Elephant and Friends

A long time ago, a lonely elephant came to settle in a strange forest. This forest was new to him, and he was looking to make friends.

He first approached a monkey and said, “Hello, monkey brother! Would you like to be my friend? “The monkey said, you can’t swing like me because you are too big, so I can’t be your friend.

After this, the elephant went to a rabbit and asked the same question. The rabbit said, you are too big to fit in my hole, so I cannot be your friend.

Then the elephant went to the frog living in the pond and asked the same question. The frog answered him, You are too heavy to jump as high as me, so I cannot be your friend. Now the elephant was really sad because he could not make friends despite many efforts.

Then, one day, seeing all the animals running around in the forest, the elephant asked a running bear as to what was the reason behind this disturbance.

The bear said the lion of the forest is out on the hunt – they are running to protect themselves from him. In such a situation, the elephant went to the lion and said please do not hurt these innocent people. Please leave them alone.

The lion made fun of him and asked the elephant to move aside. Then the elephant got angry and pushed the lion with all his might, due to which he got injured and ran away from there.

Now all the other animals slowly came out and started rejoicing over the lion’s defeat. They went to the elephant and said to him, “You are the perfect size to be our friend!”

Moral:

The lesson we learn from this story is that a person’s size does not determine their worth.