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#The fox in the forest story skin

All the animals were very disturbed because of this rule.

Also read The Tale of Two Frogs – A Moral Story from Japan įrom that day, every morning, the deer would take an animal along with him to the lion’s den.

The lion left the meeting and went back to his den. I will be there at your service with an animal every morning.” But he was too scared to voice his thoughts. How was he supposed to react to this decision. The lion continued, “I am now appointing an assistant who will bring the animals everyday to my house. I am mulling over it.”Īll the animals were ever more scared now and waited quietly.įinally, the lion said, “From now on, every day, you all have to send me an animal for my dinner. If you do not follow this rule then you all will be in for a lot of trouble.”Īll the animals were shocked to hear the rule! But they had no choice. The lion replied, “Wait, You foolish animal! I will tell you. Unable to control his curiosity, the gorilla hesitatingly asked the lion, “Sir, if I may ask you, could you please tell us the rule that we all need to follow.” He looked at everyone and said, “From tomorrow, I want you all to follow a rule that I give you.” The animals were very scared and anxious to know what the lion would say in the meeting.Īll the animals gathered together. One day, the lion called all the animals of the forest for a meeting. He would lord over all the animals of the forest. The forest was ruled by a sharp, clever and cunning lion. It was home to so many animals – like elephant, gorilla, monkey, chimpanzee, deer and others. Not everything that makes a loud sound is filled up with stuff! I am going to be less afraid of the forest from now on.” Saying that Shika the fox turned and left in search of food.Once upon a time, in a dense forest there lived many wild animals.

The parrot was confused, “Why are you laughing young fox?” Shika looked at the parrot and then at the torn up drum. And you thought you had killed it and were searching for food,” said the parrot. You may not know, but many years ago, a great battle had been fought on this spot. “That animal you killed is called a drum! Humans beat it to make loud noises. Shika suddenly stopped and looked up, “Why are you laughing Master Parrot?” “Ha!” she shouted at the corpse of the strange animal.Ī parrot was watching all this from a tree and let out a loud laugh. There was no food to eat.īut still it was a victory for Shika. There was nothing! The animal was hollow. The animal had stopped making the sound and Shika assumed it was dead.

#The fox in the forest story skin

Shika clawed at the skin until she made a hole. She stood right in front of the huge animal and then lunged at it. “This animal can’t move, and look at how loud a sound it makes. Shika was convinced that this was an incredible animal.

But when the branches of the tree swayed and hit the object it let out a loud sound, “Dooooom!!!” Shika would have assumed that this was no animal, but an object. It was a large, cylindrical and resting against a tree. There at last she saw the animal making the sound. Every time the sound was heard, Shika would grow closer. This time Shika sensed that it was coming from the right. She hid behind a bush and carefully she listened again. And this animal might lead her to some food. It had been two days since she had found anything to eat. “Dooooom!” it was louder than even before.

She almost thought she had imagined the sound and was about to walk on when. It was unlike any other sound she had ever heard in the forest - roars of a lion, the bellowing of bears, the cries of the cheetals and droning of crickets. The furs on Shika’s neck stood up sensing danger. Today, too, she was off exploring a new part of the forest. Every other week Shika would stumble across a stream, a lake, a hill, a clearing that she had never seen before. Well actually she was afraid of a great many things. Other animals stayed with their families or in herds.