There's a ceramic flower pot in front of you. About six inches across, seven inches tall.
There's a pair of distinctly leonine ears poking out of the top.
Really, it isn't all that unlikely. Lions, as everyone knows, are sneaky bastards.
"You're going to have to do better than that, mate," you say to the flower pot. "I can see your ears, you know."
Two heavy paws thump against your back, knocking you onto your belly. You hit your forehead, hard, on the ground. With ears ringing, you see the lion through a curtain of fuzzy red dots as it stalks over to the flower pot and lifts out the pair of artificial ears before sitting the pot atop its head like a hat. It looks at you with a certain amused expression, as if to say "Fool! Lions are very large and cannot fit in flower pots!"
Of course they can't. How silly of you.
There's a pair of distinctly leonine ears poking out of the top.
Really, it isn't all that unlikely. Lions, as everyone knows, are sneaky bastards.
"You're going to have to do better than that, mate," you say to the flower pot. "I can see your ears, you know."
Two heavy paws thump against your back, knocking you onto your belly. You hit your forehead, hard, on the ground. With ears ringing, you see the lion through a curtain of fuzzy red dots as it stalks over to the flower pot and lifts out the pair of artificial ears before sitting the pot atop its head like a hat. It looks at you with a certain amused expression, as if to say "Fool! Lions are very large and cannot fit in flower pots!"
Of course they can't. How silly of you.
"The diversion you're ignoring is the main attack."
— One of many laws attributed to Edward Murphy, albeit one he probably never said.
"Don't worry, they were so proud of themselves for rooting through my pockets that I'd thought I'd let them gloat. But allow me to explain a basic tenet of magic; If I'm flaunting something shiny, it's because there's something I don't want you to see."
— Mr. Compress, My Hero Academia
Dr. McNinja: We know it's a trap, doofus. You haven't been around for it, but Sean gets caught as bait for Mom and Dad pretty frequently. They know how these "save your son" things go.
Old McNinja: No, you don't understand. The trap is for you.
Dr. McNinja: ...What?
[...]
Dr. McNinja: So it was a trap.
Old McNinja: It was a trap.
Dr. McNinja: Well at least it was Mongo. Mongo's understandable... We were going to have some stern words about getting kidnapped by the Luftgoggle.
Old McNinja: No, you don't understand. The trap is for you.
Dr. McNinja: ...What?
[...]
Dr. McNinja: So it was a trap.
Old McNinja: It was a trap.
Dr. McNinja: Well at least it was Mongo. Mongo's understandable... We were going to have some stern words about getting kidnapped by the Luftgoggle.
"The easiest way to steal a man's wallet is to tell him you're going to steal his watch."
— Kaz, Six of Crows
