The Lion in A Farmyard
Aesop | Greece
A lion entered a farm, the farmer trapped it but regretted it as the lion attacked and destroyed his animals.
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One day, a big lion wandered into a farm. The farmer, thinking he could trap the lion, quickly closed the gate. Soon, the lion discovered he was trapped and became furious. He attacked the sheep, taking them down one by one, and then went after the large oxen.
The farmer, scared for his life, quickly opened the gate to set the lion free. After the lion left, the farmer looked around at the chaos in his farmyard. He was upset about all his lost sheep and oxen.
His wife, who had seen everything, said, "You should have known better. You get scared just hearing a lion's roar from afar. Why did you think it was a good idea to trap one in our farm?" The farmer looked around his ruined farmyard and realized that his wife was right.
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