A vain lion wanted to find out why the other animals were not as beautiful as he was.
First, he asked a giraffe.
The giraffe didn’t know.
Next, the lion asked a bear.
The bear had no answer either.
Then the lion asked a hippopotamus, but once again, he got no answer.
Finally, the lion came across a little mouse.
He looked down at the mouse and asked,
“Tell me, why aren’t you as big, as strong, and as beautiful as I am?”
The mouse looked up at the lion and calmly replied,
“Well, I’ve been sick.”