阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
In Africa, when the antelope(羚羊)wakes up every morning, the first thing ____ comes into his mind is, “I must be able to run ____ (fast) than the fastest lion,____ I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the same time, the lion____ (wake) out of his dream, and the first thingflashing into his mind is: “I must be able to catch up ____ the slowest a ntelope, otherwise I will starve to____ (dead).” So almost at the same moment____ the antelope and the lion jump to their feet, and start____ (run) toward the rising sun.
Such is life whether you are an antelope ____ a lion, you ought to dash forward without hesitation when the sun ____ (rise).