Lions, tigers, and bears, oh, my.

Al Stevens

Al Stevens

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An old fable tells of a saxophone player who wished to test the theory that music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. He went to Afica, found a clearing in the jungle, and began playing his saxophone. One by one the animals came to the edge of the clearing and sat quietly to listen to the music. Tigers, bears, elephants, deer, monkeys, birds, they all sat peacefully and listened spellbound to his beautiful and haunting tones. Just then a lion crashed out of the brush, attacked the saxophone player, and ate him. The other animals were outraged. They spoke harshly to the lion in their own languages. "How could you kill and eat this wonderful creature that was making this beautiful music for us to hear? How could you?" The lion cupped his paw to his ear and said, "Eh?"
 
Al Stevens said:
An old fable tells of a saxophone player who wished to test the theory that music hath charms to soothe the savage beast. He went to Afica, found a clearing in the jungle, and began playing his saxophone. One by one the animals came to the edge of the clearing and sat quietly to listen to the music. Tigers, bears, elephants, deer, monkeys, birds, they all sat peacefully and listened spellbound to his beautiful and haunting tones. Just then a lion crashed out of the brush, attacked the saxophone player, and ate him. The other animals were outraged. They spoke harshly to the lion in their own languages. "How could you kill and eat this wonderful creature that was making this beautiful music for us to hear? How could you?" The lion cupped his paw to his ear and said, "Eh?"
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A funny story Al. If only he had known the quote really said the "savage breast" he would still be alive, and his test would have been a lot more interesting.

John
 
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