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施 氏 食 狮 史 shī shì shí shī shǐ Story of Shi Eating the Lions

1 石 室 诗 士 施 氏 ， shí shì shī shì shī shì, A poet named Shi lived in a stone room,

2 嗜 狮 ， 誓 食 十 狮 . shì shī, shì shí shí shī. fond of lions, he swore that he would eat ten lions.

3 氏 时 时 适 市 视 狮 。 shì shí shí shì shì shì shī. He constantly went to the market to look for ten lions.

4 十 时 ， 适 十 狮 适 市 。 shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì. At ten o'clock, ten lions came to the market

5 是 时 ， 适 施 氏 适 是 市 。 shì shí, shì shī shì shì shì shì. and Shi went to the market.

6 氏 视 是 十 狮 ， 恃 矢 势 , shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, Looking at the ten lions, he relied on his arrows

7 使 是 十 狮 逝 世 。 shǐ shì shí shī shì shì. to cause the ten lions to pass away.

8 氏 拾 是 十 狮 尸 ， 适 石 室 。 shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shí shì. Shi picked up the corpses of the ten lions and took them to his stone room.

9 石 室 湿 ， 氏 使 侍 拭 石 室 。 shí shì, shī, shì shǐ shì shì shí shì. The stone room was damp. Shi ordered a servant to wipe the stone room.

10 石 室 拭 ， 氏 始 试 食 十 狮 尸 。 shí shì shì, shì shǐ shì shí shí shī shī. As the stone den was being wiped, Shi began to try to eat the meat of the ten lions.

11 食 时 , 始 识 十 狮 尸 , shí shí, shǐ shì shì shí shī shī, At the time of the meal, he began to realize that the ten lion corpses

12 实 十 石 狮 尸 . shí shí shí shī shī. were in fact were ten stone lions.