Clever Rabbit and Lion From India
Anger is man's worst enemy
In the distant jungles lived a dreaded and fearful lion. He used to hunt and kill many animals every day. There was a fear of lion in the whole forest. All the animals used to fear and hide from him. The life of the animals of the forest had become difficult. They were afraid to go out even for their food.
In such a situation, the animals called a meeting to find a solution to this problem. Apart from the lion, all the animals of the forest were present in that meeting. Started giving suggestions one after the other, but everyone liked the suggestion of the fox the most. The fox said in his suggestion, “We will send an animal to the lion every day. By doing this the lion will also get its food and it will not kill other animals. After this we will be able to roam freely in the forest and search for our food without fear.”
Everyone listened to the fox and agreed to his point. Now the fox reached the lion to tell the same thing. The fox said to the lion, "We will send you an animal to eat every day. You don't have to suffer so much everyday to get food."
"Okay," said the lion, "but keep in mind that if I don't have any animals for a day, I'll go hunting again and kill a lot of animals."
The fox agreed to the lion's terms and left. Now every day the lion would be sent one animal each and he would kill them and eat them. One day it was the turn of a rabbit. The rabbit was very maneuverable and used his brain all the time. This time also he thought what to do to get out of this trouble.
Before leaving, he said to all the animals, “Today my turn has come. But today either I will survive or the lion." Saying this the rabbit left from there. On the way, he started thinking how he would get rid of the lion. While walking, he was shown a well. He went to the well so that he could drink water from there. The water was out of reach for him so he could not drink the water.
When he looked into the well today, he saw his own shadow in the well. Seeing his shadow, the rabbit got an idea and started going straight to the lion.
On the other hand, the hunger of the lion was increasing. Due to hunger, his anger was also increasing. In his mind he started thinking that today he will hunt again and kill many animals. But only then did the rabbit arrive. The rabbit said, "I have come my master."
"Why are you so late in coming? How long have I been waiting for you? I am hungry for Zorro” said the lion to the hare.
Seeing the lion angry, the rabbit told him, "I would have come earlier but another lion has come in this forest. That lion is stronger and stronger than you. He claims himself to be the real king of this lion. Because of that lion, I had to come in hiding and because of this I was delayed in coming. ,
Hearing the words of the rabbit, the lion became even more angry. The lion said to the hare, "No one can be the king of this forest except me. Only and only I am the king of this jungle. Take me to that lion, I'll teach him a lesson."
After this the hare took the lion to the well where it had tried to drink. As soon as the rabbit and the lion reached near that well, the rabbit told the lion with a gesture. The hare said, "This is the well from which the lion emerges and goes back after hunting."
Now the lion went to that well and started looking into it. After peeping into the well, the lion saw his own shadow, which he thought of as another lion. In anger, he roared to the lion. The shadow also started imitating the lion. Due to this the lion started getting irritated and got angry and jumped into that well. The lion used to ask him to fight but after jumping into the well he came to know that there was someone new there. In this way the lion had to lose his life.
After the death of the lion, all the animals were now completely free. Everyone praised the understanding of the rabbit and also thanked him.
Moral of the story -
From this story we get the lesson that no matter how big the problem is. We should always work with our mind. We can solve our problems only by using the mind. Rabbit did the same thing, he worked with his mind in trouble.
This story also teaches us that anger is man's worst enemy. There was a lot of ego inside the lion, due to which he would get angry very soon. Due to anger, that lion had to lose his life.
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