THE POWER OF THE SMALL

This story was told in our morning service yesterday, and I feel like re-telling the same story.

Once upon a time, there lived a huge elephant in a jungle.

He was arrogant and always underestimated animals smaller than him.

In the same jungle, there lived a family of ants.

Every morning, they would go in search of food and on their way back, they would always see the elephant troubling other animals.

But they minded their business.

One day, when the ant family was coming back, from collecting their food, the elephant sprayed a trunk full of water on them.

“You shouldn’t hurt others like this” cried one of the ants.

“Shut up you, tiny ant ! Keep quiet or I will crush you to death” said the elephant angrily.

The poor ant kept quiet and went on its way. But she decided to teach the proud elephant a lesson.

Next day, when the elephant was sleeping, the tiny ant slowly crept into the elephant's trunk and started biting him.

The elephant woke up and tried everything to get the ant out his trunk but could not.

Such a big animal but he could not do anything to get the tiny ant out.

The elephant started crying and begging the ant that he was sorry.

“I hope now you understand how others feel when you hurt them” said the ant.

“Yes, I do. Yes, I do” cried the elephant and pleaded the ant to come out.

The ant took pity on the elephant and came out of his trunk.

From that day onward, the elephant never troubled any animals.

The moral of the story is that you should never despise or hurt others because you are bigger than them in might.

The needle could be small in size, but it’s not to be swallowed by the hen ... who want peace and prolonged life.