tale 57 the king dreams Written by Rainer: rainer.lehrer@yahoo.com Learn languages (via Skype): Rainer: + 36 20 549 52 97 or + 36 20 334 79 74

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The king dreams There he sits on his throne. The representatives of various animal species put their gifts down in front of him in order to woo his favour. They wait in a long line queue for their appearance in front of the king. They had all dressed up well and decorated themselves. A cute monkey girl with a wreath of flowers around her waist offers him an open coconut to drink. The elephant brings his grandfather's long tusks. Young antelopes had picked a large bouquet of flowers on the heath. Giraffes bring bananas. The queen bee is represented by a swarm to attend to her kind. Now everyone is stepping back because the lion brings a soft fur as a gift. The eagle lets its most beautiful feather sink in front of him. The bear had collected honey in a jar from leaves. Wild boars sacrifice the best truffles to him. Then, he sits court and every animal can bring up their complaints. The hyena had stolen a piece of meat, the fox a chicken, and the snake an egg. The bees complain about the bear's honey theft, but are not heard because the king received part of the prey as a tribute. The gift of the lion on which the king is sitting once belonged to the rabbit, so the rabbit tribe waits until the lion has disappeared. Many small animals and herbivores are coming, who would expect support from their king, but they are all rejected because the king's gifts mostly consist of them or their products, or the donors are the chief's friends. The plaintiffs also dispute cases to be settled among themselves. Suddenly a great rumble can be heard under the throne, small insects, ants, worms, moles and rabbits had undermined it. The king's seat begins to shake and eventually falls. The monkey had fallen from its tree and woken up. The dream of being king had ended. Continue with tale 58!

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