A famous
violinist once said, “I can play the violin so well that even the fiercest
animal will not attack me.”
“Prove it,” a
friend said.
“Very well,” the
violinist replied. “I’ll take my violin into the jungle. When a
wild animal
attacks me, I’ll start to play my violin, I promise you, the animal will
suddenly become quiet and friendly.”
The violinist
and his friend went into the jungle.
When they were
inside, the violinist sat down.
“We’ll stay
here,” he said. “Soon a wild animal will come this way. As soon as it sees me,
it will attack, but I shall
immediately begin to play my
Violin, and we shall
be safe.”
It was not long
before a large, poisonous snake came near the two men, hissing angrily at them.
The violinist
immediately
began to play, and the snake stopped hissing.
“What did I tell
you?” the violinist said.
A little later,
a huge rhinoceros charged out of the jungle towards them.
Again, the
violinist picked up his violin and began to play.
Immediately, the
rhinoceros stopped running and sat down quietly to listen to the music.
“Amazing,” his
friend said. “You really can control wild animals.”
Suddenly, two
huge, hungry, man-eating tigers appeared and began walking towards them.
As before, the
violinist began to play, but the two tigers continued walking towards him.
When they were
only a few feet from the two men, one of the tigers put a paw to his ear,
turned to the other tiger and said, “Eh? What? What? Did you say something?”