But when it came out of its cage and got near Androcles, what do you think it did? |
A Slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled to the forest. |
Androcles returned at Rome the civilities which he had received from him in the deserts of Afric. |
The lion gave a bound, and came within five yards of Androcles. |
Said to have been f. by Amazons, or by Androcles, son of Codrus. |
In Aesop's Fables, Androcles saved his own life by removing the thorn from the paw of his natural enemy, the lion. |