[ Back ]

The Fox Who Had Never Seen A Lion

Once upon a time there was a fox who had never seen a lion. One day however he incidentally came across one and because it was the first time he saw such a fierce animal, he yelped and whined with mortal fear and ran away as fast as he could with his tail between his hind legs.

When he met a lion for the second time he became terrified again, but less than the first time.

And when he had seen a lion for the third time he pulled himself together and gathered all his wits, and went to the lion to chatter a bit and have some smalltalk with him.

This story explains that familiarity with certain things will lower the fear for it.

Translation © Lazyfox, 1998

[ Back | Top ]