanted to talk with the tiger. The elephant, the

python, and the cheetah

met. He attacked me as soon as he saw methe cheetah started crying.

The King was very angry, but as he was the oldest, he couldn't go and fight the tiger himself. Then, gazelle spoke: maybe I can make him go away. All the animals laughed.—You are the weakest! you have no claws,nor poison, nor any weapon to defend yourself! Are you going to eat him after you kill him? asked the monkey. But the gazelle replied: I am a vegetarian. The gazelle walked away to find that fierce tiger, and every animal in the jungle worried for her. The animals followed her to make sure she was safe. The gazelle reached the tiger, but the tiger wasn't scared of a weak gazelle. She got closer, and said.– You are upsetting the entire jungle! You shouldn't wander around biting everything that moves. The animals are really scared! – The tiger didn't eat her. Instead, he replied –I don't like doing it! They attacked me. I feel lonely because I escaped poachers and hunters-. The gazelle was amazed and asked -if I invited you to live with us, would you behave? -. The tiger was thoughtful. She whispered something in his ear, and he said —ok-. They walked back, and all the animals that were spying had to run faster so the gazelle didn't notice they had followed her.When she arrived, she told the animals what had happened, but they had seen everything and asked -That's the ONLY thing you said to the tiger?- The gazelle looked at them and replied – well.. I said please-.

Carmen Vázquez-Vigo (1986)The Strength of the Gazelle. Editorial Translation


volunteered. They went to look for the tiger while the rest wondered if they would succeed.But they did not:they returned silently and looking scared.The cheetah said: Your majesty, that tiger is the fiercest animal I've ever

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Unit 4 ·Amazing Lives