The rabbit then strode along to the Lion by sunset. The Lion was
angry at him. But the wise rabbit was calm and slowly told the Lion that it was
not his fault. He told the Lion that a group of rabbits were coming to him for
the day when on the way, an angry Lion attacked them all and ate all rabbits but
himself. Somehow he escaped to reach safely, the rabbit said. He said that the
other Lion was challenging the supremacy of his Lordship the Lion. The Lion was
naturally very enraged and asked to be taken to the location of the other Lion.
The wise rabbit agreed and led the Lion towards a deep well filled
with water. Then he showed the Lion his reflection in the water of the well. The
Lion was furious and started growling and naturally its image in the water, the
other Lion, was also equally angry. Then the Lion jumped into the water at the
other Lion to attack it, and so lost its life in the well. Thus the wise rabbit
saved the forest and its inhabitants from the proud Lion.
