There was once a woman who decided she had led a selfish life, and would now try to be more kind. She set off on a on a journey. The first creature she met was a frog. “Hey!” shouted the frog. “Watch where you’re going! You nearly stepped on me.” “You were in the way,” the woman retorted. “I am on an important journey, learning to be kind.” “Well, stepping on frogs isn’t kind,” the frog told her.

The woman carried on and came across a lion barring the road. “Pay up or I’ll eat you,” the lion roared. “Why?” demanded the woman. “Because I can,” the lion replied. “Might is right.” “I’m not rich,” the woman protested. “Your life or your money,” the lion insisted. The woman promptly shot the lion.

She hadn’t set out unarmed; but she felt disheartened. She didn’t think that killing other creatures could be described as kind. She was thinking of turning back, when she saw an old woman lying on the road. ‘Aha’, she thought, ‘a challenge! A veritable challenge!’

But the challenge is for you, Patient Reader. It’s for you to say what happened next and to complete the fable.