LOSING FEAR

 Losing fear

 A fox was hunting for food one day when he heard a lion’s roar.

Frightened, he hid behind a bush and watched the king of the forest walk away.

Only when he was completely out of sight did the fox heave a sigh of relief.

The fox saw the lion the next day when he set out to hunt.

Once again he stopped and watched the lion as he disappeared behind a dune.

 

He saw him again the following day.

This time the lion was snoozing in the shade of a tree.

Gathering courage, the fox walked past the sleeping lion, treading softly so as not to wake him up.

The fox was surprised that it had been quite easy to walk past the lion.

“I really can’t understand why I was so terrified of him!” thought the fox as he went about his way.

Moral of the story: Familiarity breeds contempt.