Fable: A Moral Lesson of Individual Gift

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 Fable: A Moral Lesson of Individual Gift


By: Adewale Sefiu Damilare 

The Elephant and The Dog


This is a fable of an elephant and a dog, about the creation of an individual and the great gift granted to us by our creator.


Amid a crescent moon, on a blessed day, the sun shines dearly_ appealing to the creations on the earth. With good news, it marks the first day an elephant and a dog having pregnant at the same time.


Three months down the line, the dog gives birth to six puppies and another three months the same dog is pregnant again, it keeps on, and within a year the dog gave birth to another dozen puppies. 


Being a good neighbor without showing any concern for your brother is wickedness, the dog feels indebted to check on the elephant to know the plight, for eighteenth months without having a hair (calf), the dog approached the elephant questioning her with concern.


Dog: Are you sure that you are pregnant, and not a sickness? We became pregnant on the same date, and I have given birth three times to more than a dozen puppies. They (Puppies) are now grown to become big dogs, while yet you are still pregnant. What's going on?


Elephant: There is something I want you to understand, what I am carrying is not a puppy, but an elephant. 

I (Elephant) only give birth to one calf in two years, and when my baby hits the ground, the Earth feels it.


Elephant: When my baby crosses the road, Human being stops to watch an admiration and feel it in, what I carry draws attention.

So what I'm (elephant) carrying is mighty and great. 


Lesson:

Don't lose faith and hope when you see others receive what you dearly want or when their prayers have been answered, keep hopes alive, your opportunity is mightier.


Advice: 

Don't be envious of others' testimony. If you haven't received your blessings, don't despair.


Say to yourself, my time is coming, and when it hits the surface of the Earth, people shall yield in admiration and do not compare your journey to anyone else's.

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