Weather comes and weather goes, but friendship remains
Once upon a time there were two very good friends who lived together in the shade of a rock. Strange as it may seem, one was a lion and one was a tiger. They had met when they were too young to know the difference between lions and tigers. So they did not think friendship was at all unusual. Besides, it was a peaceful part of the mountains, possibly due to the influence of a gentle forest monk who lived nearby. He was a hermit, one who lives far away from other people. For some unknown reasons, one day the two friends got into a silly argument. The tiger said: "Everyone knows the cold comes when the moon wanes from full to new!" The lion said: "Where do you hear such nonsense? Everyone knows the cold comes when the moon waxes from new to full!" The argument got stronger and stronger. Neither could convince the other. They could not reach any conclusion to resolve the growing dispute. They even started calling each other names! Fearing for their friendship, they deci