Which animal did not offer himself for the leadership race in the poem"the leader and the led
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Answer:
THE LEADER AND THE LED
The Lion stakes his claim
To the leadership of the pack
But the Antelopes remember
The ferocious pounce of his paws
The hyena says the crown is made for him
But the Impalas shudder at his lethal appetite
The Giraffe craves a place in the front
But his eyes are too far from the ground
When the Zebra says it’s his right to lead
The pack points to the duplicity of his stripes
The Elephant trudges into the power tussle
But its colleagues dread his trampling feet
The warthog is too ugly
The rhino too riotous
And the pack thrashes around
Like a snake without a head
“Our need calls for a hybrid of habits”,
Proclaims the Forest Sage,
“A little bit of a Lion
A little bit of a Lamb
Tough like a tiger, compassionate like a doe
Transparent like a river, mysterious like a lake
A leader who knows how to follow
Followers mindful of their right to lead”
This is your poem
Explanation:
The author uses an example of the forest and the animals in it to give a clear meaning of the leader and the led.
He identifies the power of each animal and the position it takes in the jungle. Most of his examples are those of animals that lead and the ones that are concurred.
He gives us the weakness of each animal despite its strengths.
For instance he talks about the lion which is king of the jungle and the antelope which falls prey to the lion.
He concludes by saying that a true leader should have a mixture of the qualities possessed by the