If you love animals then you will love the animals in;

AN EMPEROR FOR THE ANIMALS 

 Published by Create Space

Author: Prince W Bradford

Available :http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Prince-W.-Bradford/e/B00GM5OKR6

  

(An excerpt from "An emperor for the animals"

      Ingor the Tiger, Wyzel the wolf, Shyster the fox and Jerquee the coyote were the principal animals that were gathered for the meeting. Ingor the Tiger indicated that there were three issues that needed to be discussed if there were any chance to move forward with any further planning for future events.

1.       Can the flies, ticks, lice and fleas be trusted not to reveal their secret plans to the birds and animals

2.      Can The Light Bearer be trusted

3.      Can man really be defeated

Ingor Tiger thought that because he bore the title of king of the jungle and that because of the secret pact that he had made with The Light Bearer and he wanted the other three animals to know who was in charge of the meeting so he gave a command.

    “Fly, tick, lice and flea we are commanding you to come and present yourself before us so that we can have a frank discussion,” Ingor the tiger roared in his most commanding voice.

       There appeared to be no perceptive change or movement but after a time fly, tick, lice and flea all came together to form a small enough group for the animals to see. Tick remained hidden safely stuck to their skins to ensure the security of the flies, lice and fleas.

     “The plans that the birds made in a secret meeting came back to our ears and that is not good,” Ingor the tiger roared accusingly.

    “You took the advice of fox and wreaked revenge on many innocent flies, ticks, lice and fleas; I can imagine how you great big animals must have felt good exterminating small innocent insects. When we come together as a group one of Ingor the tiger’s paws could crush us all,” the spokesperson for the fleas declared. “This was not just and fair to us because we had done you no injustice.” The flea looked at the four animals with contempt as he spoke.

 “They are not all present because I can feel something crawling in my fur and right now some are feeding,” Shyster the fox exclaimed with a bark.

 “That coming from you Shyster is an understatement of extreme proportions. Don’t we all know how deceptive you are? We had to secure ourselves by retaining something with which to bargain if the need should arise,” a flea said in an unperturbed way.

 “Misdeeds must be punished and you broke trust. You are privy to everything that we say and do and so we cannot have you going around spreading our plans and telling tales,” Ingor the tiger growled to the flea.

 “To punish and exterminate the innocent fleas, lice, flies and ticks was not right,” responded the flea adamantly.

    “Innocent!” exclaimed Wyzel the wolf “Do you call yourselves innocent? How many lives of birds, animals and man have you been responsible for taking? I would like you to answer truthfully,”

Wyzel the wolf howled because he raised his paws to crush the flies, ticks and fleas in his anger.

       The temperament of all four animals was well known to the flies, lice, fleas and ticks and it was a sure thing that not one of the four was known to keep his solemn word. Ever since the four had followed Shyster the fox’s advice the flies, ticks, lice and fleas had gone on a breeding spree. They had remained hidden in the fur of the animals undetected and unknown to the four animals. When Ingor the tiger’s had earlier given the  command to appear before the four animals all the ticks, fleas, lice and flies had taken up  previously assigned battle station. It was never confirmed whether Wyzel the wolf intended to crush the insects or not because the order had been given to attack at the first sign of hostility. The first wave of attack came from the flies which flew into the eyes of the four animals then all flies, ticks, lice and fleas went on an all-out attack that lasted for hours.

    Ingor the tiger, Wyzel the wolf, Jerquee the coyote and Shyster the fox experienced a misery that they had never before experienced in their lives. They jumped, hopped scratched, kicked and rolled as they tried to be rid of the flies, ticks, lice and fleas.

 “Call them off or we will punish you again by killing and exterminating you.” Ingor the tiger roared the command.

    “Look around you and you will see that is just what you are doing, but for every one of us you kill we lay a dozen eggs to replace each one,“ a louse responded.

    “Okay call them off and let us negotiate a truce,” Ingor the tiger changed his tone and chuffed.

   “No way, we have to teach you all a lesson that we are mightier and more powerful than you. Should you ever again decide to take revenge for wrongs that were not done to you let this be an ever constant reminder. We are sufficient in number to attack until you scratch your skin bare,” a flea tauntingly jeered.

     “Someone should remind me that these animals blood is sweet even if they are somewhat on the skinny side,” this speech came from a tick that paused long enough from sucking blood to comment.

 “Please, oh, please stop,” Jerquee the coyote yipped and yelped in a shrill note. There were tears running from his eyes.

    The flies and fleas had taken the opportunity to attack the eyes of the tiger, fox, wolf and coyote. Their eyes had naturally produced tears to clear the irritants and the tears were running down their faces.

   “Cease the attack,” the order from a flea “but remain at your battle stations”. It was unbelievable that a flea could shout so loud and that from a strand of fur on Wyzel the wolf’s back and had commanded the fleas on the other animals also. Gradually the itching and scratching stopped so the four animals had a bit of peace.

