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The Fly and the Lion Once upon a time, in a jungle that was much more peaceful and much larger than the jungle today, the lion was still the King of the jungle. The lion ruled over everyone and believed he was better than every other animal that also lived in the jungle. The flies became tired of hearing the lions brag about how good they were all the time, so one day two flies approached a lion and said "we are better than you." The lion began to laugh at such a preposterous comment, how could anyone believe they were better than a lion? "We will prove it to you!" said the flies. "Fine" agreed the lion, but you both are only waisting your time and mine. "I propose a race, whoever can get from this side of the jungle all the way to the opposite side by the waterfall wins." "Sounds good." the flies agreed. This would be the longest race in the history of the jungle, running to the complete opposite side was unheard of, but the li...

The Elephant and the Ants By: Cecil Henry Bompas begins by giving the setting introduces two main groups introduces the problem between the groups uses dialogue between both introduces the challege involves trickery the ants tricked the elephant one group fails the challenge explains why there are so many ants these days ends with a reason for the outcome  ends with reason from God Elephant

The Monkey and the Girl By: Cecil Henry Bompas begins by giving the setting introduces characters introduces main character, the hanuman introduces to problem for the monkey introduces main girl discusses her thoughts monkey is killed uses analogies detailed actions trickery young girl does what she planned to do ends abruptly describes emotions of other characters A Hanuman .