A lion and a lioness lived together in a dense forest. They both loved each other very much. Every day both went hunting together and killed the prey and ate it equally together. There was a lot of trust and confidence between the two. After some time the lion and the lioness also became the parents of two sons. When the lioness gave birth to the cubs, the lion said to her, "From now on you don't go hunting. Staying at home taking care of yourself and the kids. I alone will bring the prey for all of us. The lioness also obeyed the lion and from that day the lion started going for hunting alone. Whereas, the lioness would stay at home and take care of the kids. Unfortunately, one day the lion could not find any prey. Exhausted, when he was going towards home empty-handed, he saw a fox cub roaming alone on the way. He thought that today he has no food for the lioness and the cubs, so he will make this fox child his prey. The lion caught the fox cub, but it was too small, due to which it could not kill it. He caught him alive and took him home. Reaching the lioness, he told that today he did not have a single victim. If he saw this fox child on the way, he would kill it and eat it. After listening to the lion's words, the lioness said - "When you could not kill this child, how can I kill it?" I can't eat it. I will raise him like my two children and he will be our third son from now on. From the same day the lioness and the lion started loving the fox's son as their own sons and that child also mixed with the lion's family and was very happy with them. Now his family started playing and growing up with him. All the three children thought that they were all lions. Even the fox child could not understand this difference and neither did the two lion cubs. When all three of them grew up a little more, they started going to the forest to play. One day while playing in the forest, he saw an elephant there. Both the lion cubs went after that elephant for hunting, but the fox cub got scared seeing such a big elephant and out of fear came back home to the lioness mother. The fox child had also forbidden his brothers to go after the elephant, but both of them did not agree.
After some time, when both the cubs of the lioness also came back, they told the matter of the jungle to their mother. He told that he went after the elephant, but his third brother ran back home in fear. The fox child got very angry after hearing the words of his brothers and he became very angry. He angrily said that both of you who are calling yourself brave, I can throw you both on the ground. After listening to the fox child, the lioness explained to him that he should not talk like this to his brothers. The children of the fox did not like the words of the mother lioness. Angry he said, so do you also think that I am a coward and was scared to see the elephant?
Hearing this of the fox child, the lioness took him alone and told him the truth of his being a fox. We have brought you up like our two children, raised you along with them and we love you very much, but you are of fox lineage and because of your lineage you were scared to see a big animal like elephant. and ran back home. At the same time, both your brothers belong to the lion dynasty, due to which they ran after the elephant to hunt it. The lioness further said that till now both your brothers do not know that you are a fox. But the day they come to know this they can hunt you too. Therefore, it would be better for you also to leave here soon and live with the people of your clan… You save your life by running away from here. Hearing the truth about himself from the lioness, the fox cub got really scared and as soon as he got a chance, he ran away hiding in the night. Lesson: Jungle has its own law and every animal's nature and habit is on its own offspring, even if they live among fearless and brave people. On the other hand, this story also tells that even after being a lion, loving and nurturing a fox child shows that even animals have feelings of love and kindness.
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