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So, this is one of my aunt's stories.
A man was out walking when he met a dragon in a trap. Because it didn't seem right for a creature like a dragon to be in chains, the man freed him, at which point the dragon decides he's gonna eat the man.
"That's not fair, I gave you your freedom, the least you can do is give me my life," says the man.
"I have suffered too many indignities at the hands of you people," says the dragon, all smoke and fire.
But the man persists, and says, "okay how about this, we ask the next two living things we meet to judge who is right, and if everything goes in your favor, you can eat me." He figured he'd be okay, because he was a good man.
But the first living thing they met was a tree, and the tree was tired of mankind cutting its brothers down for houses and scrolls and stuff. So it ruled in favor of the dragon. Next they met a buffalo - same thing there. So the dragon was pretty sure he was going to have his meal.
Then they met a Jackal, and explained the situation to him, and asked his opinion -
"What, I don't even, I have no idea what you're talking about," said the jackal. "What trap? I haven't seen a trap."
"You know what a trap is," said the dragon. "Men leave them and you get caught in them and then you're stuck."
"No seriously, I'm baffled," said the jackal. "You gotta explain this to me better because I have never been in a trap and I don't know what it is to be caught."
So the dragon leads the jackal to the trap. "Here. Here it is."
The jackal looks around, sniffs the trap, says, "I don't get it."
The dragon, getting really irritated about this time, says "Okay LOOK, it's a TRAP, these are CHAINS, when you step on the trigger like THIS the chains wrap around you like THIS and then you're caught like I am now, do you fucking get it yet?"
Jackal looks at the man and says, "I think it's best that we leave things as they are."
A man was out walking when he met a dragon in a trap. Because it didn't seem right for a creature like a dragon to be in chains, the man freed him, at which point the dragon decides he's gonna eat the man.
"That's not fair, I gave you your freedom, the least you can do is give me my life," says the man.
"I have suffered too many indignities at the hands of you people," says the dragon, all smoke and fire.
But the man persists, and says, "okay how about this, we ask the next two living things we meet to judge who is right, and if everything goes in your favor, you can eat me." He figured he'd be okay, because he was a good man.
But the first living thing they met was a tree, and the tree was tired of mankind cutting its brothers down for houses and scrolls and stuff. So it ruled in favor of the dragon. Next they met a buffalo - same thing there. So the dragon was pretty sure he was going to have his meal.
Then they met a Jackal, and explained the situation to him, and asked his opinion -
"What, I don't even, I have no idea what you're talking about," said the jackal. "What trap? I haven't seen a trap."
"You know what a trap is," said the dragon. "Men leave them and you get caught in them and then you're stuck."
"No seriously, I'm baffled," said the jackal. "You gotta explain this to me better because I have never been in a trap and I don't know what it is to be caught."
So the dragon leads the jackal to the trap. "Here. Here it is."
The jackal looks around, sniffs the trap, says, "I don't get it."
The dragon, getting really irritated about this time, says "Okay LOOK, it's a TRAP, these are CHAINS, when you step on the trigger like THIS the chains wrap around you like THIS and then you're caught like I am now, do you fucking get it yet?"
Jackal looks at the man and says, "I think it's best that we leave things as they are."