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‘ 4, , The Gentlemen of the Jungle, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Jomo Kenyatta, , , , Written by an African author, Jomo Ken: ‘, Gentlemen of the Jungle’, is in the form pais ty é REE, narrative which carries a moral meaning. This story is about, the law of self-preservation and the danger of friendship between unequals. It is also the story of the imperial domination, of the white races who entered the countries they colonized as, friends and took it upon themselves to protect those who were, less powerful than them, people who were less adequately endowed with ‘teeth and claws’ thus taking away their freedom., The human man is treated unfairly by the animals of the jungle,, who throw him out of the successive huts he builds, and who, cheat him of his rights by their arguments about proper use of, space. Finally, the man realizes that he can get out of their, clutches only by trapping them through his intelligence and by, dividing them by creating rivalries between them, through, rival claims. The moral of the story is if you wish to protect, your interests, you have to tap your own resources. You can, draw on other morals as well such as ‘Divide and rule’, or ‘Brains, , are stronger than brawn.’, , , , Once upon a time an elephant made friendship with a man., , One day, a heavy thunderstorm broke out, the elephant went to, , his friend, who had a little hut at the edge of the forest, and said, to ‘My dear good man, will you please let me put my trunk, ur hut to keep it out of this torrential rain? The man,, ‘situation his friend was.in, replied: ‘My dear eet, y. very small, but there is room for your trun, : se put your trunk in gently. The elephant, have done me a good deed and, , i
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+ gq" The Many Worlds ai hat foll, a turn your kindness. Pe : Fe ist ee ea 4, , one day I shall re uit his trunk inside > Slowly | act as Secretary to the C, soon as the os panned and finally eT Out in tk the man protested and a, pushed his head inside, a rtably inside is friend’s hu in this Commission am, rain, and then lay Ee aicnd your skin is harder than min, that it was impossible, sit, saying: ‘My dear good frien® poth of us, you can affo, educated to understand, , ; h room on 5 a r ., and as there is not me ile | am protecting My delicate Bie there was nothing to fe, to remain in the rain whl “ty were all men of repute, from the hailstorm., , seein, a, , , Se te eas in the nearby es ead and be rest assured that th, ae to see what was the matter. All stoo ae €Ning ty atest care and repc, , the heated argument between the man ane hit pend the el. ~The Commission, , ephant. In this turmoil the lion came along roaring, and Said in Elephant was first c, , a loud voice: ‘Don't you all know that I am the King of the prushing his tusks w, , isturb the peace of my Kingdom? vided, and in an av, , Jungle! How dare anyone d, On hearing this the elephant, who was one of the high ministers Jungle, there is no t, . in the jungle kingdom, replied in a soothing voice, and saiq. relating a story a, , ‘My Lord, there is no disturbance of the peace in your kingdom, regarded it as my ¢, I have only been having a little discussion with my friend here and this appears to, as to the possession of this little hut which your lordship sees myself and my frie, me occupying.’ The lion, who wanted to have ‘peace and tran. being blown away b, quillity’ in his kingdom, replied in a noble voice, saying: ‘I com. owing t© the unoce, mand my ministers to appoint a Commission of Enquiry to go $3" in my friend’, thoroughly into this matter and report accordingly,’ He i to amore econom, , , , ° im, s were gentlemen c, what his friend had done to him, starteg to ie we ea, , gre, , par: to the man and said: “You have done well by establishin of you would und, = me with my people, especially with the elephant, who : similar circumsta, of my honourable ministers of state. Do not grumble any After hearing |, , more, your hut is not lost to ; issi, i : ‘ou. Wai i crn ’ the Commission, Imperial Commission, and nae t until the sitting of my Ghetaliaiprart, , portunity to state your case. | youwill be given plenty of op- the man, who b, , with the findings of the Comtnission * tre ooo Wil be pleased issio, these eet eS tp the Commissio, "ans, , sion.’, of iin man was very pleased by confine yoursel, t nate ah es dinnocently waited circumstances, mally the hut would be te- to tell us is W, occupied by at, tion?’ The ma, Commission, , from both
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ay Rat SF, , d? :, As act as Secretary to the Commission. On seeing the personnel, —, ed and asked if it was not necessary to include, , 1, a the man proteste!, , . © in this Commission a member from his side. But he was told, bin Gy that it was impossible, since no one from his side was well enough, fo ©, educated to understand the intricacy of jungle law. Further, that, , Td there was nothing to fear, for the members of the Commission, Skin were all men of repute for their impartiality in justice, and as, , they were gentlemen chosen by God to look after the interests, , dto of races less adequately endowed with teeth and claws, he might, and pe rest assured that they would investigate the matter with the, Sto greatest care and report impartially., el. The Commission sat to take the, 1 in Elephant was first called. He came alo, the prushing his tusks with a sapling which, n?’ yided, and in an authoritative