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The Man and The Lion

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　One day a man and a line were traveling together.

　Because they thought that they were superior to each other,

　they were mostly bragging about their superiorities on the way.

　In the meantime, they came across a stone statue on the roadside.

　The statue represented a man strangling a lion.

　The man boastfully said to the line,

”You see? That's the way it is.

　We are stronger than you lions after all.”

　 Then the lion replied with a sarcastic smirk,

”Well, if we lions become sculptors,

　there will be lots of statues representing men trampled down by us.

　And to top it off, which is stronger, men and lions? I bet you already know it.

　Do you want me to prove it here now?”

“……”


　Regardless of bragging about their bravery and strengths,

　there are so many people in the world who become intimidated in the face of having to prove what they have said.

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