The Lion And The Hare

Once upon a time, there lived a lion in the jungle. He was very powerful and strong, and all the animals of the jungle feared him. The lion used to dominate and capture other animals in the jungle for his food, and sometimes, even unnecessarily.

• One day, the animals of the jungle decided to find a way out and called for a meeting. All the animals of the jungle, including the lion, were present for the meeting.

• One of the animals then put forward a proposal for the lion. They asked the lion to stop hunting down the animals in the forest, and in return, they would send one animal a day to his den, where the lion could eat it as his food.

• The lion agreed but placed a condition. If the animal did not reach his den in time, he would hunt down each animal in the jungle. The animals agreed to this condition.

• One day, it was the hare’s turn to go into the lion’s den. He didn’t want to die! So, to save his life, he quickly came up with a plan.

• The hare entered the lion’s den a little late, and when the lion asked him the reason for being late, he told him that there was another lion in the jungle, who was claiming to be the king of the jungle.

• Hearing this, the lion got angry and demanded to see the other lion.
• The cunning hare took him to a well full of water and told the lion to look down into the well.
• The lion saw his reflection in the well and thought it was another lion.

• Getting angry, he jumped into the well and drowned.

• The hare returned happy, feeling like a winner for having managed to save his life through trickery, and narrated the entire event to his fellow animals.