The King Of The Jungle or Maybe Not

A very good morning to the honourable judges, time keeper

and dear spectators. The title of my story is The King of the
Jungle or Maybe Not. There was a secluded forest island that
was surrounded by sea. The animals in this forest had never
stepped foot out of the island. One day, a Bobcat passed by
the island after delivering goods requested by his master. He
was curious about this forested island and decided to anchor
his boat to explore.

As he ventured deeper into the forest, he reached a small

clearing that seemed like a village. Soon, every villager
stepped out to check out this stranger who had entered their
island. They had never seen a Bobcat nor a Tiger. However,
they had heard how magnificent the tiger was as he was
crowned the forest king.

Everyone crowded around Bobcat and stared at him. Finally,

Elder Owl came. He was the oldest and wisest animal in the
forest, and everyone respected him. He approached Bobcat
and inspect him for a while. Suddenly, he broke the silence
and said, “This is tiger king. Welcome to our forest, tiger
king!”
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Everyone cheered. Bobcat was taken aback. However, he
secretly enjoyed the attention he received. “Thank you,
everyone. Please take care of me!” The Bobcat replied. “Yes,
my king, said all the animals.

Overnight, the Bobcat became the king of the forest. Every

day, he was treated just like a real king, right from the food to
accommodation. It was a really luxurious life.

One day, a curious mouse who happened to read a book on

the mighty tiger realised that the picture and description of a
tiger seemed different from the appearance of the Bobcat. He
asked cautiously: “My lord, as far as we know, Tigers are tall
and mighty, but you seemed…”

The Bobcat yelled, “How dare you disrespect me!” He then

pointed to a big rock on the ground outside and asked the
mouse, “What is that?”

“Stone.” The mouse replied.

The Bobcat then pointed to another small pebble and asked,

“What about that?”

“It’s also a stone.” The mouse replied.

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“That’s not right!” Bobcat growled. “The are big and small
stones. Of course, there will also have big and small tigers!
Big rocks are rocks, small rocks are also rocks; a tiger with a
big body is a tiger, a tiger with a small body is also a tiger!”

“Whether big or small rocks, the rocks are hard. Tigers are
also capable, no matter how big or small they are!” added the
Bobcat.

“Sorry, my lord. Please don’t be angry!” The mouse begged

for mercy. Knowing that the mouse was genuinely convinced
by him, he dismissed this incident.

A few days later, the fox caught a fish and sent it to Bobcat.
The Bobcat drooled when he saw the fish and gobbled it
quickly. The fox looked at the Bobcat and said, “My lord, I
heard that cats like to eat fish like you, but tigers still prefer
meat. Why are you…”

The Bobcat retort: “Oh, I used to live on an island for a while,

where there were less meat and more fish. Over time, I have
developed a habit of eating fish.” “In that case, I will catch
more fish for you, my king!”
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The following day, the Bobcat went out to play “Catch” with
the animals. While hiding from his “Catcher”, the Bobcat
automatically jumped from one big tree to the other to avoid
being caught.

The animals were surprised and said: “My lord, we only heard
that cats have this ability, but tigers don’t have…” The Bobcat
shrieked: “I learned all my skills while I lived on an island.
There are no tigers that have my skills yet. Only with a body
like me can I achieve this ability!”

“You are so talented, my lord!” the animal cheered, impressed

by the Bobcat’s skill. However, one day, a real tiger came to
the forest. When Bobcat saw the tiger, he was terrified and
fled as fast as possible.

The animals were astonished at Bobcat’s hasty disappearance

and wondered about his strange behaviour. Finally, they
understood why.

The moral of the story is we should not take advantage of

other people’s trust on us.