voice sai, ers Jungle, there is no need for me to waste, id: relating a story which I am sure you all know. I, ed it as my duty to protect the interests 0, , ©, \ te CVn, y Ch ape, eo 4), The Gentlemen of the AG f, , evidence. The Rt Hon. Mr, ng with a superior ait,, Mrs Elephant had prod: ‘Gentlemen of the, your valuable time in, have always, f my friends,, , m., , Te and this appears to have caused the misunderstanding between, es myself and my friends here. He invited me to save his hut from, n- being blown away bya hurricane. As the hurricane had gained access, n- owing to the unoccupied space in the hut, I considered it necesx sary, inmy friena’s own interests, to turn the undeveloped space, a to amore economic use by sitting in it myself; a duty which any, g of you would undoubtedly have performed with equal readiness in, iE similar circumstances.’, , After hearing the Rt Hon. Mr Elephant’s conclusive evidence,, the Commission called Mr Hyena and other elders of the jungle,, who all supported what Mr Elephant had said. They then called, , his own account of the dispute. But, , the man, who began to give, the Commission cut him short,, confine yourself to relevant issues., , saying: ‘My good man, please, We have already heard the, , ances from various unbiased sources; all we wish you, , us is whether the undeveloped space in your hut was, ' Mr Elephant assumed his posibegan to say: ‘No, but—’ But at this point the, d that they had heard sufficient evidence, tired to consider their decision. After ene of the Rt Hon., , — - ~~
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ag The Many Wide of er”, ched their verdict, calleq th, , nt, they real i, is rstanding due to the backwarq, is costly, but it’s wor, , a table mis, , through Tar onsidet that Mr Elephant has fulfilled hi ae fer, , We ts, As it is clearly for vou afte, ir, , Joey of protecting Your ao, that the space should be put to its most cconomic use, ; By, ot reached the stage of expansio,, 4: 4, Glossa, w y ry, Nie tranquillity—p, , yourself have n ‘ ', fill it, we consider it necessary to a,, , rs, , ang personnel—the, , would enable you to, compromise to suit both parties. Mr Elephant shall co,", his occupation of your hut, but we give you permission tin ing, together, for a site where you can build another hut more suited 0 log endowed—gift, needs, and we will see that you are well protected.’ £0 Yoy ee, The man, having no alternative, and fearing that hi i —, might expose him to the teeth and claws of me bilan Tefus, compromiseCommission, did as they suggested. But no sooner ve OF thy embroiled—, he bu argument ¢, , another hut than Mr Rhinoceros charged in with his horn |, N low, , ered and ordered th i, e man to quit. A Royal Commission wy, 1 Usage of ph, , Broke out: to, , , , , , , , again appointed to look into the matter, and, d e ; the sam ‘, was Bi tye and th he oe ais Mr i, air 7, Leop 4 Bshwe 1, Mi roke oul, new huts. Then the man decided eae ae gma fig —, seem d of protection, since Commissions of 1 ee —_ eae, to be of any use to him. He sat down : oe poe bond, dapape moter, which literally means and said, ‘Ng‘enda th break down, on the earth that cann See pothing th ck fh, fool -annot be trapped, ’ or i ghee Brook fete, people for a time, b 2 Ot ether words fret, , but not for ever. Tee —, Early one morning, whe : Break off:, jungle lords were all begi n the huts alread i pl, went out and built beginning to d Y occupied by the spoke, eptout and bulta bigger and better hat alittle dite sev —, only Mr Rhinoce T hut a little distance awa ena, 7h find that Mr Tos seen it than h oo. aoe, ape already © came rushing in, is use, window, Me ot sound asleep. inves, on, Mr Fox and Mr break, Break uy, , while Mr, ume howled for a place, of.
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‘the The Gentlemen of the Jungle 27, , has - ' ;, ardnes, : js costly, but it's worth the expense,’ and lived happily ever, his F after., , n & _ Glossary, Whig. ; tranquillity—peace, calm, , rsonnel—the people employed by an organization or working together in a company., , loos endowed—gifted with, to possess an ability or skill, , investigate—to find out more details or gain more information., intricacy—complexity, intricate: something difficult to under, stand., Tefusa) compromise—adjustment, to give up on some demands, of the embroiled—engaged in, caught up in, to be caught up in an, , argument or a quarrel., , IL Usage of phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases:, Broke out: to appear or happen suddenly. The storm broke out., A fire broke out in the neighbourhood. The plague epidemic, » Mr broke out among the pilgrims., with But if you change the preposition or the adverb the meaning, Ctive changes. Read the following carefully:, not break away is to free oneself from control;, 2 thi break down or broke down to collapse, to stop functioning, to cry., Machines break down., -ads Break forth: burst into a song, can Break in: to tame or train a person or an animal., , Break off: stop suddenly or separate, break off a relationship, the Break open: to do something by force, break open a door, a box,, he a lock., , Break through: to break through a wall or some other obstruc<q tion but breakthrough can be used as one word. In that case it, , is used as a noun, and it would be an important discovery,, investigation or invention. ‘The new medicine is a major, rough in the treatment of cancer.’, Break up: to disperse, to separate. ‘The party broke up rather, late in the evening.’
