The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

IN THE JUNGLE OF ANIMALS THE LION IS KING. EACH DAY THE LION WOULD
GO AROUND THE JUNGLE AND ASK THE ANIMALS THAT LIVED IN THE JUNGLE
WHO WAS KING. IF THE ANIMAL DIDN'T ANSWER THAT THE LION WAS KING,
THE LION WOULD EAT HIM. ONE DAY A LITTLE RAT GOT FED UP WITH THE
LION. WHEN THE LION ASKED HIM WHO WAS KING, HE SAID THAT THERE WAS
SOMEONE ELSE WHO CLAIMED HE WAS KING. THE LION WAS OUTRAGED. THE
RAT SAID HE WOULD SHOW THE LION WHO SAID HE WAS KING. THE RAT LED
THE LION TO A DEEP WELL. HE TOLD THE LION THAT THE IMPOSTER WAS IN
THE WELL. WHEN THE LION YELLED INTO THE WELL THAT HE WAS KING, HIS
ECHO HOLLERED BACK, "I AM KING OF THE JUNGLE!" THIS MADE THE LION
SO MAD THAT HE JUMPED INTO THE WELL AND DROWNED.

Submitter comment: THIS STORY WAS LEARNED IN GRADE SCHOOL IN INDIA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Date learned: 00-00-1969