“The Foolish Lion And The Clever Rabbit”
This illustration is inspired by one of the stories from The Panchatantra called “The Foolish Lion And The Clever Rabbit”
Once upon a time, in a large forest, there lived many animals in harmony. But one day an evil lion came and started eating a large number of animals in the forest. To prevent the lion’s terror, the animals collectively called a conference one day, and they agreed to send one animal to the lion every day as his food. The lion quickly accepted this proposal after it was conveyed to him.
One day, it was a rabbit’s turn. The rabbit was clever and devised a strategy to get rid the lion. He arrived at the lion somewhat late. “Why are you so late? I’m starving”, the lion roared when he saw the rabbit. The rabbit told him that on his way he was stopped by another lion.
The lion got furious upon learning this. He asked the rabbit to take him where the other lion was. So, as per plan, the rabbit took him to a well/pond and told him to see inside. When the lion saw inside, he saw his own reflection and misjudged it as the other lion. He then jumped inside the well/pond to attach him and got stuck in the deep well, unable to get out. That’s how clever rabbit saved all the forest animals from the evil lion!
Fun Fact: this illustration was inspired by the cover page of Panchatantra book I had when I was young so it was quite nostalgic to draw this ☺️
Once upon a time, in a large forest, there lived many animals in harmony. But one day an evil lion came and started eating a large number of animals in the forest. To prevent the lion’s terror, the animals collectively called a conference one day, and they agreed to send one animal to the lion every day as his food. The lion quickly accepted this proposal after it was conveyed to him.
One day, it was a rabbit’s turn. The rabbit was clever and devised a strategy to get rid the lion. He arrived at the lion somewhat late. “Why are you so late? I’m starving”, the lion roared when he saw the rabbit. The rabbit told him that on his way he was stopped by another lion.
The lion got furious upon learning this. He asked the rabbit to take him where the other lion was. So, as per plan, the rabbit took him to a well/pond and told him to see inside. When the lion saw inside, he saw his own reflection and misjudged it as the other lion. He then jumped inside the well/pond to attach him and got stuck in the deep well, unable to get out. That’s how clever rabbit saved all the forest animals from the evil lion!
Fun Fact: this illustration was inspired by the cover page of Panchatantra book I had when I was young so it was quite nostalgic to draw this ☺️
