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Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Metabo and Camille

King Metabo was a famous javelin thrower. One day he went out hunting with his young daughter, Camille.
All of a sudden, the king was attacked by a band of enemies. He had to flee from them until he came to a fast flowing river which he was unable to swim across because of his daughter on his back. It seemed he was lost until he thought of a way out.
Tying his daughter to his javelin, he hurled it with all his strength to the other side of the river; then he dived in himself and swam across to where Camille was. His enemies were so amazed that they gave up the chase.

Moral : A skilled man often finds a way to escape. 


Words                     Meanings
javelin           a long stick with a pointed end
hunting          chasing and killing wild animals and birds
flee               run away 
hurling          throwing with force
amazed        very surprised
chase           to run after somebody

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