Muscle power vs Mind power:

One day Rabbit was taking a walk through the jungle and ran into Elephant, who was making a fine meal of the treetops. “Hello, Brother,” said Rabbit,”Fine day, isn’t it?” Elephant paused to look down at the tiny little creature at his feet and snorted. “Leave me be, Rabbit. I don’t have the time to waste on someone so small.”

Rabbit was shocked to be talked to in such a manner. He wasn’t sure what to do. So he left quietly. As he walked along, he spied a mighty whale far out in the sea and decided to ask her what she though about Elephant’s rudeness. He cupped his tiny paws and yelled as loud as he could, “Whaaaale!! Come here!!”

Whale swam over to see who was calling her and looked about. After a few minutes she noticed the tiny little Rabbit jumping up and down on a cliff. “Rabbit, : Whale said impatiently, “Did you just call me over here? Who do you thing you are? You are far too small and weak to have anything to say to me.” And at the she turned, flipped her huge tail, and set off back into the deep ocean. But just then Rabbit had an idea.

He called out to her once more time, “whale! You think that I am weak, but in fact, I am stronger than you! You wouldn’t be so quick to ignore me if I beat you at Tug-of-war.” Whale looked at him for a moment before falling into a fir of laughter. “very well little one,” said Whale. “Go, get a rope and we will see who is stronger.

Rabbit ran off to gather up the strongest and thickest vine he could. When he found it, he went to elephant and said to the giant animal, “Elephant, you had no cause to treat me with such discourtesy this afternoon. I shall have to prove to you that we are equals.” Elephant looked down between chews and chuckled. “And how ill you do that, small one?” Rabbit stood up as high as he could, looked elephant right in the eye and said, “ By beating you at a game of Tug-of-war.” Elephant laughed so hard he nearly choked on his leaves, but agreed to humour the tiny animal. He tied the vine around his huge, hefty waist, snickering the whole time.