A hungry lion sat watching a fat bull feeding in a field“If only bulls didn't have horns，”thought the lion greedily．“then I could soon finish him off．As it is he could toss me over the moon．”
Then he had an idea．Sidling up to the bull he said in a friendly voice：
“I was just admiring you，Mr Bull．I hope you don't mind．what a handsome head you have．What big，strong shoulders．What powerful legs and hooves．If I may say so，though，I don't see why you put up with those horns．They must have given you quite a headache and they do spoil your appearance you know．”
“Do you think so？”said the bull．“I never thought about it．But now you mentioned it they do rather get in the way．Did you say they spoil my appearance？Hmm．”
The lion slunk away and hid behind a tree to watch．The bull waited until he was out of sight，then began to hit his head violently against a rock First one horn splintered，then the other until soon the bull's head was smooth and bare．“Aha，”cried the lion，leaping out with a snarl ．“I've got you now．Thank you so much for getting rid of your horns．They were the only things that prevented me from attacking you before．”
Don't believe in flatterers．Exercises：
回答下列问题：
①How did the lion manage to kill the bull？
② What can we learn from the bull？ |