The+Blue+Jackal+Who+Showed+His+True+Colors

One day, a jackal was starving and needed food. He decided to sneak away from his pack that he belonged to and go search for some near a village. He was walking into the village, when all of a sudden, a group of dogs attacked him. He ran as fast as he could into a building inside the village. The building turned out to be a tailor's workshop and there were many dyes and clothing pieces around. The jackal was running so fast, he ran right into the glass bottles of colored dye. SPLASH! Dye flew everywhere. He was so frightened by the dogs, he did not realize that the dye had spilled out and colored him blue! After a long time, the jackal was sure that the dogs were gone. He snuck out of the building and ran into the jungle. All the animals in the jungle stopped what they were doing and began to stare at him. After all, he was blue. They were amazed but also scared. They thought he was beautiful but unusual. The jackal looked down and saw that he was blue and that the animals were all looking at him. He knew what they were thinking and thought of a sly idea. "Creatures of the jungle! I am your new king!" he announced. The creatures thought that since he was different, he should be the leader. So the blue jackal was to be king. Everyone worshiped him and respected him, no questions asked. They didn't disagree with or yell at the blue jackal. Since he was different, he seemed to be better than the others. Once everyone decided that he was king, the blue jackal started giving jobs to everyone in the jungle. He made the lions be Lords and Prime Ministers. The tigers were to keep his room tidy. The monkeys were assigned to be his butlers. Every animal was assigned a job except for one. Jackals were the only animals not to be given a job. The king thought they reminded him of where he came from. He did not like it, and since he was now considered better than them, he sent them away. Time passed. The blue jackal enjoyed being king. He had everything at his command and could do and say whatever he wanted. While he was living the life, the jackals he had sent away were angry and were trying to get him back. "He is just like us. Only he is blue, but that does not make him better than us."Everyone agreed to this. A wise old jackal said " What one has is difficult to change". They came up with a plan to make the blue jackal show his true colors. The next day, all the jackals gathered and began to howl. When the blue jackal heard this, he too joined them and began howling. The animals of the jungle saw he was no longer different. They were very mad that he had tricked them. They chased after him and attacked him. The blue jackal was so scared, he ran away. After a while, he tried to come back and join the pack of jackals, but they would not let him because he so mean to them when he was king. He gave up, and went to go hide somewhere far, far away. He knew what he did was wrong, and went to go live his life in fear. **Do not try to change who you are.**

//By Anjali V.//