Most people believe that the ox represents honesty. But are oxen really as straightforward as most people think they are?

At the very least, this particular bull was no stranger to feints and deception by its lashing of the little boy called Pi using its tail.

"Pi!"

His two companions cried and scrambled to him.

It was bad. The bull's tail came as hard as a steel whip and lashed so savagely on Pi's chest that it caved in with his flesh red ...