One day, a smart mousedeer was out of food supply. It was a very hard time as food is scarce around its habitat. However, somewhere on the other side of the forest, there were so many trees bearing fruits of various kinds, leading to many animals heading there. But still, it was not an easy task to go there, as along the way there are vicious wild animals waiting to attack. Therefore, being a smart animal, the mousedeer pondered and thought about how to get there peacefully and manage to secure food as well.
“I need to have something that is really feared by them. I really need to plan well to beat them.”
While lost in thoughts, the mousedeer encountered the King of The Jungle, The Lion. The mousedeer’s brain quickly worked before saying respectfully, “O Your Highness, where are Thou heading?”
“To the other side of the forest,” the lion answered.
“I see that Your Highness is on His own, which doesn’t befit his status as the Mighty King,” the mousedeer said.
The King then asked, “Oh, really?”
“Yes Your Highness, Thou need an escort to guide, befitting for the Mighty King. The escort will serve, sacrifice and always follow your orders,” the mousedeer continued to ingratiate the lion.
“There’s no other animal here, who should be my escort?” the lion replied.
The mousedeer quickly responded, “Let me be the escort, Your Highness. I will walk in front.”
“If I walk with the lion, my journey will be smooth. The other animals will be scared of me,” the mousedeer thought. Indeed the mousedeer was right; all the animals retreated due to fear of the lion. Finally the mousedeer was able to reach the desired destination and obtain food.
Lessons:
If every Muslim makes Allah The Almighty as The Protector…
always obeys Allah… observes his religion…
no one will be able to harm him…
as Allah Is The Sole Protector of the heaven and the earth…
and every creation submits to Him.
Translated from: http://www.ceritaulama.com/2016/03/dongeng-islami-kancil-vs-singa.html