Cock-And-Bull Story-2 Poem by SRIRANJI ARATISANKAR

Long ago a cock and a bull lived in a jungle.
What a plot!
Though they were different in all respect
Yet intimacy grown up.
One day Cock said to Bull, "My dear friend,
please find out, what is common between us.
I think something is there, otherwise,
how are we tied on account of friendship? '
Bull answered, "I do consider.
But unfortunately nothing traced out.'
They asked the other animals.
They also failed to find out
any similarity between them.

A fox said, "Once I heard a saying,
‘A bull in a story, climbs up tree.'
So brother bull, you can try to do so,
if you get success that would be
an ideal similarity between you.
Another thing also be proved,
human beings are not lying animals.'

Bull tried, but all in vain.

Cock told, "I carefully noticed almost all
quadrupeds are blockhead.
Think of a man who to make similar with me
made you climb up tree. What a foresight!
Only a biped can find out the analogous identity.'

A frog came jumping and said to Cock mocking,
'Wrong, wrong, absolutely wrong,
All bipeds are by nature
very weak, wicked, wanton, and wrangling animals.
let me say in what way you are similar.
You both feel hunger, eat,
both sleep and wake up; right?
both of You have nose with two nostrils,
both have eyes and watch; right?
both of you have legs…..'
Cock told, "But I have two, while bull has four..'
Frog said, "we are superior than the biped, so..
however both of you have a head each..'
Cock told, "But on head I have a beautiful wattle,
while bull has two horns…
Frog said, 'Wattle? superfluous.
however, both of you have mouth..'
Cock told, "But I have beak, while bull has teeth…
Frog said, "I know you mourn for that, poor fellow,
however both of you possess tail
Cock told, "But my tail looks colourful, gorgeous,
while bull's tail as if a broom.'

Frog finally said, 'Bull's tail fly-driver,
yours only show,
however, both of you think, that you are friend.
That is the ultimate similarity.'
Bull told, 'Right, but why? '

Suddenly a man appeared there.
Watching the man Cock told Bull,
'Friend let us question this biped,
what is the similarity
between us for which
we are tied on account of friendship? '

Listening the question, the man said to them,
'Our king Highly Majestic,
Lord Butcher only can find out
the similarity between you. Let us visit him.'

The king trapped them in a slaughter-house.