Super English Course – Speak like a native

No, of course, not. The lion didn’t like it at all. The lion said, “Oh, my goodness! That must be a really vicious dog. He’s eaten another lion and I am not going to be his dinner. No, no, no”

What did the lion say?

The lion said, “Oh, my goodness! That must be a really vicious dog. He’s eaten another lion and I am not going to be his dinner.”

Did the lion think that the dog was extremely cruel, unkind and violent?

Exactly. The lion thought that the dog was extremely cruel, unkind and violent. The lion thought that the dog was vicious.

Because he has eaten another lion?

Correct. The lion thought that the dog had eaten a lion. And that is why he didn’t want to be his dinner. The lion said, “No, I am not going to be his dinner. No, no, no”.

When the lion said that, what did he do then? Did the lion stay or did he run away?

He ran away. The lion turned around and he ran away. And this is the end of the story.

The end of the story?

No, of course, not. It is not the end of the story.

What next? What happened next?

Wait. Wait. Wait. Okay. There was a monkey there.

A monkey?

Yes, there was a monkey there. And that monkey saw that conversation.

Okay. So what next?

Then the monkey said: “I am not going that dog to get away with tricking this lion”.

Did the monkey say that he was not going to let the dog cheat the lion?

Yes, exactly. He said, “I am not going that dog to get away with tricking the lion.”

Did the monkey want the dog to be punished?

Yes, he did. The monkey wanted the dog to be punished.

Did the monkey want the dog to be caught?

Yes, he did. He wanted the dog to be caught.

And the monkey ran to that lion and he said, “You’ve been tricked. You are a fool. This dog can’t eat lions. He has just set it to scare you away!”

Oh, my Goodness! I can’t believe he did it.

Yes, he did it. He ran to the lion and he said, “You’ve been tricked. You are a fool. This dog cannot eat lions. He has just set it to scare you away!”

Could the dog really eat lions?

No, of course, not. The dog couldn’t eat lions. The dog tricked the lion. The dog cheated the lion.

Did the dog try to make the lion feel scared?

Yes, that’s what he tried to do. He tried to scare the lion away.

Did the dog do it so that the lion could run away?

Yes, he did. The dog cheated the lion. He set it to scare him away, so that the lion could run away.

What about the lion? How did the lion feel?

The lion got very upset and he got wild. The lion was going to eat that dog.

What was the lion going to do?

He was going to eat the dog. He got very upset and he got wild. The lion was going to eat the dog.

And the monkey said, “I can’t wait to come with you to watch.”

What did the monkey want to do?

He really wanted to come and see what the lion was going to do to the dog.

Did the monkey want to wait?

No, he didn’t want to wait. The monkey didn’t want to wait. He really wanted to come with the lion and watch. That’s why he said, “I can’t wait to come with you and to watch.”

So the monkey jumped on the lion’s back and the lion went straight towards the dog.

Where did the lion go?

The lion went straight towards the dog.

Alone?

No, he went straight towards the dog with the monkey on his back.

Did the dog see them coming?

Yes, he did. The dog saw them coming.

What did the dog do, when he saw them coming?

He sat in front of the bones again with his back towards that lion and the monkey on the back, totally unafraid.