A Fable:
Once upon a time, there was a wolf and a bear. The bear lived with his ladybear and her cubs, and they lived on berries and whatever they could find, not intruding on others. They lived happily this way for many years.
Then one day, a wolf moved into his cave.
The wolf had a stick. She started poking the bear with the stick, while crying out “I’M SO AFRAID OF THIS BEAR!! THIS BEAR WANTS TO HURT ME!!!”
The bear didn’t like being poked with the stick, so he tried to move away from her. He went to live in another small cave nearby, but where he could still take care of his ladybear and her cubs.
Many times, the bear asked for help from other bears. “Please help me! This wolf keeps poking me with that stick! She won’t stop!!” Other bears said “We’ll go talk to her.” And they did.
But the wolf kept poking with the stick while crying out “I’M SO AFRAID OF THIS BEAR!! THIS BEAR WANTS TO HURT ME!!!”. She kept on poking, poking and poking while crying out, and out and out.
It continued this way for months. And the bear kept asking for help. Other bears still did not help, they just tried to reason with the wolf over and over and over. But she kept on, and on, and on, poking with a stick while crying out “I’M SO AFRAID OF THIS BEAR!! THIS BEAR WANTS TO HURT ME!!!”.
Some of the wolf’s friends told her, “You don’t have to be afraid. Come to live with us here! We will keep you safe!” But the wolf said “No, I’ll stay here.” And kept on poking the bear with a stick while crying out “I’M SO AFRAID OF THIS BEAR!! THIS BEAR WANTS TO HURT ME!!!”
Finally, the wolf started poking her stick at the bear cubs. She poked the cubs that the bear loved. He had told his ladybear that he would help her take care of the cubs and protect them, and here was this wolf, poking them with a stick.
And finally,
the bear thought,
“Yes. I DO want to hurt her.”