Four Friends and the Lion (Panchatantra Stories In English)

Four Friends and the Lion – Panchatantra Stories In English

Four Friends and the Lion: Long years back there was a village named, Bilaspur where lived four friends. They had a strong friendship with each other from their childhood days. They belonged to different families but lived in the same locality.

So, their friendship became more strong day by day. So they spent a long time of the day with each other. Gradually they became close, they always share their emotions and knowledge with others.

Each boy was Brahmin, and they were taught Spiritual knowledge by their spiritual teacher, but the group of four friends was divided into two groups. The first group is composed of three friends and in the other group, only one person belongs.

The two group was created due to the difference in opinion. Three of them learned Sciences, Physics, and, Geography, etc. But they did not have some common sense, the fourth one whose name was Subuddhi was quite lazy and did not like to read a lot of things.

But, Who was very intelligent and had very practical knowledge. He had common sense towards life, while the three had a lack of common sense. Three of them always discussed their study and what happened around the world. But the fourth one did not like their discussion.

Because he knows they did not use it in their daily life, only read the thing which are written in books and gain knowledge but could not apply the knowledge in their daily life. So, he feels bored.
The three friends were aware of the thought of their fourth friend.

So they wanted to prove their knowledge to him. So one day they discussed among them that in this village they did not get enough chance to utilize their knowledge. It was necessary to leave, their village for some time and go into another city or town to fulfill their knowledge and to it.

Then, they decided to travel to a city where they will get more benefits. But the first friend from the tree told that he did not want that the Buddhi present with them during the time of traveling to another City.

According to him, he always disturbs them as he has not any knowledge about science and the earth and the geography. So, he always criticizes them that they had no common sense. I don’t want any disturbance to prove their knowledge.

To listen to his opinion, the second friend told that if they did not want to take their fourth friend with them, then how they will prove their ability to him. The other two also agree with his opinion and the third friend told that as he is their friend from childhood.

If they did not want to take him with them, then it will be very bad. So they took their final decision that the Subuddhi will also travel with them. Then the day approaches their fourth friend this proposal, and he agreed with them, and he became quite happy and felt interesting to go with them.

On the next day, they started their journey from their village to another city. It was a long distance. When they started traveling to the other city, then there was a forest in between the city and village.

It was a very deep forest, so it is natural that different types of furious animals will live there. They discussed that they should be passed the Jungle very carefully. When they were passing the forest, suddenly a friend observed a skeleton of an animal under a big tree.

One of them told it must be the skeleton of a lion, then another friend told it, maybe. The third one said that it is the right time to prove their skill to Subuddhi.

The three friends had a spiritual ability, and they were able to do Supernatural things. So, the first friend told that it is the right time to show the knowledge and skill that they acquired from their education and express those skills in front of Subuddhi and prove their acquired knowledge are not in ruin.

Then the first one told that he will use his skill to do all the bones together of The Skeleton of that and everybody agreed with his proposal. So, the first one started to chant a mantra then.

After some time of chanting mantra, the result came that the bones of the skeleton were organized together and took a form of a skeleton of a lion. To see his skill, the other friends became amazed and happy too.

When the first friend did his job successfully, then the second friend told now it was his turn. He also told that now he will chat mantra and by the power of the mantra the flesh and the blood will fill The skeleton.

So, the second friend started chanting his secret mantra and quickly the skeleton become filled with flesh and blood, then he replied that it was time to come to some new skin over the flesh.

Then he again started the chanting mantra and then a complete structure of a Lion came out, only the lion was lifeless. To see the lion in that position, the three friends became very excited, but the fourth friend become worried.

He thought in his mind that if his third of him chanted the mantra and the life of the lion come, then he will kill them. Thus, the fourth friend, Subuddhi, became nervous. Then the third friend became excited, and he told him that it was his turn and he will also do his job excellently.

But when he is about to start his job the Subuddhi shouted, and he advised that not to bring the life of Lion as it will be harmful to them. When the lion will get his life back, then he will kill them and eat their flesh as delicious food.

Then the third friend become angry. And told that that’s why their first friend don’t want to come him with them as he knows that he is very disturbed and disturbing in their business. But he protests them and told that he is their friend from their childhood days.

So, it would be unfair, but what you are doing now is montage to show my skills that the behavior is very inappropriate.

The Subuddhi always try to understand his friends that if the lion gets his life back that they will kill them, but their friends do not understand his advice as they have no common sense. So to get no other way the Subuddhi told them that he can do his job but before doing their job he wants to climb up on the tree.

His three friends agreed with his proposal and the Subuddhi started to climb up on a big tree as soon as possible. His other three friends thought that he is so foolish and laughed at him. Then the third friend started his chanting and soon the lion get his life.

As soon as he got his life he chased his three friends then they started to run out but could not able to protect their life from the lion. Then the lion killed them. Thus, Subuddhi feel very sorry for his friends, but he was helpless he waited for that moment when the lion left that place completely, and then he went to his village safely.

So, the story of ‘Four Friends and the Lion’ ends here. Let’s know the moral of this story. What do we learn from “The Panchatantra story of Four Friends and the Lion”?