AESOP'S FABLES
The Lion in Love
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 honored 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.
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