This account by Silverius was originally posted to to Sergio's longstanding forum in GoKrida, told from the point of view of the people of Red Catastrophe, minor souls who think of major souls as gods. The narrative discusses the environment, culture, and government of this imagined planet, including stories and rules for games. Some of the details were inspired by events and discoveries in GoKrida, while others must have been inspired by Silverius' other interests. The GoKridan planet Red Catastrophe Earth, commonly known as Legendary Red Catastrophe, was named in honor of this tale.
The Tale of the Bull and the Lamb
This is one of our most loved fables.
Once upon a time there was a bull. He was big and strong but unfortunately he was also malicious and stupid. Bull loved nothing better than to run around the lands shouting at everybody and showing his muscles. The other animals had learned to ignore him however and just turned their backs to him whenever he turned up.
The only animal that didn't ignore Bull was Vulture. Vulture was like Bull held in low regards by the other animals, but not because he was stupid. Indeed Vulture was anything but stupid and he used his intellect to get himself what he wanted: dead meat. However all his recent plans had failed and now he was hungry.
Vulture told Bull: "That ugly little liar of a Lamb has told everybody your horns are made out of wood and hollow from the inside."
"Did he? I'll show him! I'll show him how real my horns are!", replied Bull and prepared to run into the herd of animals near the water pool.
"No, stop!", Vulture shouted, "I know your strength is unsurpassed but if you attack now those cowards will team up on you. I've got a much better plan, one that will not only teach that pesky Lamb but also show how clever you are."
Contrary to his usual habbit Bull stopped and thinked about what he heard.
"Listen", said Vulture, "if you sneak in through the bushes over there by night they wont see you coming. And when they do notice it will be too late and you'll be known as the greatest AND smartest animal of all times."
So it was said, so it was done. But what Vulture and Bull didn't know was that another animal heard them, a pesky old meddler by the name of Owl. Owl had flown to a tree nearby when he saw Vulture approaching Bull, for he had a suspicious nature and seeing Vulture talking to Bull could only mean one thing in his book: trouble.
That night Bull tried to sneak in across the bushes as Vulture had planned. But somewhere along the way he found Deer, the leader of the animals, and Deer found him.
"Leave me alone Deer!", he said, "I've got places to be and if you interfere, I'll kill you."
"Those places wouldn't happen to be near Lamb by any change?", asked Deer.
"And what if it's so?"
"Well you won't find Lamb there. He moved today you see. He now lives in the forest, near the river."
"Ah, that won't help him. I'll find that little white furball anyway!"
"White furball? You mean Lamb? Don't you know that lambs are green this time of year?"
"Who are you trying to kid? I saw him, white hair and all."
"No, you don't understand. That was in the Winter. In the nazomer he's green, has shed all the hairs you see."
"Hmm. You aren't trying to cheat on me, are you?"
"Look at me, would I ever lie to you?"
"Grr. Very well then. I'll just be going my way now. And I'll deal with you some day too, just so you know!"
"Have fun!"
So Bull turned and walked into the forest, to the river. There he shouted: "Come out, come out wherever you are, you stupid lamb!".
Out of the river came a voice, somewhat sheeplike but rather not: "Meeh, you idiot Bull, come in here if you dare."
"I know what you told about me Lamb, Vulture told me all about your stinkin dirty lies!", Bull shouted and ran into the river, determined to teach that stupid arrogant lamb a lesson.
Once in the river however two big jaws jumped up and closed around his neck, leaving him ample seconds to not realise what was going on before he saw black.
A few minutes later Vulture flew onto the scene.
"Ah, Vulture, care to join me? After all I believe I have you to thank for this delicious bull meat.", said Crocodile.
"Well, this wasn't what I had planned, but I really can't complain about the changes.", said Vulture and joined in on the meal.
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