The King Elephant And The Wise Hare
A long time ago, the great king of elephants ruled
over the forest. During his rule once, all the lakes became dry as there was no
rainfall. So, all the elephants came to the king for help. They would all die
without water! The elephant king said, “Please don’t worry! I am your king and
so it is my duty to take care of all your needs. You will never again have to
live without water. I know of a hidden like that is always full of water. Let’s
go there.”
While the elephants marched towards the lake, they
trampled upon hundreds of hares that had been living there for years. Hundreds
of them died and thousands were injured.
The hares were worried. One of them said, “Elephants
are so huge and heavy, we are like tiny ants to them. They will continue to
trample us every day while going to the lake for water as they can’t even see
us! If we don’t do something quickly we will be killed. We have to find a way
to stop them from coming to the lake. The problem is they are very thirsty and
they will never listen to our request.”
A smart here came up with a clever plan and that
night he went to the elephant king. He had to be very careful, for if the king
became angry they could all be killed! So he bowed down to the king with great
respect and said, “The Moon God has sent me, Your Majesty. This lake belongs to
him and he has forbidden all of you from drinking water from it.”
“But where is your lord, the Moon?” asked the
surprised king.
The hare took the elephant king to the lake, and
showing the reflection of the moon in the lake, said, “Here he is, the moon
God! Can you see him?”
The elephant king looked down in the lake and
replied humbly, “Yes, I can see.”
“Move quietly and salute him. Otherwise, he may
get very angry and great harm could come to you and your subjects,” said the
hare.
Believing the hare, the elephant king saluted the
reflection and left quietly. The elephants never came back to the lake again
and the hares lived in their homes.
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