SENTENCE BUILDING: FABLES

Make complete fables based on the given prompts. You need to give correct forms of the verbs and add articles,
conjunctions, prepositions, and/or punctuations (if necessary).
Fable 1.
The Lion and the Mouse
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lion / take / nap

mouse / come / start / play
mouse / run up / down / lion / back
soon / lion / wake up
lion / caught / mouse / hold / him / large paw
Pardon me/ / cry / little mouse
If / you / let / me / go / I / never / forget / kindness / perhaps / I / help / you / someday
lion / laugh / decide / let / little mouse / go
then / lion / catch / trap / hunter / tie / lion / tree / strong rope
mouse / come / nibble / rope / set / lion / free
Little friends / might / turn out / great friends/ / say / lion / end.

Fable 2.
The Dog and the Wolf
1. hungry wolf / almost dead / hunger.
2. pet dog / see / him / said / My cousin / I / know / wild lifestyle / ruin / you. / Why / not / you / get /
steady job / like / mine? / Come / me / my master / give / you / job.
3. wolf / agree / they / start / go / town.
4. way / wolf / notice/ hair / dogs neck / wear away.
5. wolf / ask / dog / why / there / no hair / neck.
6. dog / say / Oh / it / nothing. That / where / collar / rub / neck / master / chain / me up / night. Soon /
you / used / it.
7. that / all? / say / wolf.
8. Then goodbye / you / Mister Dog. It / better / hungry / free / be / fat slave!
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