The Lion and the Hunter (French Folk Tale)

Folk Tales, French Folk Tales3373


A braggart, lover of the chase,

Had lost a dog of valued race,

And thought him in a lion”s maw.

He ask”d a shepherd whom he saw,

“Pray show me, man, the robber”s place,

And I'll have justice in the case.”

“Tis on this mountain side,”

The shepherd man replied.

“The tribute of a sheep I pay,

Each month, and where I please I stray.”

Out leap”d the lion as he spake,

And came that way with agile feet.

The braggart, prompt his flight to take,

Cried, “Jove, O grant a safe retreat!”

A danger close at hand

Of courage is the test.

It shows us who will stand:

Whose legs will run their best.



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