Jasmine+T's+fable

  ** -When people can’t get what they want because of their own failure, they often pretend they didn’t want it anyway. **

Lionel the lion is always looking for a new “prey”. He creeps and stalks through the tall grass, careful not to make a sound. Lionel has had his eye on a nice, tender antelope; he knows its every move. He’s so confident in this catch that he brings along the two most dominant lions in his family. When Lionel finally feels confident that he has a point of attack he crouches low and waits for the perfect moment. Little did he know that Annie the antelope is watching him too, and is being very cautious. Lionel swiftly, but quietly gets closer to Annie. The other lions stand back and wait on the kill, so they could also feast. Annie the antelope apprehensively takes a drink of water from the river. Lionel sees this as an excellent time to leap and apprehend his prey. As soon as he take his final leap, Annie sprints in the other direction; leaving Lionel in mid air. Before Lionel had time to realize what actually happened, Annie was on the other side of the river.

Drowned in embarrassment, Lionel dreaded facing his lion family. As he walked back toward the other lions, he could see the look of disgust on their faces. “Lionel”; said one of the lions, “what happened?” “Ah, I realized she wasn’t as tender and juicy as I thought she was. It would have been an embarrassment to bring that back to you.” As Lionel is saying this, he’s thinking to himself; where he went wrong, how good Annie would have tasted and what his family might think. So, in Lionel’s attempt to keep from seeming weak and unable to catch prey, he made the other lions think that Annie the antelope was not worth capturing.