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Indian stories for children from panchatantra
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The blue Jakal
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Once upon a time there lived a jackal who strayed into a city in
search of food. He was hungry and was being chased by a group of dogs. He
accidentally entered the house of a dyer and fell into a vat of indigo(blue),
and was stained blue from head to toe. When he escaped from the house back into
the forest, all animals were surprised at his appearance and could not place its
identity. Taking advantage of the situation, the jackal decided to play the
situation to his advantage. He proclaimed that he was Fierce Owl, sent by the
king of Gods, Indra, to earth to gaurd the forest.
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The gullible animals believed the jackal. The jackal then appointed
the Lion as his Prime minister, tiger as his gaurdian of the bed chamber and the
elephant was made the door keeper. He then drove all the jackals out of sight
from the forest for fear of being recognized. The animals would hunt food and
bring it to the self proclaimed king and the king would distribute the food to
all equally just as a king would do. So he was leading a life of luxury.
One day a herd of jackals were passing by howling to their glory.
Unable to control his natural instinct, FierceOwl showed his natural voice and
howled at the top of his voice. Hearing this howl, the animals realised that
they had been fooled by a jackal and killed the jackal instantly.
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MORAL: Excess of Greed is harmful.
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