A Lion betrothed the daughter of a woodcutter and asked her hand in marriage.The Father, unwilling to grant, and yet afraid to refuse his request, hit upon this expedient to rid himself of his importunity. He expressed his willingness to accept the Lion as the suitor of his daughter on one condition: that he should allow him to extract his teeth, and cut off his claws, as his daughter was fearfully afraid of both. The Lion in love cheerfully assented to the proposal and lost his teeth and claws.
Shortly after, when the toothless, clawless Lion returned to repeat his request, the Woodman, no longer afraid, set upon him with his club, and chased him away into the forest.
Lesson
Only love can tame the wild
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