The Four Oxen and the Lion
A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to live. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near, they turned their tails to one
another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them. At last, however, they quarreled among themselves, and each went off to pasture alone in a separate comer of the field. Then the Lion attacked them one by one and soon made an end of all four.
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Inicialmente, o leão não conseguia atacar os bois, pois eles permaneciam juntos. Quando se afastaram: “At last, however, they quarreled among themselves, and each went off to pasture alone in a separate comer of the field.”, os bois perderam a força da união, permitindo o ataque do leão.