The Lion in Love 

Posted by Maverick ~ on January 12, 2018
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A Lion once fell in love with a beautiful maiden and proposed marriage to her parents. The old people did not know what to say. They did not like to give their daughter to the Lion, yet they did not wish to enrage the King of Beasts.

At last the father said: “We feel highly honoured by your Majesty’s proposal, but you see our daughter is a tender young thing, and we fear that in the vehemence of your affection you might possibly do her some injury. Might I venture to suggest that your Majesty should have your claws removed, and your teeth extracted, then we would gladly consider your proposal again.”

The Lion was so much in love that he had his claws trimmed and his big teeth taken out. But when he came again to the parents of the young girl they simply laughed in his face, and bade him do his worst.

Love can tame the wildest.
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Though the Lion in love let them draw
All his teeth, and pare down every claw,
He’d no bride for his pains,
For they beat out his brains
Ere he set on his maiden a paw.

Our Very Means May Defeat Our Ends

 The Fables of Aesop

23 comments on “The Lion in Love ”

  3. And you have done it again.I am constantly amazed by your selection of poem and the pictures to go with it. Needless to say, this is a strong and painful story at the same time, Brilliant!!

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  4. Nice photos. I remember that starting in 1st grade we had Aesop’s fables read to us and read them ourselves in later grades. I guess stories with a moral learning experience are no longer acceptable in public schools’ curricula – someone might be offended and threaten to sue the school.

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