#7 Story

 Topic  - The Blue Jackal  (←click)

● words/phrases I learn :
1. mighty (adjective)
    - very strong and powerful, or very big and impressive
    ex. The cannon explodes with a mighty crack.
2. set off (phrasal)
    - to start to go somewhere
    ex. I'll set off early to avoid the traffic.
3. furious (adjective)
    - very angry
    ex. She was furious with herself for letting things get out of hand.
4. panic (noun)
    - a sudden strong feeling of fear or nervousness that makes you unable to think clearly or behave sensibly.
    ex. The children fled in panic.
5. bizarre (adjective) 
    - very unusual or strange
    ex. They tell the most bizarre stories about him. 
6. bow (verb)
    - to bend the top part of your body forward in order to show respect for someone important, or as a way of thanking an audience
    ex. She bowed and left the stage.
7. humble (adjective)
    - not considering yourself or your ideas to be as important as other people's
    ex. A modest and humble man.
8. majesty (noun)
    - the quality that something big has of being impressive, powerful, or beautiful
    ex. What good was his precept in the face of such power and majesty?
9. banish (verb)
    - to not allow someone or something to stay in a particular place
    ex. I was banished to a distant corridor.

● A short description of the story :
Once upon a time there lived a jackal who strayed into a city in search of food. He was hungry and was being chased by a group of dogs. He accidentally entered the house of a dyer and fell into a vat of blue, and was stained blue from head to toe. When he escaped from the house back into the forest, all animals were surprised at his appearance and could not place its identity. Taking advantage of the situation, the jackal decided to play the situation to his advantage. He proclaimed that he was Fierce Owl, sent by the king of Gods, Indra, to earth to guard the forest. 

The gullible animals believed the jackal. The jackal then appointed the Lion as his Prime minister, tiger as his guardian of the bed chamber and the elephant was made the door keeper. He then drove all the jackals out of sight from the forest for fear of being recognized. 

The animals would hunt food and bring it to the self proclaimed king and the king would distribute the food to all equally just as a king would do. So he was leading a life of luxury. 

One day a herd of jackals were passing by howling to their glory. Unable to control his natural instinct, Fierce Owl showed his natural voice and howled at the top of his voice. Hearing this howl, the animals realized that they had been fooled by a jackal and killed the jackal instantly.