THE LION MAKERS

PANCHATANTRA
 THE LION MAKERS
• ON THE APPOINTED DAY, ALL THE FOUR FRIENDS GOT UP EARLY AND BY THE FIRST
LIGHT OF MORNING LEFT THEIR VILLAGE FOR THE NEARBY KINGDOM. THEY WANTED
TO CROSS THE DENSE FOREST THE LAY BETWEEN THEIR VILLAGE AND THE KINGDOM
DURING BROAD DAYLIGHTS AS THERE WERE MANY WILD ANIMALS IN IT. SUDDENLY,
THEY SAW THE BONES OF A DEAD ANIMAL LYING ON THE GROUND. THE FIRST
LEARNED FRIEND GAVE THE IDEA THAT THIS IS A GODSEND OPPORTUNITY TO THEM
TO TEST THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. HE SUGGESTED THAT THEY SHOULD TRY TO
BRING THIS ANIMALS TO LIFE. THE OTHER TWO LEARNED FRIENDS IMMEDIATELY
AGREED. SO THE FIRST LEARNED FRIEND JOINED THE BONES TOGETHER USING HIS
KNOWLEDGE. THE SECOND LEARNED FRIEND GAVE FLESH AND SKIN TO THE BONES.
THE FRIENDS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEAD ANIMALS WAS A HUGE LION. THE FOURTH
FRIEND GOT SCARED WHEN HE SAW THE LION AND REQUESTED HIS LEARNED FRIENDS
NOT TO BRING THE LION BACK TO LIFE. THE THREE LEARNED FRIENDS CURSED HIM
FOR BEING A COWARD. THEY LAUGHED AT HIS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND HUMILIATED
HIM.
• THEY PROUDLY ANNOUNCED THAT THROUGH THEIR KNOWLEDGE THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO TAME THE LION ONCE IT WAS ALIVE. THE FOURTH
FRIEND, STILL FEARFUL, CLIMBED UP A TALL TREE NEARBY. THE
THIRD LEARNED FRIEND BROUGHT THE ANIMAL BACK TO LIFE. ONCE
ALIVE, THE LION SAW THE THREE MEN SMILING AT HIM WITH NO HINT
OF FEAR. THE LION ROARED AND POUNCED UPON THE THREE MEN,
KILLING THEM INSTANTLY. THE FOURTH FRIEND SAW ALL THIS FROM
THE TOP OF THE TREE. WHEN THE LION LEFT, HE CLIMBED DOWN THE
TREE AND WENT BACK TO HIS HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE

• MORAL LESSON
• DON’T DESPISE AN UNEDUCATED PERSON BECAUSE THE DAY WILL COME,
HE MORE THAN POWERFUL AND KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN YOU.