Showing posts with label situation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label situation. Show all posts

Thursday, May 30, 2019

The River and the Lion

"After the great rains, the lion was faced with crossing the river that had encircled him. Swimming was not in his nature, but it was either cross or die. The lion roared and charged the river, almost drowning before he retreated. Many more times he attacked the water, and each time he failed to cross. Exhausted, the lion lay down, and in his quietness he heard the river say, "Never...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Teaching the horse to fly

The sultan of Persia had sentenced two men to death.  One of them, knowing how much the sultan loved his stallion, offered to teach the horse to fly within a year in return for his life.  The sultan, fancying himself as the rider of the only flying horse in the world, agreed.  The other prisoner looked at his friend in disbelief.  “You know horses don’t fly. ...
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