The Loyal Camel (Panchatantra Stories In English)

The Loyal Camel – Panchatantra Stories In English

The Loyal Camel (Panchatantra Stories In English): Once upon a time, there was a town. The name of that town was Bharatpur, where lived a rich businessman named, Shyamlal. He had a business of transporting goods. He was very clever and only thought about his profit.

As he had the business of goods transporting so he thought that if he carried out those goods into any vehicle then it will charge high. As he had to pay the expenditure of fuel. So he became tensed and thought about another plan as he can save his money.

Suddenly he thought of a plan and the next day he bought a lot of camels.The Camels carried the goods of that businessmen every day. The businessmen export and import their goods from this town to another and from other towns to his home town.

The camels had carried the goods from morning to evening and in return for carrying goods, they got some food two times.

The days goes on smoothly but suddenly they had to transport the goods to a town which was a long distance from Bharatpur.

Naturally, it became late to return home and in the meantime, the darkness of night had already come down. In the middle of returning home, they had to cross a Jungle that was very deep and evergreen. The camels didn’t look properly in the darkness of that jungle.

Suddenly one of the camels fall due to the presence of a hole in the forest and that camel became
injured.

When the camel became injured then the businessman thought the camel was not able to do his job properly. So it will be better to let him in that forest. On the other side, the businessman wanted to treat the camel with the help of a veterinary doctor then it will consume a lot of money.

So, he decided that he left the camel in that forest. After some time when the camel feel much better then he realized that nobody was with him. The camel became scared.

In that jungle there lived different kinds of animals. The Jungle was ruled by a lion. The lion protected all animals who lived in his Kingdom. The lion had three friends who also assist the lion. There were a crow, a jackal, and leopards.

They made a group and always lived with each other. They were very clever and always wanted to benefit from other animals in the jungle. One day when they were visiting the jungle together, they suddenly meet with that injured camel.

They asked the camel what happen. The camel told everything and explain that very well.

After listening to everything the lion told that it was very bad what his owner had already done to him. The lion pretended in such a way that everyone thought that he was very sorry for the situation of that camel.

They all became surprised also to see the camel as the camel does not live in the forest generally. They lived with humans. Then the jackal told that he may come with them and he was always safe in the kingdom of our king.

Listening to the kind words the camel became very happy and he feel that he is in a safe zone. Then the king of the forest the lion gave the camel an asylum so he can live freely. To see that good behavior the camel thought that the lion was a very kind-hearted person so he became very happy that he got four friends.

After some days the camel got well. On the other side one day the lion was passing down the path. In that forest suddenly he noticed an elephant. The elephant was mentally ill and he suddenly attacked the lion. The lion tried to protect himself from the elephant but he couldn’t.

A battle was held between the elephant and the lion. In that battle, the lion lost the war and became wounded. After getting seriously injured by the elephant the lion become too weak and he couldn’t hunt his prey and consume that as his food.

The lion was unable to move so it was impossible to collect the prey.

On the other side, his three assistants were also dependent on the lion. After seeing the lion his three assistants feel helpless on the other side the lion was helpless to see the situation of his assistant.

So his assistants go to the lion’s den and told him how they will collect the prayer for them and him also. Then the lion ordered his assistants that go to three different sides and hunt prey.

According to the order of their King the crow, the jackal, and the leopard started their journey from the den of the lion to different sides but they became fail as they did not get animals for hunting so they returned to their king and explained all things and feel sorry for him.

Then Jackal made a plan as he was very clever. So he told his other assistants of the lion that they have a prayer and that pray was the camel. If we can kill the camel then we can consume food for more than two to three days. So they decided that they will tell the plan to his king.

The lion listen to their plan they did not agree with his plan because the lion did not want to kill the animals who already belonged under his kingdom. After all, he has to protect themselves and provide them security.

When the jackal gave assurance to the lion that he will not bring the camel forcefully. The camel will come in his own choice and will want to serve himself as food for the lion. He also told that nobody will blame you if you kill that animal that was already in your protection.

Then the lion was agreed with his proposal as there was no other way to overcome a single day without eating a portion of food.

Then the three assistants of the lion went to the asylum of the camel and told their thought and showed their concern of them towards their king.

Then his three assistants discuss among them that the best way to save their king was to serve themselves as the food of the lion. The camel thought that it was right and all three assistants wanted to provide themselves as food for their king as it was also his duty to serve himself as food for the lion.

So, they started their journey towards the den of the lion and at first, the crow started that want to provide himself as a meal for their king. After listening to his word the jackal replied that he was too small he was not enough to fill the one small portion of the tummy of the lion.

So it will be better to consume him as food for his king. Then the leopard told that he was smaller than him so he was not enough also to fulfill the tummy of their King. So he wanted to serve himself as a meal to the lion. The lion listen to their words but did not give any reply.

Then the camel thought as the lion did not give any reply then he must not want to kill themselves. So the camel also thought that he must ensure as his protector can consume some food.

So the camel told to the lion that he can kill him. As soon as the camel gave that proposal to the lion then the lion instantly agreed with his proposal.

The lion agreed to consume the camel as his meal. To listen to these kinds of heartless words the camel become very scared and he started to run to escape from that trap but he couldn’t.
The lion, the leopard, and the jackal attacked them from three different sides.

So it became impossible for the camel to save himself. The lion killed the camel and enjoyed the delicious meal together.

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