When the lions write history

[Mookow]

In the preface to Frederick Douglass' autobiography, someone wrote an allusion to a fable:

You remember the old fable of "The Man and the Lion," where the lion complained that he should not be so misrepresented "when the lions wrote history."

But, I googled it, and I cant find the fable, just references to Douglass' book. However, it has piqued my curiousity, and I want to know the story behind it... thus, can anyone summarize/link for me?

 

[SViscusi]

The Man and the Lion

A MAN and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. As they were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which represented "a Lion strangled by a Man." The traveler pointed to it and said: "See there! How strong we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts." The Lion replied: "This statue was made by one of you men. If we Lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion."

One story is good, till another is told.

 

[BatmanNate]

I think that's a reference to Aesop's where the man and the lion are debating for superiority.

EDIT: Beaten to it, see above. 🙂