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A Wolf Who Got Confident About Himself with His Shadow and A Lion

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　One day, when the sun was setting in the East, a wolf was wandering around the wilderness.

　A long shadow of him was reflected on the ground.

　The wolf saw it and thought,

I can’t believe I had been afraid of lions with a big body like this.

　It looks like I’m 30 meter tall, I could be the king of beasts.”

　While the wolf was getting confident about himself, a lion jumped on and bit him.

　The wolf realized the fact and cried,

“They say ‘vanity will kill you’ and it’s so true.”


　Like this wolf, being overconfident about your strength can be very dangerous.

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