The Young Man and the Lion
A young man lost his
way in the jungle and encountered a lion. Terrified, he had no idea how to
handle the situation or escape. As the lion slowly approached him, his body
shook with fear. The lion lifted its head and said, "Why are you
shivering?"
The young man,
astonished that the lion could speak, wondered how to respond. The lion
repeated its question, and the young man pleaded, "Please don't kill
me." With a smile, the lion replied, "We don't hunt beyond our needs.
Living with greed is a unique quality of humans; that is not our way of life.
If wild animals hunted every weak creature, the jungle would not exist. We eat
only when we are hungry. Unlike humans, who take more than they can eat and
eventually throw it away."
The young man nodded
in agreement. The lion continued, "Walk with me; I will show you the way
out of the jungle. Some of my friends are hungry, including a tiger a few kilometres
away. Humans are safe where you belong; don’t enter the jungle for pleasure or
greed for resources."
With that, the lion
and the young man walked forward together.
M.L.Narendra Kumar
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