The Lion, The Cow, The She-Goat and The Sheep

Today at the jungle beauty parlor, all was quiet and well until all of a sudden the sheep busted in through the doors.  Usually the sheep is a very reserved, calm, and sometimes even shy animal.  But today, she was completely outraged!

"What happened to you, sheep?  This is so unlike you!" exclaimed the bull.

"Well," said the sheep, "the cow, the goat, and myself just had a little 'tiff' with the big, bad lion earlier today."

"Oh, gosh, do explain, dear sheep!"answered the bull.

"Alright," said the sheep.  "It all started out earlier today when I was talking to the cow and the goat.  We were extremely famished and wanted something wonderful to eat.  We hadn't eaten all day so we decided to devise a plan.  All of us knew that the lion always gets the best meals of the day, so our plan was to approach the lion about making a little deal.  We wanted to team up with the lion to catch one of the tasty-looking, delicious deer.  None of us were big or fast or strong enough to catch a deer by ourselves, and we knew the lion catches tasty deer all the time.  So, we elected the cow to be our "team spokesperson."  We had the calm cow approach the lion.  This is how their conversation went:

"Hello, lion!  How are you today?" said the cow.

"What do you need, little cow?" replied the lion, looking frustrated and un-interested.

"Well, the goat, the sheep, and I have a little proposition for you.  We'd like to help you catch one of those gorgeous deer that are running around here and then split her up with you in equal portions.  We've been craving a deer, and we know that since you are so strong and mighty that you would be able to help us with the task of catching one."

"Fine, yeah, I'll help you all.  Go get your friends and meet me right back here."

"Okay, guys, so that's what their conversation was like.  So the cow came and got the goat and me, and we met up with the lion at the designated meeting spot.  The lion told us that we all needed to crouch behind one of the bushes and that he would be on the lookout for a deer.  So, he finally found one, pounced on her, and we all jumped to the lion's side and helped kill the deer that looked awfully scrumptious.  After we killed her, we split her up into four different sections.  The lion was looking kind of sneaky the entire time.  Then, the lion took charge and said that the first piece was for him because he was the leader.  We all agreed with this and thought it was fair.  He then proceeded to say that the second was also for him because we had to give it to him for being our partner.  This one didn't bother us too much, but we weren't extremely happy about it.  But the lion then went on to say that the third was also his for being the strongest, and to not even bother with the fourth because that was his as well.  So, he took off with all four of the portions and left us with nothing!  The cow, goat, and myself were all extremely upset."

The bull then chimed back in to the story with, "That darned lion; always out for himself!"

"I know," said the sheep, "We should have never trusted him.  Oh well, I've got to go and find something to eat now.  I still haven't eaten today, and I happen to be absolutely starving.  I'll see you all next time I'm due for a trim, guys."

So here we learn that you must never trust a sneaky person who's only out for himself.  You'll always get hurt in the end.