🐰 How Hare Outsmarted the Jungle Bully 🦁

  

Once upon a time, in a sunny, leafy jungle, there lived a very grumpy lion.

He was big. He was loud.
And worst of all... he was mean.

Every day, the lion would hunt just for fun, scaring all the animals half to death!

One day, the jungle creatures gathered in a big meeting under the baobab tree.

“This has to stop,” said the zebra.

“We need a plan,” said the parrot.

So they came up with an idea. The bravest of them all, a wise old tortoise, waddled up to the lion’s den.

“Oh Great Roaring One,” he said, bowing low, “instead of hunting us all, how about this — we send you one animal a day as your dinner. That way, you don’t have to chase anyone, and we... well, we get to keep living!”

The lion scratched his chin with a claw.
“One a day, huh? Deal. But if you ever skip a day—I eat everybody!”

From then on, the jungle was quieter. Peaceful, even. That is, until it was Hare’s turn to be dinner.

But Hare? Oh, she was smart.
She wasn’t ready to be anybody’s lunch.

She trotted up to the lion’s cave—very, very late.

“YOU’RE LATE!” the lion roared. “Now I’ll eat YOU and everyone else!”

“Wait!” said Hare, catching her breath. “I tried to come earlier, but another lion stopped me. He said he was king of the jungle and that we should only bring food to him!”

The lion’s eyes nearly popped out.
“Another lion? In my jungle?! Take me to this faker!”

So Hare led him to an old well.

“He lives down there,” she said.

The lion peeked in—and saw a lion staring back at him!

“GRRR!” the lion roared.

“ROARRRR!” said the reflection (of course).

“THAT’S IT!” shouted the lion. And with one mighty leap...

SPLASH!
Down he went, right into the well.

And that was the end of the jungle bully.

Hare returned to the jungle, where the animals danced, sang, and cheered her name.

From that day on, the jungle was a happy, peaceful place—thanks to one very clever bunny.