Long time ago, there lived a sparrow with her husband in a
nest on a mango tree. The she-sparrow laid eggs in the nest.
One hot afternoon an elephant came under the shade of the
tree. The elephant enraged by heat and thrust, swirled his mighty truck and
broke the branches of tree. One of the branches had the sparrow's nest. The
nest fell and her eggs broke. The sparrow began weeping over the loss of her
eggs.
A woodpecker heard her cry and came to ask her why was she
crying. The mother sparrow said, "This elephant broke the branch with my
nest. My eggs fell down and broke. My offspring are killed. I want to punish
him by killing him. Please suggest some way to kill this wicked animal. The
woodpecker told the mother sparrow about a fly which could help them in killing
the elephant.
The sparrow and the woodpecker together went to the fly and
told her about the mishap. They asked the fly to suggest a way to kill the
elephant. The fly told them about her friend frog and said, "Let’s go to
the frog and take his help”.
So the mother sparrow, the woodpecker and the fly went to the
frog and narrated what had happened. The frog told them a plan - he asked the
fly to hum a melody in elephant’s eye when the sun is high in sky so that he
closes his eyes in pleasure. Then the woodpecker would scoop out his eyes and
turn him blind. When he will feel thirsty and look for water, the frog would go
to the deep marsh and start crocking there. The elephant would think of it as a
pond and come to drink water. He would down in it and die.
The next day all three gathered and worked according to the
plan. The elephant was blinded by woodpecker and drowned in the marsh when he
went to drink water there.
Thus with the help of intelligence and unity of three
animals, the mother sparrow took revenge on the elephant for destroying her
eggs.
Moral: Wit is superior to physical force.
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