A piece of Power

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Medvedev Dmitriy: http://www.proza.ru/2013/04/30/907


One day, only god knows how, the fox got itself a piece of Power. It ran around and bragged that the Power belongs only to the sneakiest. The wolf heard it and said that the Power should be given only to a true leader, chosen by the pack, and took the sweet piece from the fox. But the top wolf didn’t rejoice for long. Up came the bear, scattered the wolves, took the Power and said that it belongs with the strongest. But before he finished that phrase, down came the owl and stole the prize from the bears’ paws. The avian sat on the highest tree and stated that getting Power isn’t enough, one needs to be able to hold onto it, thus the Power belongs by right to those who are the wisest and stay out of reach.

The animals broke into a heated discussion and didn’t see the hunter coming. He killed the fox, the wolf, the bear, and even the owl didn’t make it, dropping the Power to the ground. The hunter took his spoils, kicked the unneeded Power aside and left. The piece rolled to the rabbits’ hole. The rabbit wasn’t sneaky, wasn’t made from leading material, wasn’t strong nor was he hard to reach. But he still took the piece of Power to himself, because at the end, it belongs to those who are the luckiest.