Long time ago 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 drum of indigo (blue)
dye, 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 guard the forest.
The easy animals believed the jackal. The jackal then appointed the
Lion as his Prime minister, Tiger as his guardian 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, Fierce Owl showed his natural voice and
howled at the top of his voice.
Hearing this howl, the animals realized that they have been fooled
by a jackal and killed the jackal instantly.
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