Lion, Squirrel & the Gum Problem

There was an animal kingdom similar to what we all have been reading in stories from our childhood.

And obviously there has to be king in a kingdom named "Brian". He was very strong, mighty and good at killing. He used to hear everyone, but never listened to anyone except his wife "Rachel". She was especially proud of her husband and used to boast too much about his strength.

One day she announced a competition in the whole kingdom that his husband - The King - "Brian" is the strongest of all and if anyone beats him in any aspect, he will become one of the nobles of the kingdom. Only a few were part of the elite group of nobles - A Turtle, A Cheetah and A Monkey.

It started with a race and the Lion was winner.

And there were many other competition, none could beat the lion. Now it was about to be dusk, then suddenly a small squirrel was just passing by. Who came to lioness notice.

Squirrel being completely ignorant of the competition was not well received by lioness. Lioness asked squirrel why don't you hail your king. All Hail the King. He is the mightiest of all. Squirrel didn't seem to agree. Lioness asked the squirrel, "Why you are hoarding these nuts". Squirrel responded, "These are one of the most precious things for me, hard enough that even the mightiest will have tough time breaking it."

Lioness tells, "My husband is the mightiest of all, and its an easy one for him. What a small squirrel could do may not be worth attention of his. Anyways since you are the last one coming near the den, I won't deny the opportunity to kingdom, to see the might of their one & only King".

Brian the king was just standing beside and tries to break one of the nuts. But he fails, he tried multiple times, he fails. To his shock. Then squirrel says, "Your highness, you both have been kind. But your teeth are not stronger than mine. This is not a good sign . I want you both to stay and king & queen for long. For now you can break this nut from hammer and start brushing your teeth regularly from Colgate to all this gum problem. To read more about refer My Healthy Speak Blog"

King just ignored this warning signs and killed squirrel thinking if the word flew about his teeth getting weaker  his subjects will laugh at him. Instead of taking this warning sign seriously, he just rubbed it off.

Days passed by and his teeth started deterioration.

And soon he was challenged for his kingdom, which he lost to another lion with stronger claws & teeth.

He lost all - pride, kingdom, subjects and even the queen. He was caged and was part of Zoo - alone in an enclosure with people having fun on his lost pride.

Moral of the story :- NEITHER IGNORE NOR DENY WARNING SIGNS. TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT IT & FACE THE CHALLENGE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.