Once a lion lived in a forest. One day he felt hungry. He came out of his den to look for some animals for his food. He saw a hare. It was playing merrily under a tree. The lion's mouth was watered to see the fleshy hare. He walked towards the hare to catch it. The hare saw the lion and began to run in fear. So the lion also began to run after it. Soon the lion caught the hare.

Just as the lion raised paw to kill the hare, he sighted a deer. He thought that the small hare would not fill his belly and it would be better to kill that deer. So he let the hare go off into the forest and ran after the deer. The deer ran off with long strides. The lion could not catch up the deer. After a long chase, the lion was tired. He gave up the chase. He felt sorry for letting the hare off.