"Come closer, my children", father said. "Tonight, I will tell you about two animal who taught they were too different to be friends."

By a river, a zebra came to drink. It's white and black stripes shone like lines drawn across the body.

Soon, a leopard walked out of the tall grass. It had golden and dark spots which glowed. The zebra stepped back and he said to the leopard, "why do you look like that?"

The leopard frowned. "I could ask you the same. Your body looks like lines from a child's drawing" The zebra felt a little sad.

Just then hunters passed, the zebra ran to its herd. It's stripes blended together, and the hunters could not tell one from the other.

The leopard quietly slipped into the grass. It's spots hid him well. The hunters walked past without seeing them at all.

Later, they met again. "Your stripes saved you" said the leopard. "And your spots protected you" said the zebra. They both smiled.

Father looked at his children and said, "you see, my dear children, we are all different. But our differences are our strength. Never be ashamed of who you are". "Thank you father for telling us this story" echoed the children with joy.