The Lion’s Share

In Sir Roger l’Estrange’s retelling of the famous Fable, a lion engaged his fellow-animals in a stag hunt, promising equal shares. But afterwards he claimed everything, as their superior and the hardiest hunter. He defied them (bravely, he reckoned) to contest his claim, threatening them at last with the council chamber; and the others just melted away.

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