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The Goat's Judgment
A hunter surrounded a lion with a circle of flames.
The lion asked for help and an elephant came with its trunk full of water. The elephant put out the fire and took the lion on its back. The lion felt very well up there and he didn't want to get down any more. The elephant asked all the animals to help him to be free again but nobody helped him.
A goat had enough courage to tell the lion to get down the elephant's back. The king of the animals got down on goat's back. Poor goat could only say: "I prefer to die instead of concealing an injustice."
Give him an inch he will take an ell!
Oana Dumitrache