THE MAN AND THE LION

A Lion and a Man chanced to travel in company through the forest.

They soon began to quarrel, for each of them boasted that he and

his kind were far superior to the other both in strength and

mind.

Now they reached a clearing in the forest and there stood a

statue. It was a representation of Heracles in the act of tearing

the jaws of the Nemean Lion.

"See," said the man, "that's how strong _we_ are! The King of

Beasts is like wax in our hands!"

"Ho!" laughed the Lion, "a Man made that statue. It would have

been quite a different scene had a Lion made it!"

_It all depends on the point of view, and who tells the story._

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