“What’s that big, round building?” He asked. “It’s The Arena,” replied the soldier. Androcles didn’t like the look of it. “What happens there?” He asked. “You’ll soon see,” smirked the soldier. Androcles and the lion is one of Aesop’s fables, A collection of short stories, First told in ancient Greece around 4000 years ago. The stories about animals and they always have a moral a message or lesson at the end.