Hi Tofu!
Who was that?
That is Lilly. She’s my new friend
She has an aquarium in her house
and her brother has the latest robots collection and I want to see it
So, I told her that I love fish
and she invited me home to play with her
Since when do you like fish, Tofu?
I don’t.
They creep me out
I just said it to her so that she would be friends with me
and let me see her brother’s robot collection
You’re the donkey with the lion’s skin
What kind of a donkey is that, Tia!
One day, a donkey found a lion’s skin
Oh! Look at that! It’s the lion’s skin
Let me put it on
He put it on
and looked at his reflection in the river
Wow! I look just like a lion!
No one can say that it is me
I must take advantage of this
The donkey wore the skin and marched into the village
Obviously seeing a lion in the village
the villagers got scared and started running helter-skelter
They left their stores and kiosks open
The women dropped baskets full of hay and fruits on the road
grabbed their children and locked themselves indoors
This is so much fun!
The villagers have left their food and belongings out here in the open
for me to feast on.
The donkey ate as much as he wanted to
grabbed his loot and went back into the jungle
For the next few days
he relaxed and enjoyed what he had brought from the village
When his supply ran out
wearing the lion skin
he walked into the village once again.
The villagers once again ran at the sight of the lion
and the donkey gathered his loot
This went on for many days
Every time he was successful, the donkey’s confidence grew
We must do something about this lion
What can we do?
Let us follow him and see where he goes
And so, the villagers decided to follow what they thought was the lion
The donkey was particularly happy that day after plundering the village
Still wearing the lion skin
he went straight to the wheat fields and started singing loudly
The villagers who were behind him recognised his braying
It is not a lion…
it is a donkey!
Braying in a lion’s skin
I say we teach him a lesson
The villagers caught hold of the donkey and beat him mercilessly
So, you see, Tofu…
it is not enough to pretend to be what you are
One must genuinely be what they say they are
Otherwise their true nature will start showing
and people will recognise their lie
I agree with you, Tia
I will go and tell Lilly the truth