   “Get yourself together and look like the pride of the animals that you are supposed to be. You are a sorry looking lot and groom yourselves for you are an untidy bunch. Look at you who want to lead the animals crying tears like babies…..” the commands of the tick was interrupted by the giggle of young maggots, young ticks, lice and fleas. Tiger looked into wolf’s eyes and saw his reflection. He did not like what he saw so threateningly he growled, “I shall kill you for this.”

     The ticks, flies, lice and fleas did not wait for an order but immediately went on the attack again and this time there was no one giving orders. The sole intention of the insects was to make the life of Ingor the tiger, Wyzel the wolf, Shyster the fox and Jerquee coyote miserable.  There was no let up until the four were lying exhausted from rolling, spinning, biting, scratching and doing whatever they could in order to get some relief. They had to hunt and share a meal then sleep before tiger could reconvene the meeting.

 “This is not going the way I had hoped and what we needed is the assurance that you insects will not be spilling what we discuss in our meeting,” Ingor the tiger calmly and painstakingly said.

“You have our assurance,” the flea reassuringly said.

“How will that be?” Ingor the tiger asked.

    “Presently we know where the most deadly diseases to man lay buried in the ground. Under the right conditions our numbers can swell into the millions in very little time. As soon as you give the okay we will tell you how to help increase our numbers and all you will need are animals who cooperate with you to transport us near man and we will do the rest. We have killed millions of man in this way in the past and we can do it again,” the flea answered.

   “Is this the flea that called me deceptive talking? How can we be sure you will not infect us animals also? Shyster the fox asked.

    “We live on you and get our sustenance from you why should we bite the hands that feed us?” the flea in turn asked. “The transmitting of information from the bird’s meeting was a breach of trust that shall not be repeated. Moreover thanks to you fox every animal who wants to get rid of lice, ticks and fleas now knows how to go about exterminating us,” The flea answered looking at Shyster the fox reproachfully.

   “The next thing to be discussed is whether we can trust The Light Bearer?” Ingor the tiger asked.

    “Personally I am a master of deception but The Light Bearer appears to be more deceptive than I am. I do not like anyone who can beat me at my own game. I do not know The Light Bearer’s agenda and who his supporters are and what it is that he have against man,” Shyster the fox laughed in a way that made him sound like Amozer the hyena.

     “That may be information that we may have to get from Theldon the donkey or Elzer the ox and that is out of the question. Now I have become confused because I do not know if it is The Light Bearer that is uniting with us to fight against man or if it is us joining the forces of the Light Bearer to eradicate man,” Wyzel the wolf whined.

    “The forces of The Light Bearer, does he have an army?” Jerquee the coyote asked Wyzel the wolf.

     “Once I befriended a pig and in a moment of candid discussion he told me that The Light Bearer is the captain of a host of unseen beings. Numbers that went far beyond any number he or I could imagine,” Wyzel the wolf said.

“Whose side is pig on anyway?” Jerquee the coyote asked.

     “Pig was never among those in the good graces of King El Olam but like dog he is beloved by man,” Wyzel the wolf answered.

     “If we could get pig to side with us then these unseen beings that The Light Bearer have at his disposal can operate out of pig’s body, also we have enough dogs, jackals and coyotes ready to be infected with diseases and then be released among man. Things are presently not looking bad and I believe that the pig was right. What Wyzel the wolf said makes sense. The Light Bearer is looking for a place for himself and those that he commands to permanently reside. I believe we could share the earth with him and as of now the pigs are on our side,” Ingor the tiger said.

    “The pigs are on our side just like that?” Jerquee the coyote asked Ingor tiger.

      “Yes, because pig lives in the jungle and as king of the jungle whatever I say stand,” Ingor the tiger roared with finality.

    “The third question that we must answer is this; can man be really defeated even with us and The Light Bearer joining forces?” Ingor the tiger asked.

    “Yes, man can be defeated and this is where we need The Light Bearer because I understand that he is the author of confusion. He can spread confusion among man, we will have ticks, lice and fleas along with the dogs and jackals attack those who control man’s weapons of mass destruction. Man will actually destroy himself for us. We will have to find a place of safety to hide when it all starts,” Jerquee the coyote responded.

    “You have a brilliant idea,” Ingor the tiger said and the others patted coyote on his shoulders to show their appreciation.

     “It stand then that we are set and can proceed with our plans. We have the word and cooperation of the ticks, flies, fleas and lice. We can match wits with and outsmart The Light Bearer and man indeed can be defeated and made extinct. The thing for us to do then is to move forward,” Shyster the fox said.

    Each animal looked into the eyes of the other for any sign of cowardice or betrayal but none of the four displayed any such sign. As a show of unity and support the four touched nozzle.

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