Early one morning, a huge block of ice appeared in the middle of the jungle. It was as tall as a tree and as huge as an elephant. It was extremely cold. All the animals thought that it had some treasure inside it. A huge hullaballoo was created. The king of the jungle, the lion, announced that whoever could get the treasure out from this huge object would succeed him as the next king. As soon as the king announced this, a race began among the animals. All of them wanted to try their luck. All the animals tried to break the block forcefully. But they could only chip out pieces from it. They soon noticed that the size of the ice block was reducing. A rabbit picked some pieces of the ice up. They had broken off the block. They melted soon in his hand and turned into water. The rabbit then told the animals that it was not any treasure, but just a huge block of ice. Laughing aloud, the rabbit said, “Before leaping blindly at the problem, we should have taken some time to observe it!”
Ice in the Jungle
