One day, a lion woke from his afternoon nap. He came out of his cave, looked around and said, “I am a little hungry, it is time to look for my dinner!”

Once he entered the woods, he saw a rabbit nibbling grass under a tree. The lion said happily, “Rabbit meat tastes tender and sweet, and would make a fine dinner!”But just as he prepared to chase after the rabbit, he spotted a deer running about on a nearby hillside. The lion thought to himself, “Though rabbit meat tastes sweet, there isn’t as much meat on a rabbit compared to a deer.”And so, the lion turned and started to chase after the deer instead.

When the deer saw the lion running toward him, he began to run for his dear life. The lion ran after the deer as fast as he could. But just as he was about to catch the deer, the lion saw a huge goat drinking water by the stream. The lion thought, “Venison tastes dry and stringy, but mutton is juicy and aromatic. It would be a shame not to eat the goat!”And so, the lion turned and started running toward the stream. The goat who was drinking water heard footsteps behind him. When he turned around and saw the lion running toward him, he immediately jumped across the stream, and fled into the valley.

The lion decided to go into the valley in search of the goat. As he looked around, he saw that there was a grassy plain far away with a zebra grazing on it. The lion thought, “If I cannot find the goat, zebra meat is fine too. Zebras are firm and plump, and can keep me well fed for two days. Hunting the zebra is more worth the effort.”And so, the lion ran as fast as he could toward the zebra. But the zebra saw him coming from a long distance away, and fled into the woods. Not only didn’t the lion catch anything, all the running also made him so hungry and weak. He had no choice but to head home. Along the way home, the hungry lion thought, “I don’t mind settling for mutton or venison, or a tiny rabbit!”However, all the animals had fled long ago.

The greedy and picky lion had spent an entire afternoon running about, but ended up catching nothing. He could only go back to his cave, and sleep on an empty stomach.

　　這一天，獅子睡完午覺，走出洞口看看四周說：「肚子有點餓，出去找晚餐吧！」
　　獅子一走進樹林裡，就看到一隻野兔在樹下吃草，獅子高興地說：「兔子肉又嫩又甜，是不錯的晚餐！」獅子正要去捉野兔時，看到旁邊的山坡上有一隻鹿跑過去，獅子心想：「兔肉雖然甜，但是只夠塞牙縫，還是鹿肉比較好。」於是獅子就轉身去追鹿。
　　鹿發現獅子在追牠，沒命地往前跑，獅子追呀！追！快要追上時，獅子眼睛瞄到一隻大山羊正在溪邊喝水。獅子心想：「鹿肉又乾又澀，山羊的肉又肥又香，不吃可惜呀！」於是趕緊轉向往溪邊跑。正在喝水的大山羊聽到腳步聲，轉頭一看是獅子，馬上用力一跳，跳過溪水，往山谷裡逃得無影無蹤。
　　獅子不放棄地在山谷裡找山羊，找著找著，看到遠遠的草地上有一隻斑馬正在吃草，獅子心想：「沒有羊肉，斑馬肉也不錯，而且又結實又大，可以連吃兩天，還是去追斑馬，比較划算。」獅子飛奔過去追斑馬，而斑馬早就看到獅子，馬上往樹林裡逃。獅子不但什麼都沒捉到，這時也因為跑太多路，肚子餓得十分難受，只好循原路走回去。獅子邊走邊想：「山羊或是鹿都好，如果都沒有，小兔子也好！」不過，所有動物早就逃之夭夭。
　　貪心的獅子，挑精揀肥，跑了一個下午的路，什麼也沒捉到，只能餓著肚皮回到山洞裡睡覺。