a. What did the slave merchant do with Androcles?
b. How was Androcles treated by his master?
c. How did Androcles relieve the lion of its pain?
d. What did the master do when his people caught Androcles?
e. Why and how did the lion help Androcles in return?

a. The slave merchant caught Androcles and sold him to a rich man in another city.
b. Androcles was treated very cruelly by his master, who inflicted immense torture and suffering upon him.
c. Androcles took the lion's wounded paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it, thus relieving the lion of its pain.
d. When his people caught Androcles, the master ordered them to throw him into the hungry lion's cage.
e. The lion helped Androcles in return out of gratitude because Androcles had previously relieved its pain by removing a big thorn from its paw. The lion helped him by breaking the cage and running away with Androcles on its back.