“What shall I do?” he wondered.
Then he saw the mouth of a cave not far away.
“I will crawl into that cave and rest,” he thought.
It was very comfortable in the cave, for there was a bed of loose leaves on which to lie.
So Androclus lay down and was soon fast asleep.
II
Suddenly he was awakened by the deep roar of a lion! Nearer and nearer it came—nearer and nearer!
Androclus, terribly frightened, drew back as far as he could into the darkest corner of the cave, hoping that the lion would not see him; but on it came right into the cave!
Then Androclus saw that the lion was lame. It held up its front paw very much as a kitten might have done had its paw been sore.
Androclus took courage.