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A king was going through a city pulled by six white horses and
when he returned at night the horses went back to their stable. The chariot was
left in the courtyard and one night when it began to rain, some of the palace
dogs thought it would be fun to take the chariot play with the chariot straps.
They quietly went throughout the courtyard and began to chew on the straps.
They sneakily went back to their places before morning. The stableman came out
the next morning to look at the chariot and noticed that the straps were
completely ruined because they were eaten. They nervously told the King and
blamed it on the dogs’ due to the noticeable bitten straps. The King was so mad
he told them to kill all of the dogs, every single one in the city. Every
single dog in the city heard about this and they all began to cry.
The dogs set
out to find their main dog and he asked why they were all gathered together and
why they were also so sad. The dogs told him that they were all in danger due
to the leather straps of the chariot being torn up, and the king’s order to
kill them all. The chief said that outside dogs can't get
into the palace so therefore it must be the palace dogs and that they should be
blamed instead of the city dogs. The chief dog said he would show the guilty
dogs to the king to save the rest. The dog walked through the city and although
every man wanted to kill him the look of love he had in his eyes made them not.
He made it to the palace and talked to the king and the king repeated his
orders to the chief dog. The king said every dog was in danger except the royal
dogs. The chief dog questioned his reasoning and said the royal dogs were the
ones to blame. The King asked for proof so the chief dog asked for the royal
dogs to be brought to them with kusa grass and buttermilk so they did. They ate
so many shreds of leather fell on the ground and they were found guilty. The
King believed that the dog was telling the truth and respect that. He ordered
every city dog to have rich food and royal care.
Author's Note
I immediately gravitated to this story because I could
imagine so many alternate endings and was excited to write my own rendition of
this. I think this story could be really fun to tell with another group of
animals. My project is kind of animal-themed so it would be fun to keep it up.
I thought a group of ocean animals who tore up the royal boat could be a good
idea.
Bibliography:
Author: Noor Inayat
Title: The Guilty Dogs
Link: Story
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