The Elephant And The Ant
Once upon a
time there lived a huge elephant in a jungle. Because he was so much bigger
than all the other animals he always troubled them. In the same jungle there
lived a family of ants. They were a hard-working family who always kept
themselves.
In the day
they would go to gather food. One day as they were going the big mean elephant
threw water on them. One ant shouted at the elephant, “What’s the matter with
you? Why do you keep troubling others?” Arrogant elephant replied, “Oh shut up!
You tiny ant. One more word out of you and I will walk all over you and kill
you. The little ant had no choice. It kept quiet and went on its way.
“You
shouldn't pick a fight with the elephant. He is very ill tempered and very very
strong. He could crush you”, said the other ant. Something needs to be done
about it wondered the brave ant.
The next day
when the ants were going to work, the brave tiny ant decided to teach the
elephant a lesson. She quietly climbed on to the elephant and made its way to
the elephant's trunk and entered it. Once inside she started biting the
elephant. The elephant started screaming in agony, “Oh now it hurts”.
The
elephant tried everything but it couldn't get the ant to stop biting him or
come out of its trunk. Such a big elephant became useless in front of the tiny
ant. He pleaded to the tiny ant, “Please stop ah stop it now”. The ant replied, “Well I hope now you know
how others feel when you hurt them”. “Yes I do”, replied the elephant. So the
ant stopped biting the elephant and came out of its trunk. The elephant realised
his mistake and apologised to the ant, “I am sorry I have understood how bad I
made others feel I promise I will never ever do it again”.
Morale:
Respect everyone’s position in life. No one is superior to other.
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