'effective method of protection' refers to?in the gentlemen of the jungle
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The Gentlemen of the Jungle
By Jomo Kenyatta
Once upon a time an elephant made a 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 him: 'My dear good man,
will you please let me put my trunk inside your hut to keep it out of this torrential rain?' The man, seeing what
situation his friend was in, replied: 'My dear good elephant, my hut is very small, but there is room for your
trunk and myself. Please put your trunk in gently.' The elephant thanked his friend, saying: 'You have done me
a good deed and one day I shall return your kindness.' But what followed? As soon as the elephant put his
trunk inside the hut, slowly he pushed his head inside, and finally flung the man out in the rain, and then lay
down comfortably inside his friend's hut, saying: 'My dear good friend, your skin is harder than mine, and as
there is not enough room for both of us, you can afford to remain in the rain while I am protecting my delicate
skin from the hailstorm.'
The man, seeing what his friend had done to him, started to grumble; the animals in the nearby forest heard
the noise and came to see what was the matter. All stood around listening to the heated argument between the
man and his friend the elephant. In this turmoil the lion came along roaring, and said in a loud voice: 'Don't
you all know that I am the King of the Jungle! How dare any one disturb the peace of my kingdom?' On
hearing this the elephant, who was one of the high ministers in the jungle kingdom, replied in a soothing voice,
and said: 'My lord, there is no disturbance of the peace in your kingdom. I have only been having a little
discussion with my friend here as to the possession of this little hut which your lordship sees me occupying.'
The lion, who wanted to have 'peace and tranquility' in his kingdom, replied in a noble voice, saying: 'I
command my ministers to appoint a Commission of Enquiry to go thoroughly into this matter and report
accordingly.' He then turned to the man and said: 'You have done well by establishing friendship with my
people, especially with the elephant, who is one of my honourable ministers of state. Do not grumble any more,
your hut is not lost to you. Wait until the sitting of my Imperial Commission, and there you will be given plenty
of opportunity to state your case. I am sure that you will be pleased with the findings of the Commission.' The
man was very pleased by these sweet words from the King of the Jungle, and innocently waited for his
opportunity, in the belief that naturally the hut would be returned to him