Anonymous
Not so far away from the king’s palace, a pristine river was located near a dense forest. Everyday in the afternoon, various birds and animals from the forest came to play on the bank of the river. Likewise, the king’s elephant also went to the river everyday in the afternoon.
One day when the king’s elephant was on his way to the river, he heard a conversation behind a dense bush on the roadside. When he turned around, the elephant saw a pebet1 couple discussing something seriously.
“Dear, when will you build our nest”, asked the female pebet.
“Why are you so worried about it?” replied the pebet husband in a careless manner.
“Look, my breeding time has come. Where do I lay my eggs this time?” cried the pebet wife.
To calm down his wife’s tension the pebet husband suggested her to lay the eggs on one of the footprints of the king’s elephant. Though the pebet wife panicked about how the elephant would react if they do like that, the pebet husband boastfully said that the animal cannot do anything to them. The elephant was amused on hearing the heroic words of the lazy pebet husband.
In every breeding season, the pebet husband promised to build their nest but failed due to his laziness. That’s why the pebet wife laid eggs on any available spot in most of her breeding seasons. In this season too, she laid a couple of ivory coloured eggs on the crater of the elephant’s footprint. Seeing the beautiful eggs both the pebet husband and wife smiled and dreamt of beautiful kids by the next few months. In a little while the king’s elephant returned from his routine visit to the river. He was infuriated on seeing what the pebet couple had done on one of his footprints.
“Hey pebet! Where are you tiny creatures?” shouted the angry elephant.
“Yes sir, what can I do for you Mr Elephant”, replied the pebet husband in a very calm tone.
“How dare you tiny creatures laid eggs on my footprint; take it off now!” ordered the elephant.
“No, we cannot remove our eggs, instead you divert your way”, pebet husband replied.
To settle down the dispute, the king’s elephant explained the pebet couple that he cannot divert his track because elephants follow the same footprints everyday. Similarly, the pebet husband also gave reasons why they cannot remove eggs from its current position. If they move the eggs, they won’t hatch. Furious with the stubbornness of the pebet, the king’s elephant stomped the eggs and walked away carelessly swaying his extra large pair of buttocks. Pained at her heart the pebet wife collapsed on the floor. Collecting the pieces of the crushed eggshells, the pebet husband promised his wife to avenge the deed.
Later, at midnight, pebet husband called on all his friends from the nearby forest and other neighbouring areas. They organised a meeting to launch an attack on the king’s elephant. The pebet husband’s attack squad included species like ants, flies, and other partners, such as hammer and rope. He assigned all of them the positions they should take and the activities they should perform while attacking the elephant. After the nightlong meeting, they agreed to carry out the attack by the next afternoon.
On the next day, as usual the king’s elephant came to the river. When he passed over the roadside bush where the pebet couple lived, he had a bad feeling. In fact, all of the pebet husband’s companions were ready to attack the elephant. Led by the pebet husband, one after another, all of his attack squad jumped out of the bush. They blocked his way.
“Ha ha … you tiny people want to fight with me”, laughed the elephant.
“Attack!!” commanded the pebet husband.
First the rope in a swift action like a snake rushed towards the elephant and tied around all four massive limbs of the animal. When the elephant tried to escape from the rope, hammer jumped over and blew repeatedly on the broad forehead of the huge animal. Lifting his trunk in the air the king’s elephant cried for help. In the meantime the pebet husband’s army of ants attacked the trumpeting nostril of the elephant. Helplessly the elephant fell on the dusty ground. Then the pebet husband ordered his fellow flies to infest the eyes, ears, and anus of the animal.
The pebet husband celebrated his triumph over the king’s elephant. After the attack the pebet husband’s squad left and the dead elephant lied on the track without anybody coming for assistance. At last, after the sunset, a fox from the nearby forest spotted the dead elephant. With a gleeful smile on his face, the fox thought himself that he no longer needs to roam around for food. He started eating the elephant from the backside. Due to unawareness of how much he had eaten, after a few moments the fox found himself inside the stomach of the elephant. Even the anus of the elephant became dried and squeezed. Startling with what is happening with him the fox tried to exit from the dark stomach of the animal. He attempted to open the anus but failed. He cried for help but nobody heard him. Inside the darkness of the elephant’s stomach, the unfortunate fox cried a lot.
In the meantime, when the darkness of the night spreads everywhere the king was worried about his elephant. He sent his men to find out where the elephant is. After searching all over the places the king’s men found their beloved elephant lying dead on the road near a bush. Hugging the dead elephant, all the king’s men cried in despair. The fox inside the king’s elephant was very scared on hearing their cries. He heard everything that the king’s men discussed about the burial of the dead elephant. He was mainly afraid of being buried alive along with the death elephant. So, the fox planned something to get out of the dark stomach. When the king’s men lifted the dead elephant they heard something the dead animal said.
“Stop! Don’t lift me like that, I’m not dead, err … I’m just sleeping”, shouted the fox from inside.
“Hey, the elephant’s alive. I heard him speaking”, said one of the men.
“Yes, I’m alive. If you do me a favour I would stand up immediately”, replied the fox.
“Tell us what favour we should do for you dear elephant”, requested all the king’s men in unison.
“Alright, bring me some ghee2and apply it on my anus”, ordered the fox.
Immediately the king’s men rushed to the palace to collect ghee. They brought all the ghee available in the kitchen of the palace. After applying more than two barrels of ghee, rim of the elephant’s anus softened. The fox hiding inside the dark stomach broke through the softened anus and ran away fast towards the dense forest. All the king’s men got angry when they realised that the fox played a trick on them. However, they couldn’t do anything to the fox. Finally, the angry king’s men took away the dead elephant to the palace for his burial.
