Once upon a time, a king
frog used to live in a well with his family and subjects. The king frog
had some evil relatives who wanted to snatch the throne away from him.
They kept causing problems in his reign. Once, they conspired with a
minister in the king frog’s court and started a revolt against the king
frog. The king frog managed to subdue the revolt but he was very angry.
He wanted to take revenge on his evil relatives and unfaithful subjects.
He thought of a plan. He came out of the well and made his way to a
hole where he knew that a big, black snake used to live. He called out
to the snake.
The snake was surprised to hear a frog calling him
and slithered out of the hole. The frog said to the snake, “Hello. I
want to be your friend.”
The snake was astonished. “How can a snake and a frog be friends?” he said. “We are natural enemies.”
“Listen
to me. I have a plan,” said the frog and told the snake all about his
evil relatives. “I want to teach them a lesson,” he added. “So, I will
take you to the well and you can eat all of them.”
The snake was interested. “Is there water in your well?” he asked.
The
frog replied, “Not much. But a little above the water level, there is a
hole in the wall of the well. You can live there comfortably and eat my
relatives.”
The serpent agreed. He followed the frog back to the
well. On reaching there, the frog said, “Here are my evil relatives. You
can eat all of them except my near and dear ones.”
Thus, the serpent
started living in the hole in the well’s wall. One by one, he started
eating up the frogs that were pointed out by the king frog. In a few
days’ time, the snake had eaten all the evil frogs and only the king
frog and his family were left. The snake came up to the king frog and
said, “I have eaten up all your evil relatives and rebels as you wanted.
I have also eaten your unfaithful minister. Now, there is nothing left
for me to eat except you and your family.” Saying this, the serpent eyed
him hungrily.
The king frog realized his mistake. He knew he was in
great danger. He had made friends with his natural enemy for his selfish
motives and to punish his enemies. Now he felt that his own death was
near. But he managed to keep his cool and replied, “Do not worry. I will
go to some other wells and ponds and persuade some frogs to come and
live in this well. Then you can feed on them.”
The serpent liked the idea. “Hurry up, then. I am hungry,” he said.
So,
with this pretext, the king frog and his wife came out of the well and
ran for their lives, vowing never to return to that well again.
Anonymous
3 comments:
Chinamen from tiny island Singapore, who went to Western Universities, on government scholarships to study, came back brain-washed to the extent that they willingly transformed themselves into a new race locally known as the "Bananas" or "Straits Born".
Feeling very grateful to the Western governments, instead of to their own fellow taxpayers who paid for their scholarships, they automatically, thoughtlessly, shamelessly brainlessly adopted the Western White Supremacists, the arch enemy of the Chinese and Coloured People, as their Lords, their Masters and their Saviors, carrying their balls day and night 24/7 without fail, openly, shamelessly, unabashedly and proudly.
All is well at first but ended unwell later. Sounds familiar in reality, especially the characters - black snake, king frog and evil relatives.
Am glad my "Panchatantra: The Frog and the Serpent" was reposted...
Born in sg for more than half a century n am sad for the state of affairs plaguing our nation king frogs.History repeats that is why this kind of parables lasts the test of time after centuries....Ravi..
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