The Elephant And Friends

There was once a lonely elephant. One day, he set out to find friends for himself in the jungle. He found a monkey and asked him if he would be a friend. The monkey refused saying, "You can't swing from trees like me." The elephant next met a rabbit and asked him to be his friend. The rabbit refused as well saying, "You are too big to enter my burrow." The elephant then met a frog, who also refused, saying, "You can't leap like me." The elephant ventured deeper into the jungle where he met a fox. The fox also refused the elephant's friendship saying, "You are too big."

Disheartened, the elephant returned. However, the next day he decided to go to the jungle again. As he entered the jungle, the elephant found all the animals running to save their lives. He stopped the bear to enquire what had happened.

The bear said, "The tiger wants to eat us and so we are all running to save ourselves."

As the elephant was thinking about what he could do to help the animals, the tiger walked up to him.

"Mr. Tiger, please spare these animals. Do not kill and eat them," the elephant implored.

"Run or I'll kill and eat you as well," growled the tiger.

This angered the elephant, and he kicked the tiger. The frightened tiger ran away.

All the animals now wanted to be friends with the elephant.

Moral of the story: You can even be friends with those who are different from you.