The Lion And The Talking Den

Once upon a time a clever jackal
made his home in a cave in the jungle .
Everyday he would leave the cave at
sunrise in search of food and return
at sunset .
In the same forest lived a lion . He
had grown very old and could no
longer run fast to catch his prey . He
often went hungry because of this .
One day the lion tried to catch a
lame deer . But even the lame deer
could run faster than him .
As the lion wandered in search of
prey, he saw the jackal's cave . He
was sure that some animal lived in
the cave . He had an idea!
The lion waited in the cave for the
whole day . He was very hungry and
this made him very restless and
impatient.
At sunset the jackal came back to
find the whole forest quiet around
the cave . He was sure that some
great danger lurked inside the cave .
He thought of a plan and called out
to the cave ...
Hearing the clever jackal, the lion
believed that the cave spoke to the
jackal and called out in a hollow voice
asking the jackal to come in . Hearing
the roar of the lion, the jackal turned
and ram for his life ...
The lion waited for the jackal to enter .
But soon realised that he had been
fooled . He left the cave feeling very
disappointed . The jackal watching from
a safe distance, waited till the lion
was out of sight and then returned to
the cave for a good night's rest.