Lion Story

It's a fine sunny day in the forest, and a lion is
sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun.
Along came a fox, out on a walk.

Fox : "Do you know the time? My watch is broken."
Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you."
Fox : "Hmm. But it's a very complicated mechanism, and
your great claws might destroy it."
Lion: "Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed!"
Fox : "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy
lions with big claws cannot fix complicated watches."
Lion: "Sure they could. Give it to me and it will be
fixed."
The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while
he came back with the watch which is running
perfectly.

The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie
lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself.
Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy
lion in the sun.

Wolf: "Can I come and watch TV tonight with you? Mine
is broken."
Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you."
Wolf: "You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do
you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws
could fix a complicated TV."
Lion: "No problem. Do you want to try it?" The lion
goes into his cave,
and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed
TV. The wolf goes away happily and amazed.

Scene: Inside the lion's cave.
In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent
looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated
work with very detailed instruments.

In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very
pleased with himself.

Moral:
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A SUPERVISOR IS FAMOUS, LOOK
AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

In the context of the working world:
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS
PROMOTED, LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.