The Lion Cub

One day, a farmer was walking through the jungle. He came across a poor, helpless little lion cub. So he picked him up and brought him home and fed him. Now, the cub was feeling better, so he put him in the barn with all the sheep. Every day, he would let the sheep out to graze, and the lion cub would come out with them. This kept happening day after day after day---and years passed like this.

One day, a huge lion came out from the forest and roared. All the sheep started running around hiding. And the little lion also started to hide, just like the sheep. The big lion, seeing the little lion, came over to him and asked, "What are you doing?"

And the little lion said, "Aghhh! Please don't eat me!" The big lion said, "Eat you? Don't you know who you are? Why are you acting like a sheep?" "Oh, please don't eat me." The lion said, "You are a lion." The little lion said, "Whatever----just don't eat me!!" So the big lion said, "Come with me." He took the little lion to the pond, and he said, "Look. See who you really are."

The little lion looked at his reflection, and he looked like the big lion. He said, "Really? Is that who I am?" "Yes! That's who you are!!? Can't you see? Now, roar with me because you're not a sheep----you're a lion." The little lion roared, and he thanked the big lion. And the big lion said, "I didn't do anything. I only showed you who you are."