Once upon a time there was a lion and a lioness in a dense forest. They gave birth to two
cubs in due course of time. The lion asked the lioness to stay at home and take care of the
cubs. One day the lion could not hunt any animal but found a little fox on the way home.
He took it home as a gift for the lioness. The lioness brought the fox kid with the same
love as her own cubs. The three young animals grew and played together. One day the
children saw an elephant. The lion cubs wanted to fight the elephant. But the fox kid was
frightened and asked them to run away. So they ran away and went to the mother lioness.
The lion cubs told the story to her. She laughed at the fox kid. At this the fox kid was
offended and in a rage challenged the lioness as to why she called him a coward. The
lioness replied, "What's wrong with eating an elephant? You feel like that only because
you're not a lion kid. You are the child of a fox. Your breed never eats elephants. If you
cannot be bold please leave us and go live with your tribe." The fox kid did not want to
live there any longer and left for the forest.
