Ek samay ki baat hai, ek jungle tha jahan ek shaktishali aur garvita sher rehta tha. Sher ka naam tha Sher Singh, aur vah jungle ka raja tha. Har subah jab suraj ugta, vah apne rajya ka nirodhan karne nikal jata. Uske dikhai dene se jungle ke sabhi prani uski shakti aur sampatti ko maante the. Lekin, Sher Singh kabhi-kabhi tanha mehsoos karta tha.
Ek din, Bandar Raja, jo ki bahut hi chatur aur hoshiyaar tha, us ped se neeche utar aaya. Usne socha ki kyun na Sher Singh se baat ki jaye. "Sher sahab, main tumse ek sawal puchna chahta hoon," usne kaha. Sher Singh ne thoda hairan hokar uski taraf dekha aur kaha, "Puchho, main tumhe jawab dunga,".
Bandar Raja ne pucha, "Sher sahab, tum sabse shaktishali jaanwar ho, lekin tumhe kabhi-kabhi dar lagta hai. Kyon?" Yeh sun kar Sher Singh thoda muskuraya, lekin uski aankhon mein ek gehra vichar tha. Usne kaha, "Haan, mujhe kabhi-kabhi dar lagta hai. Lekin main tumhe batata hoon ki mujhe kis se dar lagta hai."
Bandar Raja ne uske chehre par ek uljhan dekhi aur pucha, "Kaun hai vah?" Sher Singh ne thoda ruk kar jawab diya, "Main tumse darne wala hoon." Bandar ne hairani se pucha, "Kyon?" Sher Singh ne kaha, "Kyunki tum bahut hi chalak ho. Tum mujhe kabhi bhi chakma de sakte ho."
Ye baat sun kar Bandar Raja muskuraya aur socha ki kitna achha hota agar sab log ek doosre ke gunnon ko samjhte aur samman karte. Is kahani se humein yeh shiksha milti hai ki humein kabhi bhi kisi ko kamzor nahin samajhna chahiye. Har kisi mein kuch na kuch vishesh gunn hote hain.
Sher Singh aur Bandar Raja ke beech is gyanvani baatcheet ke baad ek nayi dosti ka aaghaaz hua. Yeh kahani humein yeh bhi sikhati hai ki humein apne gunnon ko pehchanna chahiye aur dusron ke gunnon ka samman karna chahiye. Jungle mein har din ek naya din hota tha, aur is nayi dosti se vah aur bhi khushnuma ho gaya tha.
