The Donkey, The Rooster, and The Lion
Aesop | Greece
The rooster's crow scared off the lion, but the donkey, mistakenly thinking he was the threat, chased the lion, leading to his demise.
In a green meadow, a donkey and a rooster were eating grass and seeds. Suddenly, a lion jumped out from behind a bush. Scared, the rooster made a loud sound. Lions do not like the crowing of roosters, so the lion quickly ran away.
The donkey saw this and thought that he had scared the lion. Feeling proud, the donkey decided to chase the lion. He ran after it, leaving the rooster behind.
But once they were far from the rooster’s noise, the lion stopped and turned around. The donkey realized too late that the lion wasn’t afraid of him. In a second, the lion attacked, and the donkey was gone. He had wrongly thought he was the one who scared the lion, and it cost him his life.
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