The story of the donkey and the lion is a classic children’s tale. It begins with a washerman who owns a donkey and admires it. One faithful day, the donkey ran away from its owner.
The donkey escaped and ran into the forest. There, he lazed around and ate and ate until he became fat. While in the forest the hare passed by the donkey. The hare was known as one of the most cunning animals in the forest.
When the hare saw the donkey, he said to himself that the donkey was very fat. The hare then met the lion and told him about the fat donkey. The lion had injured himself and due to this, he wasn’t able to go hunting.
Injured and hungry, the lion remained still in the forest. The hare approached him and informed him of the fat donkey. He promised to bring the donkey to him to eat, however the lion would have to kill her. He then praised the hare that he was a good friend and promised to kill the donkey.
The hare then embarked on his mission to trick the donkey. The hare came up to the donkey, gave it a warm greeting, and respectfully requested her hand in marriage. The donkey asked who wanted to marry her and the hare said that the lion was the groom.
Hearing that it was the lion who asked for her hand in marriage, the donkey was excited and she decided to follow the hare to go meet the lion. Soon after they both arrived at the lion’s house and were invited in.
The hare then gave the lion a signal to alert him that it was time for him to carry out the plan. Only the lion and the donkey remained in the room as he left. The hare told the donkey that he would leave her with her husband-to-be to discuss some personal matters.
As soon as the hare left the room, the lion jumped on the donkey. He pounced on the donkey, kicking it with its feet. He also attacked the donkey with its claw, however, the donkey fought back. She fled into the forest to her home after defeating the lion.
After a while, the hare came to check up on the lion. He asked if the lion was able to defeat the donkey. The lion replied that she escaped. He also bragged that although he was not able to defeat the donkey, still he attacked her pretty well.
The hare encouraged the lion and told him to rest assured that he would do well next time. For weeks, the hare waited for the lion and donkey to become powerful. He then asked his friend if he should bring the donkey.
The lion agreed and asked the hare to bring the donkey. So, he went to the forest to find her to bring him to the lion. The hare told him that her groom-to-be requested his presence, however, due to the event of the previous visit, the donkey was scared to go close to the lion.
The hare assured him, that this was the only way the lion knew how to approach his friends. The donkey then agreed to follow the hare to the lion’s house. As soon as they got to the lion’s house, he jumped on the donkey and killed her. After this, both the lion and the hare feasted on the donkey.
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