293 tale 14
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The lord of the forest
and the king of the grassland
The schoolteacher, which
means the owl, told the young animals in class, “Today, my dears, we will
learn something about history.” The young animals were very excited.
The monkey, like always
being one of the loudest, “I hope we will learn about the kingdom of bananas.
My father, the grand gorilla, told me about one of his ancestors having been
the lord of the forest.” But then, the lion screamed out, “one of my
ancestors was the greatest king. All the animals of the grasslands called him
their lord.”
The antelope quietly said
to the parrot, “my grandmother told me that that lion king was horrible. Everybody
was afraid of him, but nobody really liked him.” And the squirrel talked to
the hedgehog, “my grandfather said that the gorilla had always stolen food
from all the other animals.”
“Be quiet, you all!”
screamed the owl, “otherwise you will not hear what I tell you.” So, the
young animals became silent and the old owl could begin the history lesson.
“Once upon a time, there
were two big realms; one was the empire of the grasslands with the lion as
king and the other the kingdom of the forest with the big gorilla as banana
lord.”
The little monkey on one
side of the classroom took a big breath and sat straighter, so that his head
towered above all the others around him. The small lion on the other side got
on his back feet, so that those on this side had to look up at him.
“Both these realms had
lived peacefully beside each other for a long time, none disturbed the other,
as different kind of animals were living in both domains,” the owl continued.
The little bear, who like
always had fallen asleep, fell of his seat causing some confusion amongst the
snake, tiger, beaver and rabbit around him.
The aged owl waited for
some seconds for the calm being restored and then continued her speech,
“however one day, the lion king had slept badly because of toothache and the
gorilla lord had diarrhoea because of some rotten fruit, he had eaten. So,
both were in a pretty bad mood when they arrived at the fountain which came
running down the mountain at the edge of the forest and the grassland.”
The young animals made
long faces as if they felt the same in their mouth and stomach and the owl
continued her tale:
“Let me drink first, I am
the king!” said the lion. “But I’m the lord of the forest and must have water
first,” replied the monkey. Both pressed their big heads towards the small
trickle of water coming out of the rock, but none could even get a drop, only
their cheeks pushed the other away and their tongues licked each other.
Someone watching the scene could have thought they were tongue kissing.
Nevertheless, their growling revealed that they were getting angrier and
angrier. Both were equally strong, so none could push the other away and get
some of the refreshing liquid. After some pulling and pressing, they got up
and looked deeply into each other’s eyes while their noses touched. With
gnashing teeth the lion mumbled, “if you want war, you will have it.”
“Alright,” snarled the gorilla back, “you want it, you will get it.”
The next day, both
opponents assembled their supporters and servants and at the edge of the
forest not far from the fountain, the two armies appeared.
On one side, the army of
the grasslands, the lion, the elephant, the buffalo and the rhinoceros, on
the other side, the army of the forest, the gorilla, the bear, the giant boa
snake, the tiger and the eagle.
The lion lifted his paw
and everybody got silent to listen, “today, we are all here to decide for
good, who the greater king is. My loyal soldiers, this is a historical
moment!” Then, the gorilla stepped forward, “Everybody knows that I’m the
lord. Let the greatest battle in history decide my right!”
Both, the lion and the
gorilla stepped back to make space for their soldiers, “Go!” they shouted.
The buffalo advanced
towards the bear and the bear grabbed the horns of the buffalo, the tiger jumped
onto the back of the rhinoceros, the boa snake tried to tie the legs of the
elephant while the eagle chopped with its sharp beak into the neck of the
elephant.
It was a terrible fight,
groaning and shouting could be heard, but nearly nothing could be seen as the
two armies threw up too much dust. In the meantime, the lion and the gorilla
were standing side by side a bit away from the battle excitedly watching the
development of events.
After some time, all the
fighting animals lay tired on the ground covered with sweat and dust. Then,
the lion and the gorilla went closer and observed the combatants. “I’ve won,”
exclaimed the lion. “No, I’m the winner,” the gorilla cried out.
The elephant, the
buffalo, the rhinoceros, the bear, the boa snake, the tiger and the eagle
lifted their eyes up at the clean and tidy fur of the two lords, then they
looked at each other in their dusty and sad condition.
The boa snake was the
first to say a word, “Hey, lion and gorilla! Haven’t you fought? Have you
been standing there watching us getting dusty and dirty?” “Of course,”
answered the lion and gorilla slowly and stammering, “look! We are king and
lord, aren’t we?”
Those animals lying in
the dust began to look at each other and tardily recognized they had fought
and sweated for others and not for themselves. So, they got up, helped each
other to clean their fur and skin, apologized, smiled at each other and went
home.
This was the end of those
big realms and never again an animal should be so stupid to fight for a king
or lord again.
Continue with tale 15! |
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Thursday, 24 October 2019
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