Once upon a time, there were two very good friends. Akuko, the rooster and Kolokolo the fox. The two were a very odd pair because as everyone knows, foxes eat small animals and birds like the rooster.
One day the rooster noticed something odd about his friend. He realised that every time he got close to Kolokolo, he would move away. He was always careful not to bump into Akuko. It was almost as if he was afraid of the rooster. Akuko found this very strange and was determined to find out why Kolokolo acted so strangely.
The next time the friends were together, Akuko called out, “Kolokolo, I’ve noticed that every time I come near you or try to touch you, you move away. Are you afraid of me?” Kolokolo sighed, “of course, I’m afraid of you. You walk around with fire on your head! Although you are my friend, I don’t want to get burnt by your fire!”
The rooster erupted in laughter; he had never heard such nonsense before. “You think I walk around with fire on my head?!” he laughed. “There is nothing funny about getting burnt by fire?” Kolokolo snapped back, irritated. “My comb is not made of fire you silly Fox. It’s just a bit of skin. It can’t hurt you” the rooster assured his friend.
Kolokolo, still afraid, asked “Are you sure? It really looks like fire to me.” “I promise it can’t hurt you. Here, why don’t you touch it and see.” Kolokolo stretched out his paw cautiously and gave Akuko’s comb a quick tap. To his relief, nothing happened. Akuko was right; it was just a bit of skin!
For a short time, the two friends were closer than ever before, but one day, as they talked, Kolokolo started to feel hungry. Knowing the truth of the Akuko’s comb, that it couldn’t hurt him, Kolokolo pounced on his friend and gobbled him all up.
You see, the foolish rooster had forgotten that Kolokolo was a fox. And as everybody knows, foxes eat small animals and birds like him. With nothing to scare the fox, the rooster soon became dinner for Kolokolo.
From that day on, foxes no longer feared roosters. Instead, they hunt and eat them like they do with other small animals.
The Moral of the Story:
The moral of the story is that we must choose our friends carefully because not everyone who says they are your friends really is.
