An Untruthful Elephant

 In a country, lived a pair of elephants who love each other. They were Shawn and Honey. They
had been living together since 2 years ago and had two children. Their first child was Andy and
their second child was Danny. Danny was the elephant that often lied and he was always scolded
by his parents because of the lies that he often did.
 
While their older child, Andy was an elephant who was very honest and made the parents were
so proud. However, although his parents were proud of him, he was not arrogant, so all the
elephants liked him. All those conditions made Danny jealous and did not like his brother. But,
he had not made him changed and he became more and more lying frequently. He was never to
be deterrent even though often punished by his parents.
 
Meanwhile, his brother, Andy was never bored and stopped to advise him. However, all of the
advice and the punishment he received was never made him wary. A lie that often done by him
was screaming near the river so that someone else thinks he was drowning. In fact, he only
intended to pretend and lied.
 
One day, he wanted to drink the water in the river which was deep enough. Because he was so
thirsty, he did not pay attention to the depth of the river and immediately stuck his trunk into the
water. The surfaces that were near the river were so slippery but he did not pay attention.
Suddenly, Danny slipped and he plunged into the river. There was no elephant that was near
river because they were all in the pasture which was far enough away from the river. He then
yelled very loudly and asked for help to all the elephants.
 
The elephants heard it, but he often lied, so that the elephants on the pasture ignored his scream.
In fact, his parents did not pay attention because they thought he was lying. However, his brother
was curious and wanted to see whether Danny was lying or not. When the brother reached the
river, he saw that Danny was not lying and Danny almost drowned.
 
Andy immediately saved Danny and took him out on the pasture to be treated. The elephants in
the meadow shocked and immediately huddled beside him. A few minutes later, he woke up and
he promised never to lie again.
 
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Gajah Yang Tidak Jujur

Di sebuah negeri, hiduplah sepasang gajah yang saling mencintai. Mereka bernama Shawn dan
Honey. Mereka telah hidup bersama sejak 2 tahun yang lalu dan sekarang telah mempunyai dua
ekor anak gajah. Anak pertama mereka adalah Andy dan anak kedua mereka adalah Danny.
Danny adalah gajah yang sering berbohong dan ia selalu dimarahi oleh orang tuanya karena
kebohongan-kebohongan yang sering ia lakukan.

 
Sedangkan anak pertama mereka, Andy merupakan seekor gajah yang sangat jujur dan sangat
dibanggakan oleh orang tuanya. Namun, meski ia dibanggakan oleh orang tuanya, ia tidak
sombong sehingga semua gajah semakin menyukai Andy. Semua kondisi tersebut membuat
Danny iri dan tidak menyukai kakaknya. Sikap iri yang ia miliki tidak membuatnya berubah dan
ia menjadi semakin sering berbohong. Ia tidak pernah jera meskipun sering dihukum oleh orang
tuanya.
 
Sementara itu, kakaknya, Andy tidak pernah bosan dan berhenti untuk menasehatinya. Namun,
semua nasihat dan hukuman yang ia terima tidak pernah membuat dirinya jera. Salah satu
kebohongan yang sering dilakukan olehnya adalah berteriak-teriak di dekat sungai agar orang
lain mengira dirinya tenggelam. Padahal, ia hanya berpura-pura dan bermaksud berbohong.
 
Pada suatu hari, ia ingin minum air yang ada di sungai yang cukup dalam. Karena begitu haus, ia
tidak memperhatikan kedalaman sungai tersebut dan langsung menjulurkan belalainya ke dalam
air. Permukaan yang ada di dekat sungai begitu licin namun ia tidak memperdulikannya. Tiba-
tiba, Danny terpeleset dan ia tercebur ke dalam sungai. Tidak ada satu ekorpun gajah yang
berada di dekat sungai karena mereka semua sedang berada di padang rumput yang cukup jauh
dari sungai tersebut. Ia kemudian berteriak dengan sangat keras dan meminta tolong kepada
semua gajah.
 
Para gajah mendengarnya, namun karena ia sering berbohong, maka gajah-gajah yang sedang
berada di padang rumput tidak memperdulikannya. Bahkan, orang tuanya tidak
memperdulikannya karena mengira ia sedang berbohong. Namun, kakaknya penasaran dan ingin
melihat apakah danny berbohong atau tidak. Ketika sampai di sungai, ternyata Danny tidak
berbohong dan ia hampir mati tenggelam.
 
Andy segera menyelamatkan Danny dan membawanya ke padang rumput untuk diobati. Para
gajah yang ada di padang rumput terkejut dan segera berkerumun di samping danny. Beberapa
menit kemudian, ia tersadar dan ia berjanji tidak akan berbohong lagi.