The Foolish Lion and The Clever Rabbit
The Foolish Lion and The Clever Rabbit
The Foolish Lion and The Clever Rabbit
friends. Today, I am going to tell you a story entitled ‘The Foolish Lion
Once upon a time, there lived a cruel lion in a dense forest. He was
the forest to gratify his hunger. The animals were worried that after
sometime none of them would be left alive. So, they decided to hold a
meeting with the lion. They wanted to put an end to the problem.
One day, all the animals of the forest gathered under a big tree.
They invited the King Lion to attend the meeting. In the meeting, one
of the animals said, ‘Your Majesty, it is our happiness, that we got you
as our king. We are happy that you are attending this meeting.’ The
King lion thanked them and replied, ‘What is the matter? Why we have
gathered here?’
All the animals started looking at each other. One of the animals
stood up and said, ‘Sir, it is natural that have to kill us for your food.
But, if you go on killing the animals without any purpose, there will be
no animal left in the forest very soon.’ The king lion roared, ‘So what do
you want?’
one animal daily to your den. You can kill and eat it, the way you like.
This will also save you from the trouble of hunting.’ The lion replied,
‘Fine. I agree to this proposal, but make sure that the animal must
reach to me in time, otherwise, I will kill all the animals of the jungle.’
his food every day. The lion was very happy to have his food right
the lion’s den. The rabbit was old but wise. He was unwilling to go, but
the other animals forced him to go. The rabbit thought of a plan. He
took his own sweet time to go to the Lion and reached the lion’s den a
The Lion was getting impatient on not seeing any animal by the
time. The Lion got extremely furious when he saw a small rabbit for his
sent to make your meal, but five of them were killed by another lion.
The king lion howled in great anger and said, ‘Impossible, there
cannot be another king of this forest. Tell me. Who is he? I will kill
him. Take me to the place, where you saw him.’ The intelligent rabbit
agreed and took the Lion towards a deep well, filled with water. When
they reached near the well, the rabbit said, ‘This is the place where he
The Lion looked into the well and saw his own reflection. He
thought it was the other Lion. The Lion was furious and started
growling. The image in the water, the other Lion, was also equally angry.
In order to kill the other Lion, he jumped into the well. The Lion
darted his head against the rocks and drowned in the deep well.
The wise rabbit went back to other animals and told them the
whole story. All the animals got happy and praised the rabbit for his
wit. Thus, the clever rabbit saved all the animals from the proud Lion