Harmonious Friendship

There lived a pigeon and an elephant in a forest. They were friendly.

 

One day the elephant was relaxing. A lion saw it. It thought: “What a great day for me. I am getting the elephant as food for me.” It attached the elephant. They started fighting severely.

The pigeon saw this. It thought of helping its friend. It called the scorpion and said: “Friend! You go and sting that bad lion. Or else the elephant will die before our eyes.”

The scorpion went quickly and stung the lion. The groaning lion ran away from that place. The elephant was tired. The pigeon served the elephant by flapping its wings steadily.

It bought some juice of leaves and applied to the injuries of the elephant.

After some time the elephant was all right.

 

A few days passed away. One day the bad lion was trapped in a cage. The scorpion saw this. It went to the pigeon and said: “Friend! That bad lion was trapped. We can get rid of it very soon. Henceforth we will be happy.”

But the pigeon pitied the lion. It decided to save the lion. It met the elephant and brought it to the spot. The elephant lifted the door of the cage by his trump. The lion came out of the cage. It was grateful to the elephant.

It said, “Oh, Elephant King! I behaved arrogantly thinking that I am very strong. I killed a number of innocent animals. I committed many sinful acts....

I tried to kill you. Please excuse me. You have opened my eyes. I will never make other suffer hereafter.” The lion saluted the elephant by folding its hands.

 

The elephant replied: “ Oh Lion king! It is all the kindness of my friend, pigeon. If it were not there, I would not be here today. And you would not be alive by this time. So we should be grateful to this pigeon who loves peace always.”

Thenceforth all the animals in the forest lived happily and harmoniously.