

The Bowman and the Lion.A very skillful Bowman went to the mountains in search of game. All thebeasts of the forest fled at his approach. The Lion alone challenged himto combat. The Bowman immediately let fly an arrow; and said to theLion: "I send thee my messenger, that from him thou mayest learn what Imyself shall be when I assail thee." The Lion, thus wounded, rushed,away in great fear, and on a Fox exhorting him to be of good courage,and not to run away at the first attack, he replied: "You counsel me invain, for if he sends so fearful a messenger, how shall I abide theattack of the man himself?" A man who can strike from a distance is no pleasant neighbor. From Aesop's Fables |