The governor of the town, marveling at such gratitude and fidelity in aīeast, decreed that both should receive their liberty. Lion after one glance bounded up to him and lay down at his feet withĮvery expression of affection and delight! It was his old friend of theĬave! The audience clamored that the slave's life should be spared. What was the amazement of the spectators, when the Rest a lion of huge bulk and ferocious aspect. On the fatal day the beasts were loosed into the arena, and among the To the beasts at the next public spectacle in the theater. Resolved to make an example of him, and ordered that he should be thrown Presently recognized and carried off in chains to his former master, who However, when the slave began to long for the society of his follow men,Īnd he bade farewell to the lion and returned to the town. He looked upon the man as hisįriend, and they shared the cave for some time together. He accordingly removed itĪnd dressed the wound as well as he could. Large thorn embedded in the ball of the foot. Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed, he examined it and found a The man gave himself up for lost.īut, to his utter astonishment, the lion, instead of springing upon him,Ĭame and fawned upon him, at the same time whining and lifting up his paw. Lion's den, and almost immediately, to the horror of the wretchedįugitive, the lion himself appeared. Which he entered and found to by unoccupied. Treated, and, in order to avoid capture, betook himself into the desert.Īs he wandered about in search of food and shelter, he came to a cave, First published 1894.Ī slave ran away from his master, by whom he had been most cruelly Source: The Fables of Æsop, selected, told anew, and their history traced by Joseph Jacobs (London: Macmillan and Company, 1902), no.Whereupon the slave was pardoned and freed, and the lion let loose to his native forest. The emperor, surprised at this, summoned Androcles to him, who told him the whole story. But as soon as he came near to Androcles he recognized his friend, and fawned upon him, and licked his hands like a friendly dog. Soon the lion was let loose from his den, and rushed bounding and roaring towards his victim. The emperor and all his court came to see the spectacle, and Androcles was led out into the middle of the arena. Then the lion took Androcles to his cave, and every day used to bring him meat from which to live.īut shortly afterwards both Androcles and the lion were captured, and the slave was sentenced to be thrown to the lion, after the latter had been kept without food for several days. He pulled out the thorn and bound up the paw of the lion, who was soon able to rise and lick the hand of Androcles like a dog. As he came near, the lion put out his paw, which was all swollen and bleeding, and Androcles found that a huge thorn had got into it, and was causing all the pain. At first he turned to flee, but finding that the lion did not pursue him, he turned back and went up to him. As he was wandering about there he came upon a lion lying down moaning and groaning. Ashliman's folktexts, a library of folktales, folklore,Ī slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest.
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