Hank
Now you are talking business. The lions priorities are different from the rest of the animals. I wonder if they are ever the same...
(Hey, call it propaganda but don't call it cheap)
HOW THE LION BENEFITS FROM THE LITTLE ANIMALS' POVERTY
One day all the little animals went up to the King of the Jungle and complained about their poverty, and in particular about the fact that every time, during the dry season, they had to travel long distances to drink the precious fluid, and demanded a WATER WELL be built for them... They cited how the resources that they contributed to the kingdom were wasted in WARS and EXTRAVAGANT PROJECTS to the tastes of the King... He, however, replied with all kinds of excuses: the lack of resources, that it wasn't a matter of him not wanting it, but that it was a matter of "priorities" --which was one of his favorite words...
Meanwhile, an Owl --who had very good eyes-- had been observing life in the jungle, and thought this way: "Every time there's a dry season the little animals must come to the little dirty waterhole where the Lion waits for them... Had they been well fed and strong, he would have had to run after them and even risk resistance. And, more importantly, the little animals are forced to fight the Lion's wars as the quick way out of poverty..."
And that's how the Owl landed an important --and well paid-- post in the brand new Astronomy Department created by the King of the Jungle --to the effect of exploring life in other planets...
Moral: "It is no use fixing our minds on higher things if we ignore what is going on around us." (Moral of 'The Astronomer,' by Aesop...
NOTE: THE LITTLE ANIMALS NEED THEIR OWN WELL (COOPERATIVES, UNIONS, CREDIT UNIONS, SELF-EMPLOYMENT), BUT NO ONE WILL BUILD IT FOR THEM, BUT THEMSELVES...
