A proud lioness felt that only the ostrich was her equal match and made friends with her. One day, she said, “Ostrich, will you come with me to catch prey?” The ostrich agreed. They saw some quails and ran after them. The lioness caught one quail but the ostrich killed many by striking them with her claw. When the lioness saw this, she was jealous. That night, the lioness’ cubs noticed that the ostrich had no teeth. They went to their mother and said, “Who says she is your equal? She has no teeth.” This made the lioness very proud and challenged the ostrich, “Get up and fight.” The clever ostrich said, “Do you see an anthill there? Go to that side of the anthill, and I will go to this side of it.” The ostrich struck the anthill, and sent the ants towards the lioness. As the lioness fought the ants, the ostrich ran away and never came back.
The Clever Ostrich
