A Sufi Parable

There once existed a mythical lion in the heart of the Saharan dessert. A few inteprid explorers set out to seek this lion.

They walked through the desert...

Lo and behold they caught sight of the lion. Fearing that it could be nothing more than a mirage, they hid behind a rock (in case if it really was a real lion) and looked from afar.

Suddenly the lion looked up to them. The lion said to the explorers 'Come here...' (mind you, not only can this lion talk, it speaks in English... with perfect diction. It said 'come here', and it wasn't like 'Rrrrrrrr....comeeee grooarrr...here'. Absolutely perfect with a slight British accent.)

And so they approached the lion.

Once they were close enough, the lion ate them up.


ps: I took the liberty of modifying the parable... This may or may not have been based on an actual Sufi parable.