The Blue Jackal

There was a Jackal in a jungle. One day, looking for food, he wandered into a nearby village. A pack of dogs saw him and surrounded him. They attacked him and tried to drive him away. In order to save himself, the jackal ran into a nearby house. This house belongs to a washerman.   The front yard of the washerman's house was full of big vats. The Jackal jumped into one of those vats to hide. The dogs followed him but couldn't find him anywhere and went away.   After a while, the Jackal came out of the vat.what he didn't realize was that the vat in which he had hidden was full of blue dye and now his whole body was dyed blue.when the dogs saw him, they didn't recognize him. Instead, they thought it was some strange animal and ran away terrified.   The Jackal went back to the forest. Everywhere he went the animals would run away from him. The Jackal could not understand why all the animals were so terrified of him all of a sudden. He went to the river and looked at his reflection. When he saw that he had been colored blue by the dye, he understood that all the animals were running away from him because they were terrified.   He called out to them, "Friends! Don't be afraid of me. The creator of this jungle, the Almighty God has sent me to be your king. I am here to protect you. Don't fear me.   The other animals were convinced and obeyed every instruction the Jackal gave them. First, he made them chase away all the other jackals from the forest. Next, they were to hunt and bring him food every day. The Jackal lived this way for some days.   One day, when he was sitting surrounded by all the other animals, he heard a pack of jackals howling in the distance. Having been away from others of his kind for so long, he was overcome with joy at hearing other jackals. He raised his head and howled in response. Hearing him, all other animals realized that they had been fooled by an ordinary jackal. They all attacked him and tore him to pieces.