THE BEAR AND THE FISH:


The bear considered himself the King of the Mountains,
He lorded over everything, including a fish,
The bear fancied and admired this fish,
When a goat came and took away the fish,
The bear became very jealous and upset.

The bear considered himself the King of the Mountains,
He was childish and cruel to this fish and the goat,
He would watch the fish and every single action the fish did,
The bear would question and point out every mistake the fish did,
The Lord of the Mountains did not regard the fish's feelings.

Eventually, the bear accepted that he lost the fish to a goat,
He moved to a new mountain and found a drake to admire,
But to his surprise, there was a tiger lurking in the shadows,
This tiger would become very jealous and upset,
The tiger considered himself the true King of the Mountains,
He was childish and cruel to this bear and the drake,
Questioning the bear's actions and spreading false slander.

It was only after encountering this tiger,
That the bear truly understood what the fish went through,
The bear finally felt regret and remorse for his actions,
After the goat had come along,
Inside this tiger was the bear himself mirrored,
The bear was to the fish as the tiger was to him.

With this new realization and lesson of life,
The bear returned to the old mountain and knocked,
On the fish's pond, hoping to be able to apologize to her,
For being an unruly bear to her,
The bear will not seek to harm this fish anymore,
And leave her with the goat in peace,
Because he refuses to continue to be the same as this tiger.

-D.L.

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Sarapin, in the year 420 AF.