Kindness never goes unrewarded
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Kindness is a noble sentiment. There is an ancant story which shows that even the fierce animals are affected by kindness. It is said that in a certain country lived a slave who was a kind man. It its master was cruel, a d tortured him without any excuse. The salve did every thing to please his master but on avail. So he decided to run away. One night he did escape out of the house and took the road that led to another city. On the way he reached a big forest and under a tree for rest. Suddenly he heard a roar the ext moment a big lion was standing near him. He could not run away. They he saw that the lion did not jump at him. It was a striking its paw on the ground. The slave saw that there was blood on it. He held the lion ,s paw in his hand found a big thorn in it. He took out that thorn. The lion licked his feet and went away. After a short time he heard voices of people. Before he could run away, a group of soldiers had surrounded and arrested him. He was taken back to the city put into the prison. His master had lodged a complaint with the government, for the slaves had no right to run away. The authorities decided that the salve should be thrown before a hungry lion so that the other salves would not dare follow his example. On the day execution soldiers brought him to the arena built for such purpose, and they rushed him into the cage of a big hungry lion. As soon as the lion saw him, it began to roar. But suddenly is stopped roaring and began to lick the feet of that condemned man. It was the same lion whom the salve had helped in the forest. It had recognized him.
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