The lion in love

He that has many friends, has no friends.

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Aesop's Fables

The Lion in Love

A Lion once fell in love with a beautiful maiden and proposed
marriage to her parents. The old people did not know what to say. They
did not like to give their daughter to the Lion, yet they did not wish to
enrage the King of Beasts. At last the father said: "We feel highly
honoured by your Majesty's proposal, but you see our daughter is a tender
young thing, and we fear that in the vehemence of your affection you
might possibly do her some injury. Might I venture to suggest that your
Majesty should have your claws removed, and your teeth extracted, then
we would gladly consider your proposal again." The Lion was so much
in love that he had his claws trimmed and his big teeth taken out. But
when he came again to the parents of the young girl they simply laughed
in his face, and bade him do his worst.

Love can tame the wildest.