There was once a martial arts competition to decide who was the “King of the Forest.” All the animals gathered to take part in the competition. The monkey and the rabbit were the first to compete. The monkey grabbed hold of the rabbit's long ears during the first round, and the rabbit had to surrender. The challenger for the second round was the tiger. The tiger roared so loudly that the monkey trembled in fear and jumped off the stage. The challenger for the third round was the elephant. He used his trunk to lift the tiger high up into the air. The tiger was afraid of getting thrown onto the ground, so, he surrendered immediately. The challenger for the fourth round was the mighty lion. The proud lion opened his mouth to bite the elephant, but the elephant trod on him, and wrapped his trunk tightly around the lion's neck. The lion had no choice but to surrender.

Seeing that even the mighty lion had lost to the elephant, the other animals were too terrified to challenge the elephant. The elephant thought that he would surely win the title, and he trumpeted proudly. Suddenly, a mouse jumped onto the stage and declared, “Elephant, I want to challenge you!” All the animals laughed. The elephant mocked the little mouse, “You are so tiny, how dare you challenge me?” The mouse boldly replied, “Yes, I want to defeat you!” The elephant said, “Then come, and be prepared to die!” Once the elephant finished speaking, he raised his foot to stomp on the mouse. But the nimble mouse dodged the elephant's foot. He jumped into the elephant's ear and began to bite the elephant furiously. The elephant could not stand the pain and rolled around on the floor. Finally, the elephant shouted, “Spare me! I surrender! I yield!” As the mouse defeated the elephant, he became the “King of the Forest.”
 

森林裡舉行比武大賽，要選出最強壯的動物來當森林之王，所有動物都來參加。第一場比賽是猴子對兔子，猴子一上場就抓住兔子的長耳朵，兔子只好投降。第二場挑戰者是老虎，老虎大吼一聲，猴子一看根本不是老虎的對手，便跳下臺不敢比賽。第三場由大象向老虎挑戰，大象用長鼻子把老虎捲到半空中，老虎怕被摔出去，嚇得大叫投降。第四場是萬獸之王獅子挑戰大象，驕傲的獅子張大嘴想咬住大象，卻被大象一腳踩在地上，又被長鼻子捲住脖子，獅子只好認輸。

其他動物看到大象連獅子都打敗了，嚇得不敢上臺比武，大象也認為自己就是森林之王，得意地大叫。這時，有一隻老鼠跳到臺上，大叫：「大象，我要跟你比武！」動物們全都笑成一團，大象嘲笑地說：「你這麼小，也想跟我挑戰。」老鼠大聲說：「沒錯，我要打敗你！」大象說：「那就來送死吧！」大象說完，舉起腳想踩死老鼠，可是老鼠身手靈活地躲開，還趁機跳到大象的耳朵裡亂咬一通，大象痛得受不了在地上滾，並大叫：「饒了我，我投降，我投降！」因為打敗大象，老鼠順理成章當選「森林之王」。