Why Does The Leopard Cat Eat Chickens? is a short story featuring a sly leopard cat and a vain chicken, where the leopard cat was initially curious and afraid of the chicken, but later managed to gain confidence and prey on the chicken instead.
The moral of this story conveys to the readers of the consequences of being vain, where vanity could in fact blind them from making proper judgment and could lead them to ultimate destruction. It also teaches its people to beware of their surrounding tribes where danger is always lurking (in the form of the leopard cat). In addition, it also hints that one has to be stronger/ more ferocious than the others in order to protect oneself.
Narrated in 2004 by Kikumsungba Imchen of Mangmetong Village, Nagaland, India
Translated by: Assoc Prof Alexander R. Coupe and Asst Prof T. Temsunungsang (English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong India)
Producer: Joan Marie Kelly
Illustrator: Yang Yu
