THE ANT AND THE ELEPHANT
Assalamualaikum wbt and a very good morning to honourable judges, teachers and to
all my lovely friends. I, Aira Ilyana bt Md Azhari Sham will tell you a story entitle “ The Ant
and The Elephant”
There once lived an elephant in a jungle. He was very arrogant and short-tempered.
He was very proud of his strength and huge body. The other animals in the jungle feared him
a lot. He enjoyed doing things that showed off his strength and always troubled other small
animal in the jungle.
In that jungle, there also lived a family of ants in tiny hole. The ant used to despise the
elephant for his haughty nature. One day, when the ants were away to collect food, the
elephant stopped them and sprayed a trunk full of water on them.
The ants got angry and said,” You should not trouble others for your pleasure.”
The elephant shouted angrily and said, “You tiny creatures, keep quiet, or I will crush you
to death.”
Now, the ants decided to teach the arrogant animal a lesson for life. They slowly crept
under his trunk and spread to his ears and started biting him. The elephant became restless
and started crying for help.
None of the animals came forward to rescue him. They were happy to see him getting
punished for his acts. He kept apologizing to the ants, but they continued to bite him.
When they were sure that he has learned his lesson, they let him go and said, “This is
how others feel when you hurt them.” The ants marched off leaving a wailing elephant
there. Then on, the elephant never troubled anymore in the jungle.
Dear friends, Albert Einstein once said, “The only thing more dangerous than
ignorance is arrogance”.
Hence, do not defame your dignity with it because pride and arrogance never go unpunished.
That’s all for today, thank you.
Moral: Pride and arrogance never go unpunished.
