THE BLUE JACKAL
A jackal, prowling round a town one night, fell into an indigo tank and came out dyed blue. “No one will know me now that I am this splendid colour,” said he to himself, “so I will pretend that I am king of all the beasts.”
He began by ruling over the jackals, and then the lions and the tigers submitted to him. This made him proud and insolent, and he no longer took any notice of his old jackal friends. They therefore determined to expose him to the other beasts and end his reign. One night they gathered round the self-made king and began to howl, and as soon as the blue jackal heard the others, his natural instinct led him to do the same. At once all the other creatures in the jungle knew him to be nothing better than a jackal, and he lost for ever his crown and authority.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 218, 3 December 1927, Page 27 (Supplement)
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156THE BLUE JACKAL Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 218, 3 December 1927, Page 27 (Supplement)
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