![]() Written by Hamid Beza Beidaghi English text by Yuko Saito ![]() ![]() ![]() One evening at the end of the year, the animals were sitting together, discussing how to choose a new leader for the next year. "Shall we have the strongest of us all for our leader?" said the lion. "No, not this time. We've done that before," said the deer. "Shall we choose the cleverest of all, then?" said the fox. "No. We've done that before, too," said the boar. "Shall we choose the fastest of all?" said the cheetah. "No. We've also done that before," said the tortoise. ![]() ![]() "Oh, that's interesting," said the tiger." But who is the most beautiful? I've never thought about it." "Well, we can run a beauty contest and decide," said the tortoise. "How about running one tomorrow?" The other animals got excited. "That's a good idea!" "Let's do it!" Then everybody went home, thinking this way and that about how to look more beautiful so that he could win the contest. ![]() ![]() ![]() (絵本のデザインは、このページと同じではありません) |