Odat\u0103 ca niciodat\u0103, un leu s-a \u00eendr\u0103gostit de o frumoas\u0103 fat\u0103 \u015fi, dup\u0103 cuviin\u0163\u0103, a cerut-o de so\u0163ie de la p\u0103rin\u0163ii ei. Mama \u015fi tat\u0103l fetei nu \u015ftiau ce s\u0103 spun\u0103. Nu le convenea s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi dea fiica leului, dar nici nu doreau s\u0103 st\u00e2rneasc\u0103 m\u00e2nia regelui animalelor.<\/p>\n
\u00cen cele din urm\u0103 tat\u0103l a zis: \u201eSuntem foarte onora\u0163i de propunerea maiest\u0103\u0163ii voastre, dar fiica nostr\u0103 este o fiin\u0163\u0103 delicat\u0103 \u015fi ne este team\u0103 c\u0103, purtat de \u00eenfl\u0103c\u0103rarea dragostei voastre, a\u0163i putea s\u0103 o r\u0103ni\u0163i. Mi-a\u015f putea permite s\u0103 \u00eei sugerez maiest\u0103\u0163ii voastre s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi scoat\u0103 ghearele \u015fi col\u0163ii \u015fi, \u00een acest caz, am putea s\u0103 ne r\u0103zg\u00e2ndim asupra cererii voastre.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leul era at\u00e2t de \u00eendr\u0103gostit, \u00eenc\u00e2t \u015fi-a smuls col\u0163ii din f\u0103lci \u015fi ghearele din labe, suport\u00e2nd dureri groaznice. S-a \u00eentors la p\u0103rin\u0163ii fetei \u015fi le-a spus: \u201dV-am \u00eendeplinit dorin\u0163a, acum da\u0163i-mi fata, a\u015fa cum a\u0163i promis\u201d. Ace\u015ftia s-au convins mai \u00eent\u00e2i c\u0103 leul spune adev\u0103rul \u015fi, \u00een\u0163eleg\u00e2nd c\u0103 nu mai are puterea de a le mai face rau, i-au r\u00e2s \u00een nas \u015fi, cum era de a\u015fteptat, nu i-au mai dat fata.<\/p>\n