--- title: Androclus and the Lion. — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · full text with trees description: Androclus and the Lion., «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was An'dro-clus. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/) / Androclus and the Lion. # Androclus and the Lion. Androclus and the Lion. of «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin: the whole text, 45 sentences and 692 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/1/) — In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was An'dro-clus. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/2/) — His master was a cruel man, and so unkind to him that at last An-dro-clus ran away. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/3/) — He hid himself in a wild wood for many days; but there was no food to be found, and he grew so weak and sick that he thought he should die. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/4/) — So one day he crept into a cave and lay down, and soon he was fast asleep. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/5/) — After a while a great noise woke him up. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/6/) — A lion had come into the cave, and was roaring loudly. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/7/) — Androclus was very much afraid, for he felt sure that the beast would kill him. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/8/) — Soon, however, he saw that the lion was not angry, but that he limped as though his foot hurt him. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/9/) — Then Androclus grew so bold that he took hold of the lion's lame paw to see what was the matter. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/10/) — The lion stood quite still, and rubbed his head against the man's shoulder. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/11/) — He seemed to say,-- - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/12/) — "I know that you will help me." - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/13/) — Androclus lifted the paw from the ground, and saw that it was a long, sharp thorn which hurt the lion so much. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/14/) — He took the end of the thorn in his fingers; then he gave a strong, quick pull, and out it came. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/15/) — The lion was full of joy. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/16/) — He jumped about like a dog, and licked the hands and feet of his new friend. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/17/) — Androclus was not at all afraid after this; and when night came, he and the lion lay down and slept side by side. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/18/) — For a long time, the lion brought food to Androclus every day; and the two became such good friends, that Androclus found his new life a very happy one. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/19/) — One day some soldiers who were passing through the wood found Androclus in the cave. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/20/) — They knew who he was, and so took him back to Rome. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/21/) — It was the law at that time that every slave who ran away from his master should be made to fight a hungry lion. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/22/) — So a fierce lion was shut up for a while without food, and a time was set for the fight. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/23/) — When the day came, thousands of people crowded to see the sport. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/24/) — They went to such places at that time very much as people now-a-days go to see a circus show or a game of base-ball. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/25/) — The door opened, and poor Androclus was brought in. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/26/) — He was almost dead with fear, for the roars of the lion could al-read-y be heard. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/27/) — He looked up, and saw that there was no pity in the thou-sands of faces around him. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/28/) — Then the hungry lion rushed in. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/29/) — With a single bound he reached the poor slave. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/30/) — Androclus gave a great cry, not of fear, but of gladness. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/31/) — It was his old friend, the lion of the cave. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/32/) — The people, who had ex-pect-ed to see the man killed by the lion, were filled with wonder. - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/33/) — They saw Androclus put his arms around the lion's neck; they saw the lion lie down at his feet, and lick them lov-ing-ly; they saw the great beast rub his head against the slave's face as though he wanted to be petted. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/34/) — They could not un-der-stand what it all meant. - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/35/) — After a while they asked Androclus to tell them about it. - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/36/) — So he stood up before them, and, with his arm around the lion's neck, told how he and the beast had lived together in the cave. - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/37/) — "I am a man," he said; "but no man has ever befriended me. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/38/) — This poor lion alone has been kind to me; and we love each other as brothers." - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/39/) — The people were not so bad that they could be cruel to the poor slave now. " - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/40/) — Live and be free!" they cried. " - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/41/) — Live and be free!" - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/42/) — Others cried, "Let the lion go free too! - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/43/) — Give both of them their liberty!" - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/44/) — And so Androclus was set free, and the lion was given to him for his own. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/30/45/) — And they lived together in Rome for many years. - ← previous: [Cornelia's Jewels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/29/) - next →: [Horatius At the Bridge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/31/) - ↑ back to [Fifty Famous Stories Retold](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/)