The Lion and The Rat
One day, a small rat, while roaming through the jungle, came across a lion.
When he saw the lion, he got scared. The rat had heard terrifying stories about the lion. He immediately hid behind a rock.
The lion saw the rat, but didn’t. move. The rat gathered courage, and. moved. closer to the lion. Still, the lion didn’t. move. Coming closer, the rat slowly bit the lion with his tiny teeth.
Lion opened his eyes, stared at the rat, and then closed his eyes again.
The rat was now. feeling. confident.
“This lion is afraid of me” he thought.
The rat then went back to his friends and bragged about his encounter with the lion. The rat’s friends didn’t believe him. So the next day, they followed the rat and hid behind the rock, while the rat approached the lion.
The rat bit the lion. A little harder this time. The lion opened his eyes; but the rat knew the lion is powerless against him. He waved to his friends, and took another bite.
But then something happened, which the rat never expected. The lion took one swipe at the rat and caught him.
At that moment, the rat realized his mistake.
He asked the lion “Why today? You were helpless yesterday!”
“I was not helpless. Yesterday, I was bored, and your behaviour amused me; today it didn’t.” Said the lion, before crushing rat under his paw.
Never mistake a person’s passiveness as his weakness.
Lion Image Credit: reviro / Deviant Art
