A Brave lion

Far in the hinterland of African forest was lived a strange looking lion who has not a manes in his nape of neck, his name was Gavin. His entire friend has had the manes in their nape of neck when they grew up but his manes did not show up yet. In his colony the manes were a symbol of power and authority. Lion was a social animal, Gavin grew up in the large colony that lead by the most powerful lion whose name was Ignacio, in his age of nine it was a time for him to enthrone the next trusted leader. Everyone predicted that the next leader must be Marc because he has a very glorious manes. But there was always a competition to reach that throne, every man in the colony could join the competition. Gavin felt interested to join the competition, so he registered as a candidate of the next leader. When everyone knew that Gavin registered himself as a candidate they laughed at him and humiliated him especially Marc and his friends, they said that Gavin could not gave the safety to the entire colony because his small body just like a lioness. In that small body the appropriate things to do was hunting not lead the community, or other community would disparaged their colony, because the leader was describing quality of whole colony. Even others lion insulted and underestimate him, he still believed in himself that he could be the responsible leader.

            The competition day came, the entire candidate prepared for the Ignacio’s judgment or any challenged that him asked. Gavin was the last Candidate that called to came forward, Gavin walked in sturdy to the stage that made by the rock. The audience threw him with the grass, branch, and the fresh meat right in his face than asked him to walk down from the stage; they also abused him with the rude language. He walked down with the shattered self-esteem and wounded heart. He decided to leave his colony and became solitary like a leopard’s life. He heard from his way leave the colony that Marc had chosen as the next leader, they cheered happily to Marc. In a minutes later Gavin heard they screamed loudly, there must be something wrong. He felt hesitate to go back to the colony but his anxiety became bigger, so he decided to check them for a moment.

            Gavin saw Ignacio had already laid down in the ground with a fresh blood flowed from his neck. Blake stood up in the rock stage and roared loudly, he was the leader of other colony. Gavin did not see Marc in everywhere; Marc must be the one who had to handle this problem. In that terrible condition he had to do something to save his colony, so Gavin challenged Blake to fight until dead. Blake was much more bigger than Gavin, at first Gavin looked snowed under Blake’s attack but soon Gavin defeated him with his agility. Gavin’s colony welcomed him as a hero and finally, chose Gavin as the leader of the colony.