There were seven lions who were friends to a cow. One day， the lions invited the cow for a meal.

They prepared lots of meat to share with the cow. However the cow could not eat the meat but he remained quiet about it and thanked the lions for their hospitality.

Later， the cow invited the lions be his guests.

The seven lions saw big bundles of fresh grass when they reached the cows house. They were very surprised.

“Dont you have any meat？ Are you going to serve us with grass only？ Dont you know that we eat meat？” The cow said nervously， “I think grass tastes better than meat. Try it and see.”

“When you were invited as our guest， we did not force you to take the meat， ” the lions said， “and we did not ask you to try it.But here you are asking us to try eating the grass. If you were sincere about inviting us for a meal， you would prepare food in favor of the guests. Without meat to eat， how could it be a feast？”

“But where could I get meat？” the cow argued.

The lions said， “It is definitely discourteous！ You invited us as your guests but starve us.

If anyone else were to treat us like this， we would tear him into pieces. Since you are our friend， we will be kind to you and eat only one of your legs.”

The cow knew very well that he could not argue with them any more and he trembled as he said， “Thats very kind of you.”

The lions bit off one of the cows legs and enjoyed eating it while he was left there bleeding to death. Soon the lions said， “Since the cow is dead， we may as well finish him.”Thus they continued feasting on the cow.

A fox passed by and wanted to have a taste of the delicious meat too. So he sneaked in quietly and carried away the cows heart. He hid himself behind a tree to enjoy his food.

When the seven lions had eaten up the whole cow， they asked among themselves， “Where is the cows heart？ Do you mean the cow has no heart at all？”

The fox came out from his hiding place and said， “Youre wrong！ He has a heart but no brain. Or else he would not be friends with you at all. ”

七只獅子和一頭牛決定做朋友。一天，獅子請牛吃飯。

他們?yōu)榕蕚淞撕枚嗳狻?然而，牛是不吃肉的，可他對這一點什么也沒說仍然謝謝獅子們的熱情招待。

后來輪到牛請客了。

當七只獅子到了牛的家，他們看見一大堆新鮮的草。獅子們非常驚訝。

“怎么搞的？你沒有肉？你不會只請我們吃草吧？”牛緊張地說：“依我看來，草比肉好吃得多。我勸你們試試看?！?/p>

“當你是我們的客人時我們可沒有一定要你吃肉，”獅子們說，“我們沒有勸你吃肉，可你一定要我們吃草。要是你真想請客，就應該預備好客人吃的東西。沒有肉，算什么筵席呢？”

“但是叫我哪兒去找肉呢？”牛替自己辯解說。

這時候獅子們說：“這真是極端的無禮！請我們來吃飯，結果卻叫我們挨餓。

要是別人像你這樣的話，我們早就把他撕得粉碎了?？赡闶俏覀兊呐笥?，所以我們對你特別寬大，我們只吃掉你的一條腿?！?/p>

牛知道跟他們爭論是沒有用的，只得渾身顫抖地說：“你們真是太仁慈了?！?/p>

獅子咬掉了牛的一條后腿，開始吃起來。牛因為流血過多，倒在地上死掉了。于是獅子們決定：“反正這牛已經(jīng)死了，我們把他全吃光吧?！彼麄兙屠^續(xù)大吃起來。

有一只狐貍正好路過。他也想嘗嘗這美味的肉，于是悄悄地走到近旁，叼著牛心，躲到樹背后去享用自己的食物。

七只獅子把牛吃得連骨頭也不剩。他們吃完了互相問道：“這頭牛的心在哪兒？不會他根本沒有心吧？”

這時候狐貍從躲藏的地方走出來，說：“你們錯了！他是有心的，可是沒有頭腦。不然的話，他也不會跟你們做朋友了?！?/p>