It is said that once in the dense forests of Asia, the most unique and strange war in the world took place. In fact, in the forests of the world, the strongest is the king. Since the lion is the most powerful animal, the king of the forest has always been the lion. But not all forests are the same, nor is the whole world the same, nor are all lions the same. The tragedy of this forest was that the lions were targeted by the buffaloes. Whichever lion became the king, the buffaloes would unite against him and use their horns as weapons, either scaring or making goats, sheep, and goats their allies. The buffaloes became so strong with their unity and discipline that there was complete disagreement among the lions and they started fighting among themselves. The hatred for each other increased so much that there was no room for unity, common strategy, or resistance between the lions. The lions were confined to their dens, and the buffaloes ruled the forest. Some lions were hanged, some were accused, and some were punished. The strength and unity of the buffaloes were exemplary. The lions stopped roaring and now became the companions of the buffaloes. Some were oppressed lions and some lions became subordinate partners in power, but the real power belonged to the buffaloes. No lion or goat could stand before them.

One day, the buffaloes decided in a secret meeting that even though the lions’ tusks had fallen out, they could become a threat again any day. There, a shepherd suggested that why not add a goat to the lions by giving it the color of a lion. All the wise buffaloes liked this suggestion very much. Then this goat was trained like a lion. Goats and sheep were mixed with it. The young lions were disgraced by this goat. Blind jackals were judges. They also kept attacking the lions with the buffaloes. They already knew that the buffaloes would win. Well, the buffaloes’ plan was successful. The lions kept falling one by one. Some were injured, some joined together out of fear, some retreated out of fear. Finally, this goat, dressed as a lion, was left alone in the forest. His “me me” became a topic of discussion everywhere. The beloved goat was placed on the royal throne with great love and affection, but the real power behind it was the buffaloes. The goat and the buffalo started playing the Chinese flute together. The lions had disappeared, the jackals had joined the judge, and the sheep and goats were mesmerized by the conversation and were singing the goat’s songs. In such a situation, concern began to arise in the buffalo group. They felt that despite full support, the goats were not managing the forest, the fodder and greenery were rapidly disappearing, instead of friendship with the nearby forests, difficulties were increasing. The kings of the Gulf forests also started to have complaints. Now the buffaloes needed the lions. The lions were thin and weak, but their eyes shone and they rode on the buffalo’s chariot and threw the goat out of the kingdom.

Now the direct war between the buffalo and the goat has begun. The goat does not know the strategy like the lions. The lions used to wait for a good time and attack the buffalo only when they had left it alone. The goat could never figure out this strategy. It was proud of its powerful horns. It thought that the herds of sheep and goats that were with it would put the buffalo in trouble. So it started gathering them in the forest through the sheep and goats. Just as the saying goes, if you wave a red cloth in front of the buffalo, it goes mad with anger. The goat also started waving a red cloth in front of the buffalo with its “me me”. The goat thought that the buffalo would be mad, would make mistakes and would be weak, but the buffalo has learned a lot from its own rule. It knows that the snake is deaf and does not hear the sound of the horn. It dances with the movement of the horn and the art of the snake. Similarly, he has also come to know that the buffalo is color blind and does not care about red or any other color. Even if a black cloth is waved, it will still get angry. The last scene of this story is very worrying. When the goat kept getting defeated again and again, neither the sheep and goats’ unity nor the “me me” did anything, nor did the jackal say “judge”, nor did he get any help from the western or Gulf forests, he decided to play his last card. Since the unity was defeated in the center of the forest, the sheep and goats were forced to flee along with their queen, the goat came to a conclusion that now the buffalo has to be provoked and made so angry that it ends the civil government of the animals and implements its own system so that the foreign forests will be given the message that there is an oppressive system of oppression and cruelty in this forest of Asia, here it is not the government of the animals but the government of a certain powerful and armed group. Obviously, if the buffalo really makes this mistake, all the other forests will unite against the rulers of this forest, and then external interference will begin in this forest.

This story is very old. I got to read it in a very old and broken book. The last page of the book was torn, so I could not know the ending of this story. But I guess that such battles never end well.

Note: In allegorical and metaphorical stories, the goat means resistance, while the donkey means luck and hard work. If you Google the symbolic meanings of these animals, the confusion can be cleared up. This humble person is both a goat and a donkey. And he is also very afraid of buffaloes..