Not so far away from the king’s palace, a pristine river was located near a dense forest. Everyday in the afternoon, various birds and animals from the forest came to play on the bank of the river. Likewise, the king’s elephant also went to the river everyday in the afternoon.
One day when the king’s elephant was on his way to the river, he heard a conversation behind a dense bush on the roadside. When he turned around, the elephant saw a pebet1 couple discussing something seriously.
“Dear, when will you build our nest”, asked the female pebet.
“Why are you so worried about it?” replied the pebet husband in a careless manner.
“Look, my breeding time has come. Where do I lay my eggs this time?” cried the pebet wife.
To calm down his wife’s tension the pebet husband suggested her to lay the eggs on one of the footprints of the king’s elephant. Though the pebet wife panicked about how the elephant would react if they do like that, the pebet husband boastfully said that the animal cannot do anything to them. The elephant was amused on hearing the heroic words of the lazy pebet husband.
In every breeding season, the pebet husband promised to build their nest but failed due to his laziness. That’s why the pebet wife laid eggs on any available spot in most of her breeding seasons. In this season too, she laid a couple of ivory coloured eggs on the crater of the elephant’s footprint. Seeing the beautiful eggs both the pebet husband and wife smiled and dreamt of beautiful kids by the next few months. In a little while the king’s elephant returned from his routine visit to the river. He was infuriated on seeing what the pebet couple had done on one of his footprints.
“Hey pebet! Where are you tiny creatures?” shouted the angry elephant.
“Yes sir, what can I do for you Mr Elephant”, replied the pebet husband in a very calm tone.
“How dare you tiny creatures laid eggs on my footprint; take it off now!” ordered the elephant.
“No, we cannot remove our eggs, instead you divert your way”, pebet husband replied.
To settle down the dispute, the king’s elephant explained the pebet couple that he cannot divert his track because elephants follow the same footprints everyday. Similarly, the pebet husband also gave reasons why they cannot remove eggs from its current position. If they move the eggs, they won’t hatch. Furious with the stubbornness of the pebet, the king’s elephant stomped the eggs and walked away carelessly swaying his extra large pair of buttocks. Pained at her heart the pebet wife collapsed on the floor. Collecting the pieces of the crushed eggshells, the pebet husband promised his wife to avenge the deed.
Later, at midnight, pebet husband called on all his friends from the nearby forest and other neighbouring areas. They organised a meeting to launch an attack on the king’s elephant. The pebet husband’s attack squad included species like ants, flies, and other partners, such as hammer and rope. He assigned all of them the positions they should take and the activities they should perform while attacking the elephant. After the nightlong meeting, they agreed to carry out the attack by the next afternoon.
On the next day, as usual the king’s elephant came to the river. When he passed over the roadside bush where the pebet couple lived, he had a bad feeling. In fact, all of the pebet husband’s companions were ready to attack the elephant. Led by the pebet husband, one after another, all of his attack squad jumped out of the bush. They blocked his way.
“Ha ha … you tiny people want to fight with me”, laughed the elephant.
“Attack!!” commanded the pebet husband.
First the rope in a swift action like a snake rushed towards the elephant and tied around all four massive limbs of the animal. When the elephant tried to escape from the rope, hammer jumped over and blew repeatedly on the broad forehead of the huge animal. Lifting his trunk in the air the king’s elephant cried for help. In the meantime the pebet husband’s army of ants attacked the trumpeting nostril of the elephant. Helplessly the elephant fell on the dusty ground. Then the pebet husband ordered his fellow flies to infest the eyes, ears, and anus of the animal.
The pebet husband celebrated his triumph over the king’s elephant. After the attack the pebet husband’s squad left and the dead elephant lied on the track without anybody coming for assistance. At last, after the sunset, a fox from the nearby forest spotted the dead elephant. With a gleeful smile on his face, the fox thought himself that he no longer needs to roam around for food. He started eating the elephant from the backside. Due to unawareness of how much he had eaten, after a few moments the fox found himself inside the stomach of the elephant. Even the anus of the elephant became dried and squeezed. Startling with what is happening with him the fox tried to exit from the dark stomach of the animal. He attempted to open the anus but failed. He cried for help but nobody heard him. Inside the darkness of the elephant’s stomach, the unfortunate fox cried a lot.
In the meantime, when the darkness of the night spreads everywhere the king was worried about his elephant. He sent his men to find out where the elephant is. After searching all over the places the king’s men found their beloved elephant lying dead on the road near a bush. Hugging the dead elephant, all the king’s men cried in despair. The fox inside the king’s elephant was very scared on hearing their cries. He heard everything that the king’s men discussed about the burial of the dead elephant. He was mainly afraid of being buried alive along with the death elephant. So, the fox planned something to get out of the dark stomach. When the king’s men lifted the dead elephant they heard something the dead animal said.
“Stop! Don’t lift me like that, I’m not dead, err … I’m just sleeping”, shouted the fox from inside.
“Hey, the elephant’s alive. I heard him speaking”, said one of the men.
“Yes, I’m alive. If you do me a favour I would stand up immediately”, replied the fox.
“Tell us what favour we should do for you dear elephant”, requested all the king’s men in unison.
“Alright, bring me some ghee2and apply it on my anus”, ordered the fox.
Immediately the king’s men rushed to the palace to collect ghee. They brought all the ghee available in the kitchen of the palace. After applying more than two barrels of ghee, rim of the elephant’s anus softened. The fox hiding inside the dark stomach broke through the softened anus and ran away fast towards the dense forest. All the king’s men got angry when they realised that the fox played a trick on them. However, they couldn’t do anything to the fox. Finally, the angry king’s men took away the dead elephant to the palace for his burial.
No comments:
Post a Comment