This fable is collected from Aesop's fables... This is a very interesting story from Aesop's fables. In every Aesop's fables, there must a lesson for us. We consider that as the moral of the story at the end.
"Here is our dinner for today. Watch you here while I go and have a rest and a short while I am coming. Woe betide you if you touch my prey."
"What have you done with the brains?"
The clever Fox answered the Lion:
Moral of the story: The wit has always an answer ready.
The Ass's Brain - A Fable from Aesop
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| The Lion, the Fox and the Ass |
One day, the Lion and the Fox went for hunting together. Whole day, they were traveling here and there, but they could not find anything for their fist. They became tired and sat under a tree shadow. Suddenly, they find out an Ass was eating grass far from them. The clever Fox had an idea to fetch the Ass gently. They were discussing about the matter. The Lion gave an advice to the Fox and sent a message to the Ass, proposing to make an alliance between their two families.
The Ass came to the place of meeting with great enthusiasm and overjoyed at the prospect of a royal alliance. But when the Ass came there, the Lion simply jumped on the Ass, and said to the Fox:
"Here is our dinner for today. Watch you here while I go and have a rest and a short while I am coming. Woe betide you if you touch my prey."
The Lion went away and the Fox waited with that injured Ass. But finding that his master did not return, ventured to take out the brains of the Ass and ate them up. When the Lion came back he soon noticed the absence of the brains, and asked the Fox in a terrible voice:
"What have you done with the brains?"
The clever Fox answered the Lion:
"Brains, your Majesty! It had none, or it would never have fallen into your trap."
Moral of the story: The wit has always an answer ready.
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