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Story of two Lions

 Once upon a time, a lion lived in a forest in India and, obviously, he was the King of the forest. Meanwhile, he was kind to all the animals under his reign.

But as time went by, he got old and weak. One day, another lion broke into the forest and claimed,' From now on, I'm the King of this forest. Every creature here must obey me or get out of here.' The old lion was unhappy and decided to drive the new-comer out of his area. Then a fight began. The new-comer was very strong and had excellent stamina. Soon the old lion was defeated and he fled in order not to be killed by the stronger lion. The animals supported the old King but they feared the strength of the new King so they decided not to fight with him. If they did, they would lost their own lives.

For 5 years, the new King reigned the forest. He was extremely selfish and bad-tempered. Almost all the animals had been beaten by the king. Sometimes when the King got hungry, he ordered the fox to find something to eat. But the fox did not find any. Then the lion jumped up, roaring, and bit the fox on the head. Every animal hated the new King, but still feared him. Often, they missed the old King and expected the old King to come back to end the big dictator's reign.

Later, the old King came back. Seeing his former citizens having a miserable life, his anger rose. He attacked the new King when he was sleeping. Then a another fight began. When the old King was to be beaten again, something extrodinary happened. lots of animals rushed to the spot and joined the old King in fighting with the new one. Finally, strong as the new King was, he was defeated and killed by the animals.
The old King was recrowned in the cheers of animals.

Kindness beats force.
By: Xiaoyu Yang
Published: 07/07/08


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Two Lions

@ 4:19 am 07/07/08 by Osiris
Not just kindness though. No good expecting someone else to fight for your well being, and the other animals uniting with the King is what drove out the unkind King. A lesson in solidarity and standing up for what is good.
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@ 1:42 pm 07/07/08 by Ardi J.
Did you made this story up, or is it an Indian myth?! Because one day I am going to tell this story to my child, because it was a great one!
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@ 11:21 pm 07/14/08 by Xiaoyu Yang
Well in fact I made it up. But there could be some stories that are very much alike I think.
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Nice one

@ 12:20 am 07/23/08 by niksan
Hi,

There is a similar story, could be many more but what you did was a nice mold of the original one :)

Being kind and helpful are great virtues!

Thanks
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