為了能夠更輕易地獲取食物，獅子和野驢結成同盟去打獵。獅子力氣大，驢子速度快，他們相輔相成。當他們獵取到足夠多的獵物後，獅子按需要把食物分成了三份。 “這第一份嘛， ”獅子說， “理所當然歸我所有，因為我是 ‘百獸之王 ’；第二份也應該是我的，因為全靠了我才能得到這麼多食物；至於第三份，如果你不盡快離開這裏的話，相信我，你會付出很大的代價。 ”
弱肉強食，適者生存。
A Wild Ass and a Lioo a they might capture the beasts of the forest with greater ease. The Lioo assist the Wild Ass with his strehe Wild Ass gave the Lio of his greater speed. Wheaken as maheir ies required，the Lioo distribute the prey，and for this purpose divided it into three shares. “I will take the .rst share，” he said，“because I am King: and the sed share，as a parth you in the d the third share（believe me）will be a sreat evil to you，unless you willio me，a off as fast as you .”
Might makes right.