The King Of The Jungle
This blog is a figment of my imagination and it refers in its entirety to life in the jungle. Any parallels or similarities to other arenas or characters, no matter how vague, are probably either subconscious, deliberate or pure coincidence.
It is said that this happened at the time when there was no king in the jungle; it was ruled by gods who often turned a blind eye to the lesser sins of the animals in order to promote harmony but those stepping out of line big time were simply exterminated. You know how gods operate. Just Poof! And they were no more. Most were happy and lived in peace but some of the bigger apes felt that the gods were not consistent and that they applied double standards.
But then Hyena wanted to be king of the jungle and in his quest for the crown, he started bullying the other animals into admitting that he, Hyena, was king of the jungle. He had big bad Wolf (the same one that terrorized Red Riding Hood) as an ally to enforce his claim to the throne. Those who thought different were subdued by mauling them until they agreed that Hyena was King of the Jungle.
One day Hyena and his lieutenant walked into a clearing in the jungle to find a lot of animals gathered there. And he thought: 'How fortunate to have such a large audience to view a demonstration of my supremacy.' He was at the point of grabbing Monkey to force him into reaffirming his loyalties in front of all the witnesses when he saw Lion sleeping under a tree. He sneaked up to the sleeping Lion, kicked him in the face and barked: “Who is the king of this jungle?”
Lion woke up startled with a bleeding nose, grabbed Hyena in his mighty jaws and gave him a thorough mauling. Wolf still tried to interfere but Lion just shoved him aside before going back to sleep. The other animals, tired of the bullying, goaded hyena into further humiliation.
Hyena gathered himself off the ground with a lot of groaning and limped away tail between the legs and when he was at a safe distance he looked back over his shoulder and said to Lion: “You know, there was no need to resort to violence just because you did not know the answer to my question.”
When they were out of earshot Hyena looked at Wolf and told him what a shit ally he was for not helping when he was in trouble. Wolf looked at him perplexed and said: “But Your Majesty, you were laughing so much, I thought you were winning.”
When I observe all the mini-power plays and the continuous tugging at each other to obtain a better position in the pecking order, it amuses me every time. And it is so funny how the fun of one clan can be an annoyance to another clan.
There are so many lessons we can learn from this BS story but I think the most important is that sleeping lions are best left in that condition. These large felines like their naps and can be really unpleasant when disturbed.
And enjoy this wonderful day.
Important Notice
No animals were hurt during the production of this blog because Lion wore his rubber teeth that day. It is said that hyena is still hunting that elusive crown.
Comments (106)
You're kidding me.
doctors may not refuse to treat you.
Apparently they can if you disobey their orders. He sait what I did is the same as releasing myself from a hospital.
Seeyou later.
I really don't like his books and if you are going to write like him, I won't buy your books either.
You can do all those things. Just ;eave the Jehovah's Witnesses out of it. I beg you. I'll buy all your books.
Now on the way to ER, but Lawyer will get in touch with you as soon as he is out of Jail.
Just wanted to come and say hi.
I told you, the jungle is not a monarchy. It is a fundamentalist state ruled by the gods.
Oh they do! You must watch a troop of baboons, a pack of wolves or a pride of lions. There is a definite pecking order and it is well contested my usurpers all the time.
That animal instinct is in us too.
What a surprise. I have not seen you for aa very long time.
Anymore dancing this weekend?
I'm not that fond of dancing. I went dancing last weekend and that was enough for the next few weeks. There are so many other things to do.
But I come in just to check what's going on.
I'm not sure if animals are worse than us. They do not fight as often as we do. mostly one back down after some display of strength. It is only when a younger animal fancies his chances to oust a (still strong) older animal that it can get rough. And normally the loser is not pursued when he backs down. The battle is won and forgotten.
Maybe the animals have the same fears about when we reach their level of sophistication.