One day, some animals got together. They were talking about which animals were the 1. The pig said, "Pigs are the greatest because we have many 2. I have twelve healthy little pigs." He asked the rabbit, "3 babies do you have?"
The rabbit felt embarrassed(尴尬的). He had seven. Then he 4 the sheep and said, "He only has two!" Everyone 5.
A snake walked by and said, "We snakes are truly the greatest. You know,I have fifty!"
"So what?" said 6animal. Everyone turned around and saw a7.
The snake lifted up his8and looked at the lion. "Why do you say so? I have fifty babies. You only have 9. That's nothing." All the other animals 10 with the snake.
The lion laughed and said, "Yes, you are right. I only have one baby. 11, it is a lion. Only a lion 12 be the king. So lions are the best!"
The other animals couldn't think of 13 to say. They had many babies, but 14 could ever be as strong as a lion. "One valuable(有价值的)thing," said the lion, "is much 15 than a hundred common ones."