The Lion & the Gnat | Aesop Moral Story for Kids

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: purple;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Lion and the Gnat</span></i></b></span></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;">"Away with you, vile insect!" said a Lion angrily to a Gnat that was buzzing around his head. But the Gnat was not in the least disturbed.</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;">"Do you think," he said spitefully to the Lion, "that I am afraid of you because they call you king?"</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;">The next instant he flew at the Lion and stung him sharply on the nose. Mad with rage, the Lion struck fiercely at the Gnat, but only succeeded in tearing himself with his claws. Again and again the Gnat stung the Lion, who now was roaring terribly. At last, worn out with rage and covered with wounds that his own teeth and claws had made, the Lion gave up the fight.</span></i></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XjKKgymN9FyGaZECPAsZrvc7uJJVq49t0K8LeZkw4XZjIHgrBTaTOImByt0fep0mYHuOK1T8RufJ6z7POLTae-MBFfY6zf6OeHrCb_RBlZbL1mow1T_wnTGK_ntF3jKSpmOMqoie3vwb/s1600/the-gnat-and-the-lion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Lion and the Gnat" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XjKKgymN9FyGaZECPAsZrvc7uJJVq49t0K8LeZkw4XZjIHgrBTaTOImByt0fep0mYHuOK1T8RufJ6z7POLTae-MBFfY6zf6OeHrCb_RBlZbL1mow1T_wnTGK_ntF3jKSpmOMqoie3vwb/s1600/the-gnat-and-the-lion.jpg" title="The Lion and the Gnat" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;">The Gnat buzzed away to tell the whole world about his victory, but instead he flew straight into a spider's web. And there, he who had defeated the King of beasts came to a miserable end, the prey of a little spider.</span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Moral</b>:</span></i></div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">The least of our enemies is often the most to be feared.</span></i></span></li> <li><span style="color: purple;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Pride over a success should not throw us off our guard. </span></i></span></li> </ul> </div> <br /></div>

The Lion & the Gnat | Aesop Moral Story for Kids

The Lion and the Gnat "Away with you, vile insect!" said a Lion angrily to a Gnat that was buzzing around his head. But the ...

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The Gnat and the Bull - Aesop Moral Story

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <u><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Gnat and the Bull</span></u></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of a Bull. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">After he had rested a short time, he made ready to fly away. But before he left he begged the Bull's pardon for having used his horn for a resting place.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">"<b>You must be very glad to have me go now</b>" he said.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxcJhEs5R_7q90cf3pBgnNgz54rc1R8ECjXS8xKW8NGRB5GoWPRgnUO0YA2DKoodN0muFnsMGVcECWVoqr1yQ0fYyJbBYe48NZeSyqPtQ4A5D44lJkhkpjg21T9S2rT6ArBoBUF-yrynJ/s1600/The-Gnat-and-the-Bull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Gnat and the Bull" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxcJhEs5R_7q90cf3pBgnNgz54rc1R8ECjXS8xKW8NGRB5GoWPRgnUO0YA2DKoodN0muFnsMGVcECWVoqr1yQ0fYyJbBYe48NZeSyqPtQ4A5D44lJkhkpjg21T9S2rT6ArBoBUF-yrynJ/s1600/The-Gnat-and-the-Bull.jpg" title="The Gnat and the Bull" /></a></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">"<b>It's all the same to me</b>" replied the Bull. "<b>I did not even know you were there.</b>"</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor. The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.</b></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> </div>

The Gnat and the Bull - Aesop Moral Story

The Gnat and the Bull A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns...

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