The Friendly Lion

In Ancient Rome there was once a young slave called Androcles who served a cruel master. His master was so unkind to him that Androcles decided to escape.

At that time, masters owned their slaves, so running away was a serious crime – there were even slave-catchers who hunted runaway slaves.

The poor slave was so miserable he thought, “I’d rather take my chances in the forest than be bullied and beaten here.”