The lion was living in a forest and was very proud of his strength, and thus he killed many animals in the forest without reason. One day, all the animals of the forest went to the lion and requested from him, saying: Oh lion, oh king of the forest, we came here to ask you a favor. There is no doubt you are our king, you are the king of the forest, but why do you kill so many of us every day without reason? And if the matter continues this way, a day will come when no animal remains alive in the forest, and then you will starve.
Instead, we will send one animal every day for a special meal for you, so you can eat it. This guarantees you an easy daily meal and will save our families. The lion thought and answered: You are right, but remember that you must fulfill your promise, and any animal must come here before the meal time. If you break this contract, I will eat all the forest animals. They said: Oh king, we completely agree as decided. Every noon, an animal goes to the lion.
Days passed, and one day it was the gazelle’s turn, and he wasn’t prepared at all to go to the lion. He was angry at the lion, but due to all the animals forcing him, he went to the lion’s cave. He thought: What trick should I use to kill the lion? The gazelle was thinking while walking slowly. He saw a well on the bay, so the gazelle bent down and saw a reflection of his image in the well. He was happy to see his reflection and found an idea. He said to himself: What an idea! Now I will drown the accursed lion.
The gazelle headed to the lion’s cave with determination. The lion was furious because none of the animals had come even after lunch time had passed. The lion was licking his lips and walking here and there. After that, the gazelle came walking slowly and stood before the lion with joined hands. The lion was insanely angry and roared at the gazelle. He said to him: You, oh gazelle, the fastest of animals, and you came late and didn’t commit to the lunch appointment, and you violated the contract. Today I will kill all the animals. The gazelle said: I came late, this is true, but I didn’t make a mistake. I and the rest of the animals at least ask me why I was late.
The lion said: Tell me why you were late. The gazelle said: It was my turn, as stipulated in the contract, to go to you, and I started walking at the appropriate time, but I found a giant lion near the well who stopped me and wanted to kill me and eat me instead of you, and he said he is stronger than you and can kill you. The lion said: Show me this lion so I can eat him and kill him. The gazelle took the lion and went with him to the well. The lion saw the reflection of his image, so he kept talking to the other lion, then threw himself into the well. He said to the gazelle: Get me out, please. The gazelle said to him: I won’t get you out so you don’t kill all the animals. This is the fate of every tyrant. Thus, mind triumphed over strength.