The beasts of the field and forest has a Lion as their king . He was neither wrathful , cruel , nor tyrannical , but just and gentle as a king could be . During his reign he made a royal proclamation for a general assembly of all the birds and beasts , and drew up conditionsfor a universal league , in which the Wolf and the Lamb , the Panther and the Kid , the Tiger and the Stag , the Dog and the Hare , should live together in perfect peace and amity . The Hare said , " Oh , how I have longed to see this day , in which the weak shall take their place with impunity by the side of the strong . " And after the Hare said this , he ran for his life .