Title: The Tiger Who Would Be King
Orientation: One morning the tiger woke up in the jungle and told his mate that he was king of beasts.
"Leo, the lion, is king of beasts," she said.
Complication: "We need a change," said the tiger. "The creatures are crying for a change."
The tigress listened but she could hear no crying, except that of her cubs.
"I'll
be king of beasts by the time the moon rises," said the tiger. "It will
be a yellow moon with black stripes, in my honour."
"Oh
sure," said the tigress as she went to look after her young, one of
whom, a male, very like his father, had got an imaginary thorn in his
paw.
The
tiger prowled through the jungle till he came to the lion's den. "Come
out," he roared," and greet the king of beasts! The king is dead, long
live the king!"
Inside the den, the lioness woke her mate. "The king is here to see you," she said.
"What king?" he inquired, sleepily.
"The king of beasts," she said.
"I am the king of beasts," roared Leo and he charged out of the den to defend his crown against the pretender.
Resolution:It
was a terrible fight and it lasted until the setting of the sun. All
the animals of the jungle joined in, some taking the side of the tiger
and others the side of the lion. Every creature from the aardvark to the
zebra took part in the struggle to overthrow the lion or to repulse the
tiger, and some did not knot know which they were fighting for, and
some fought for both, and some fought whoever was nearest and some
fought for the sake of fighting.
"What are we fighting for?" someone asked the aardvark.
"The old order," said the aardvark.
"What are we dying for?" someone asked the zebra.
"The new order," said the zebra.
When
the moon rose, fevered and gibbous, it shone upon a jungle in which
nothing stirred except a macaw and a cockatoo, screaming in horror. All
the beasts were dead except the tiger, and his days were numbered and
his time was ticking away. He was monarch of all he surveyed, but it
didn't seem to mean anything.
And that's all about my post about fabel. Thank you for your attention

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