The Elephant and the Lion

    "I'll give you a dollar if you leave me alone!" cried the elephant, but the lion simply replied, "What need have I for a dollar?"

    The elephant shrugged and said, "the humans seem fond of them."

    "I am no human, though, am I?" The lion answered and then laughed a deep guttural laugh.

    The elephant retreated, whimpering as the lion slowly encroached further and further into the elephant's radius of comfort. Finally, when it seemed the lion could get no nearer, the elephant let out a deafening trumpet, startling the lion so much that he leapt into the air with a primal leap and began hissing at his surroundings.

    The elephant began to laugh, and after seeing the lion in such a vulnerable state, he simply walked away, shaking his tail at the cat. The lion sulked back to his pride where all the lionesses rolled on the ground laughing at him. The mockery continued for weeks afterward, and the lion never bothered the elephant again.