阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加 情态动词或助动词)。
One day, a rabbit was playing near the field. Suddenly it ____________ ( catch ) and carried away by a hungry lion. The farmers working in the fields saw this and cried, “Look! The lion __________ ( take ) away our rabbit and it________ (eat) our rabbit!"
The clever rabbit wasn’t afraid and soon had an idea.
It said to the lion, “Dear Mr Lion, we____________ ( know ) each other for a long time and I ____________ (think) you are my friend. You want to play with me, don’t you? But the farmers are now saying you’re carrying off their rabbit. Please ____________ (tell) them quickly that I am yours, not theirs." The lion was glad ____________ (hear) this and at once opened its mouth and said loudly, “The rabbit ____________ (not be) yours!" It hadn’t finished ____________ ( say ) that before the rabbit got out of the lion’s mouth and ____________ (run) away as quickly as it could.