Monday, 7 April 2014

How the Leopard got its Spots.

I asked you to share your animal fables with my readers . Here is my own fable.
I dont have a copyright on this. Initially, Leopard was very friendly with the fire. Every day the Leopard went to see the fire, but the fire never visited him in return. This went on so long that the Leopard's wife mocked her husband, saying it was a poor sort of friend who would never return a visit.When he went out the next day she quarelled with him and said it must be because his house was unworthy that his friend would never come to it. So the Leopard begged the fire to come to his house on the next day.
At first the fire tried to excuse himself, saying he never visited. But the Leopard pressed him, and the fire said he never walked but if there was a road of dry leaves from his house to the Leopard's then he would come. The Leopard went home and told  his wife what to do. She gathered leaves and laid them in a long line from one house to the other. She and her husband prepared their house ready to do honour to the fire. While they were waiting they heard a strong wind and loud cracks outside the door. The Leopard went to see what was the matter and it was the fire at the door. His fingers of flame touched the Leopard ,but he and his wife leapt backwards and jumped out of the window. Their house was destroyed, and ever since then the Leopard and his wife have been marked all over their bodies with black spots where the fingers of fire touched them. That is the end of my story. Interesting...

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