Once upon a time, there was a fierce lion known for his evil deeds.

One day, the lion came across a pretty girl while drinking water by the river. The lion thought, "Such a beautiful lass! I must marry her!"

The lion quickly cleaned himself up in the river, combed his mane and steealthily followed the girl as she returned home.

Then he knocked hard on the door, calling out, "Anybody home?"

The girl's father, a farmer, opened the door and was startled to see a lion there.

The lion said, " Don't be afraid, I'm here to propose to your daughter. What do you say to that?"

The old farmer thought,"How can this be? My daughter is never going to marry this vicious animal. But if I reject him, he will kill me right away. What should I do?"

The girl, who was hiding behind her father, whispered, "Dad, do something, please!"

The old farmer had an idea and said to the lion, "I will let you marry my daughter, but are you sure you won't eat her when you're hungry some day?"

The lion solemnly said, "Yes, I promise i won't eat her."

The farmer continued,"I'm still not convinced, unless you pull out all your teeth and chop off your claws. These two things will scare my daughter to death!"

The lion agreed to fulfil those two conditions and then he got ready for marriage. When he appeared again, toothless and clawless, the farmer was no longer in fear of him, so he hit the lion hard with a stick. The lion cried out in pain and fled.

What is the moral of the story?

Love can make you so 'blind' that you willingly give up your precious belongings for love, and end up a loser

Why did i suddenly post up an Aesop Fable?

Cos this is how i view my mother in law. Love for her son made her so blind that she gave up her rights and her authority to her son. And ended up listening to the son... even condoning his actions in brain washing my son although she is a mother herself and understand the feelings that i am going through... she is thoroughly at his mercy. No wonder he is always yelling at his mother and behaves like the whole house belongs to him when the father is not around.

The only lucky person, in that family, has left for greener pastures. Smart move.