A HUNTER, not very bold, was searching for the tracks of a Lion. He
asked a man felling oaks in the forest if he had seen any marks of his
footsteps or knew where his lair was. “I will,” said the man, “at once
show you the Lion himself.” The Hunter, turning very pale and
chattering with his teeth from fear, replied, “No, thank you. I did not
ask that; it is his track only I am in search of, not the Lion
himself.”
The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.