Once
upon a time there was a lion that grew so old that he was unable to kill any
prey for his food. So, he said to himself, "I must do something to stay my
stomach else I will die of starvation."
He
kept thinking and thinking and at last an idea clicked him. He decided to lie
down in the cave pretending to be ill and then who-so-ever will come to enquire
about his health, will become his prey. The old lion put his wicked plan into
practice and it started working. Many of his well-wishers got killed. But evil
is short lived.
One
day, a fox came to visit the ailing lion. As foxes are clever by nature, the
fox stood at the mouth of the cave and looked about. His sixth sense worked and
he came to know the reality. So, he called out to the lion from outside and
said, "How are you, sir?"
The
lion replied, "I am not feeling well at all. But why don't you come
inside?"
Then
the fox replied, "I would love to come in, sir! But on seeing, all foot
prints going to your cave and none coming out, I would be foolish enough to
come in."
Saying
so, the fox went to alert the other animals.
