The Elephant's Mobile Phone

King Sheru’s kingdom was huge and he often went out to inspect it. Wherever he saw a problem, he noted it in a diary. When he returned to his court, he would assign jobs to the officials responsible for resolving those problems. However, that took quite a few days.

- Sanjeev Jaiswal

The king’s son, Prince Lonny Singh, studied in the city. One year, when he visited the forest, he brought smartphones for all the courtiers and officials. When King Sheru saw any problem during his inspection tours, he immediately called the responsible person, and the problem got solved the same day.

Smartphones helped in many other ways too. The courtiers and other employees were now in constant contact. They used online search engines for different kinds of information and became more efficient. When they got tired, they entertained themselves by watching movies and listening to music.

They were all very happy with their smartphones, except Appy elephant, the prime minister, who was not happy at all.

When he held the phone in one hand and tried using it with his other hand, it broke! He changed the handset multiple times and tried using it lightly, but his heavy hands always ended up breaking the phone. The prime minister not having a phone caused many problems because no one could reach him.

King Sheru trusted Appy a lot as he could find solutions to problems in the blink of an eye. But there was no solution to this one.

One day, King Sheru announced in the court, I want to build a big, strong mobile phone for my prime minister which won’t break under the pressure of his hands. Whoever can build it will receive a handsome reward.”

“But, Your Highness, making such a big phone won’t be easy,” said Chatur cheetah.

“I know! That’s why I announced a reward!” smiled the king. If you can build it, the reward shall be yours!”