Once upon a time, there was an old, tired lion. He remained sick in his cave, feeling tired. All the animals went to visit him and check on his health. However, the fox was the only animal that didn’t go to check on the lion.
The wolf took advantage of his visit to the lion to accuse the fox, saying: The fox has no respect for your majesty, oh king. That is why he didn’t come to greet your majesty or even ask about your health.
In the moment the wolf was speaking in this way about the fox, the fox arrived there and heard everything the wolf said about him. When the lion saw him, he was angry with him, so he let out a strong shout in the fox’s face. But the fox asked the lion to give him a chance to justify his position, saying to him: Your majesty must know among all the visitors who came to visit your majesty, who performed the greatest special services like what I did for your majesty’s health?
Then the fox continued his speech to the lion, saying: I searched everywhere to find a distinctive treatment that would heal your majesty from this disease permanently, and then you would be in the best condition. Your majesty must know that I reached that treatment in the end.
The lion said quickly, ordering the fox: Tell me, what is this treatment you reached for me? Tell me now! The fox answered quickly: Your majesty must sacrifice a wolf to be healed, where your majesty will use the skin of this wolf and wear it on your body like a coat, and after that you will feel better.
When the lion heard that speech, he immediately judged the wolf to death to be healed as the fox told him. Then the fox laughed in mockery, wondering, saying to himself: No one should bear hatred for others, but rather should bear kindness.
The wisdom from this story: Whoever sets a trap for others will be the first to fall into it.
Translated from Spanish titled: El León la zorra y El Lobo