Fable About The Lion And His Land

            

Fable About The Lion And His Land-

By Natalie Meller

Once upon a time, In a land far away, a lion called Lolo ruled the kingdom. He ruled the kingdom of the animals. But with very strict rules. Each animal was afraid from him and they did whatever he wanted without arguing. All from fear. They had different jobs and work to do, Lolo decided what they do based on what he thought of them. The mice were in charge of making the lions clothes, the crocodiles were in charge of letting in and out only the animals that have permission, the cows were the ones that were preparing food and the birds were sending messages to other countries… they never got to see the other animals.

“From this day, until I say so all kids are not going to school”  Lolo the lion said “oh and they are also going to help their parents with their jobs” he shouted. The parents were really angry but they were too afraid to tell anyone that they are mad because if Lolo hears about it he could do some really bad things to them… Then Ivy the mouse that had to take care of twelve little kids now couldn’t let Lolo do that to her or to the other parents. She called the mice for an emergency meeting. She told all of them about her concerns, she said that she want to stop Lolo from not thinking about them and only about himself. “ We will never do something against Lolo and even if we do want to, how can a bunch of little mice win one big lion like Lolo?” a muse said. “But if you can make the other animals do that then we won’t be the ones to stop you.” Ivy decided to go and talk to the other animals and see what they have to say but each one of them had a different excuse for why not.

A few months later Lolo the lion started doing even more horrible things, he took  some of their money and made them work harder. But the worst thing was the day he decided to take a-l-l of their smart phones. In that moment the whole land said ,“enough, we can’t take this anymore”.

The next day every animal except for Robi the fox (that was sick) came to Ivy the mouse. “We can’t let him do it to us”, said Ivy “He thinks he can control our lives” she continued, “I don’t want my kids to grow and be scared like me every day”, she finished. They talked a lot and decided to use the only power they had and take Lolo down. The next week each animal did her job wrong but it wasn’t a mistake they wanted to make him understand that they are not necessarily his followers. The mice kept on making his clothes but let their little kids eat some of it before giving it to Lolo, the crocodiles didn’t pay attention to who is coming in and out, The cows ‘forgot’ to put spices in the food, and the birds delivered the wrong messages to other countries. Every animal without exception did the work improperly.

After a while Lolo called every one to the main square. “My dear citizens,” he never used words like that. “In the past few months I realised I ruled the kingdom harshly. I took the power I had and used it badly, used it for my own good.” No one was ready for something like that! “I feel like I don’t deserve my power and what I have” Most of them knew where he is going but couldn’t believe it. “I can’t rule this kingdom anymore and I’m giving you the power  

And they lived happily ever after… The end

moral: Little people can make big impacts and change the world. If they use the power they have (even if it is small) wisely.