A.L Shelton - Tibetan Folk Tales - The Hunter and the Unicorn lyrics

TWENTY-ONE The Hunter and the Unicorn An old Lama without religion and a heart without happiness hurt very much. Tibetan Proverb. ONCE, long ago when men's hearts were evil and they forgot to be grateful for kindness, a hunter was walking along the road and fell over a cliff, almost k**ing himself. As he was wondering how he could get to the road again, a unicorn came along, stopped and looked over at him. The man began to beg and plead, saying, "You are such a nice unicorn. I have never harmed any animal, except when I was hunting and hungry, and I never would hurt you." He begged and coaxed until the unicorn came down and helped him up on the road again. When he was safely out he said, "Now I know the road out of here, so I have no more use for you." He grabbed his gun and shot the unicorn dead. Sure enough, it was a bad road and he wandered around and around, but could find no end, no way out, and wished he had asked the unicorn the right road before he had k**ed him. Finally growing tired and weak and hungry, and no one coming to help him, he fell down the cliff again and died. Moral: Don't be sure you know more than you do.