In a forest there lived a lion along with his family in a den. One chilly evening, the lion returned to his den with a baby fox cub in his hand. Mamma lion was waiting for dinner to be served. She was quite sad to see the tiny fox and said,
“I don’t have the heart to eat him. He is so much like my kids.”
The lion agreed with the lioness and they decided to raise him with their other two cubs. The little fox learnt to romp, play and eat like the lions.
Both the lion cubs and the little fox grew together. They started wandering on their own. They all had lot of was fun just wandering together. One day an elephant came along. Elephants are also enemy of the lion. The lion cubs were scared and they whimpered back to the den. But the fox stayed back growling at the elephants. On reaching home, the fox laughed and made fun of the lion cubs for their cowardness. Mamma lioness watched all this with concern.
Late in the night, as the children slept peacefully she told the Lion about her fear,
“I don’t think our fox child should stay with us. Today he was teasing the cubs, but as they are children now, they will forget about it and play again. But as they grow, the lions will not like the his attitude and at some angry moment they would not hesitate to eat up the fox.”
The Lion nodded in agreement. Early in the morning Mamma lion told the fox, with tears in her eyes,
“Though you are my child you are not a lion. For your happiness you must go to your fox family. Be happy and live with them.”
The fox became very sad to leave but understood the matter. He suddenly noticed some fox cubs in the bushes and quickly raced with them. At night, the fox howls and Mamma Lion knows that he is safe somewhere in the forest. Everyone lives peacefully.
'Uncommon friendship should be respected with some distance.'
“I don’t have the heart to eat him. He is so much like my kids.”
The lion agreed with the lioness and they decided to raise him with their other two cubs. The little fox learnt to romp, play and eat like the lions.
Both the lion cubs and the little fox grew together. They started wandering on their own. They all had lot of was fun just wandering together. One day an elephant came along. Elephants are also enemy of the lion. The lion cubs were scared and they whimpered back to the den. But the fox stayed back growling at the elephants. On reaching home, the fox laughed and made fun of the lion cubs for their cowardness. Mamma lioness watched all this with concern.
Late in the night, as the children slept peacefully she told the Lion about her fear,
“I don’t think our fox child should stay with us. Today he was teasing the cubs, but as they are children now, they will forget about it and play again. But as they grow, the lions will not like the his attitude and at some angry moment they would not hesitate to eat up the fox.”
The Lion nodded in agreement. Early in the morning Mamma lion told the fox, with tears in her eyes,
“Though you are my child you are not a lion. For your happiness you must go to your fox family. Be happy and live with them.”
The fox became very sad to leave but understood the matter. He suddenly noticed some fox cubs in the bushes and quickly raced with them. At night, the fox howls and Mamma Lion knows that he is safe somewhere in the forest. Everyone lives peacefully.
'Uncommon friendship should be respected with some distance.'
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