An original rhythmic text to the classic Panchatantra story from the first book “Loss of Friends”, written by our student Aashna Suvarna.

Aashna is 13 years old young writer from Mumbai. She loves music, reading and writing. We are proud to have her as a student of the Little Writers Program, an Online Creative Writing Program using Applied Storytelling & Theatre tools under the mentorship of Trainer Khusshbo Chokhaani. We congratulate Aashna for this exemplary true self-expression.

Jackal & Goat-Panchatantra Rhythmic Text

No matter how hard you try,

You cannot tell this story goodbye,

Let’s start this story,

With the same old inventory.

Once upon a time,

Always carry a bottle of thyme,

Lived a rather wise sage,

With a face covered in lines of age.

He looks exactly like you imagine,

With a presence so illumine,

He was the sublime of a preacher,

With an extremely calming feature.

One day, he walked by the forest,

And found during his rest,

A fight so sorest,

Contrasting the tranquil forest.

Two golden rams fighting,

With anger and ramming,

On something too silly,

Like who would eat Mr. Farmer’s lilies?

Despite being wounded,

They did not care and were blinded,

To all blood oozing,

And to their heads that were bruising,

Then entered the scene,

Strutting in between,

And making the rocks crackle,

Came a ravenously hungry jackal.

Sharp creatures they are,

Stories about them are rather bizarre,

At the sight of all the blood,

Despite all the scud.

He started to lick,

Everything really quick,

But he forgot to read,

The consequences of his greed.

Watching all this tomfoolery,

The sage noticed and said, “Oh! Dearie,

This gluttonous jackal is going to die,

And then we have to say goodbye”.

Just as the sage dread,

And as the jackal continued to tread,

The goats rammed into him by mistake,

Making dear jackal’s head-ache.

Beating him into a pulp,

And they themselves were appalled,

That they stopped their fight,

And thanks to this jackal everything’s all right.

Now I hope that you now know,

To say no,

To this thing called greed,

Because it can make you bleed.

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