The Boy Who Killed A Lion With One Word

Once upon a time there was a boy who went to pick wild fruits in the mountain with three of his younger brothers. The boy , while picking wild fruits , lost sight of his brothers . The fruit basket was full and it was time to go home. He shouted the names of his brothers , ' Mark, Fwasani and Alick, its time to go home, please hurry.' The three younger brothers could not be seen or heard any near so the boy followed their foot prints until he reached the cave. When the boy entered the cave he realised this was the place where the two lions lived. He screamed at his younger brothers, ' How dare you come to a dangerous place like this , you are lucky the lion is not here otherwise you should have been dead by now.' But as soon as he finished speaking and as soon as it was decided to get out of the cave there came the sound of the lion's footsteps . The boy knew their fate had come. He thought for a moment then when the lion tried to enter its cave the boy shouted in a thick voice, ' my little children your meat has come , i will kill the lion and you will never be hungry.' When the lion heard the word 'meat' , it got frightened and started running away from the cave, it ran faster until it was sure it was far away and safe. The leopard saw the lion running and it asked, ' My friend what has made you run aimlessly like this ?' The lion told the leopard ,' I have never heard an animal calling me 'meat', there must be a huge animal that has entered my cave it is planing to kill me and feed its children.' The leopard said , 'Lion , there is no one stronger in this forest like you . You are the king of forest , so go and kill that animal.' But the lion was afraid. The leopard and fellow carnivores convinced the lion that , ' If you are scared go with us , we will stand by you.' The lion asked, ' What if you run away and am left alone to die in a cave ?' The leopard said,' I and fellow carnovores will tie our tails together so that we fight this animal together.' The lion reluctantly agreed. The lion and other animals ran towards the cave with tails tied together as a joint mission to kill this animal in a cave. The boy saw that the animals were coming and all animals were fully charged with rage and anger to kill. As the animals reached closer to the cave they paused to listen and there they heard it for themselves. The boy shouted in a thick voice like a grandfather , 'My little children, I told you that your meat is ready, now see, the animals are helping us, they have captured the lion to deliver it to us because it was running away. Now just smile my kids, your meat is here.' When the lion heard this it suspected the leopard has done a trick to surrender it to the dangerous animal . The lion demanded to let his tail be let loose from other animals so that it can ran away but the leopard refused,' We can handle it , Lion.' The lion got more scared and pulled from the other animals. The tails were still locked together. So the lion pulled and all animals began pushing each other and pulling , they rolled down the mountain and the lion hit the big rock and died. When it was peaceful the boy went home with his younger brothers. He had killed the lion with just the word, ' meat.' In times of crisis , courage and a litle intelligence can deliver people from their dangerous situation.