5/13/2023 0 Comments The butterfly and the lion“But beware lion! My flesh tastes horrible and it can kill you”, said the butterfly in her last attempt to live. The butterfly pleaded, “Please let me go, Mr.Lion.” Leony sadly said, “I am sorry little butterfly. One of the butterflies flew towards him and landed on his nose. Suddenly he encountered a group of butterflies happily sipping nectar from the wild flowers. He drank water from the stream to fill up his empty stomach. Day by day he walked around the forest searching for food. Leony tried to put his paw into the mouse hole but failed in his attempt because his paw was too big. The mouse was afraid of being eaten by the lion. The moment the mouse saw the lion, it scurried into the mouse hole in the tree. He tried his very best to catch it but could not as it was too fast for him. Without realizing, he ended up very deep in the jungle. When he approached them, they roared angrily at him and chased him away, “Go away! There is not enough food for all of us!" Now I can only request food from the other lions, he thought to himself. He tripped over a big rock and injured his leg. The antelope was too fast, but Leony did not give up and started to chase it. He creeped forward and pounced on one of them. One day, a lion called Leony decided to go for hunting alone. The Lion and The Butterflyĭeep in the forest, there lived a group of lions. “The Lion and The Butterfly” is one of the outstanding stories of the second biannual International Short Story Contest 2017 written by Rahini Saieshree Surendran, Malaysia.
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