The frog jumped up
high in the air and shouted, "Court in order!" So, all of the attendants in the animal
courtroom stood up. They were a diverse
group of different shapes and types of animals.
The Bear Judge enters as he wore a black robe and he dragged his feet in
a sluggish way. He sat down in his place
behind the bar and gestured with his hand, so the attendants sat down and he
said:
"Court
is in session! Oh bailiff, please call
upon the defendant." The frog
jumped up once again and said with his characteristic voice, "The
defendant is a human."
A man entered the
courtroom surrounded by four dog guards.
He made his way to the defendant's cage and one of the dog guards closed
the door behind him. The defendant sat
down inside the cage.
The Bear Judge:
Let the jurors enter (so a side door opened and the jurors entered as
they were composed of an elephant, deer, eagle, jaguar, rabbit, alligator,
giraffe, rabbit, peacock, lamb, dove, and a bat). Oh prosecutor, please recite the accusations
and tell us why this human defendant is here now.
Fox Prosecutor: (stands up and says) Your
honor, the defendant who is standing in front of you today is one of the scarce
remains that are left of this species which is called "human being"
or "man". This species
have become extinct or nearly so. Here,
I have to remind the respected court of the decree of our Lion King and our
great Tiger Master (prime minister), decree number 635 from year 2005, which
was issued in regards to solving the problem of the remains of this extinct
human race. As the court knows, the
decree states that any creature proved to be a human from a mother and father
with sufficient evidence, and that he possesses a thinking mind and has morals
and feelings, and that he is from the human remains, he must be arrested
immediately since he poses a threat to the general security and order. He must be put under constraint until he gets
changed into an animal as the other members of the kingdom. The decree states that such a human has the
right to be changed into any kind of animal he desires, but that this should
happen as soon as possible. Furthermore,
the decree states that if the human refused or refrained from carrying out that
decree, he should then stand in a public trial in front of you within fifteen
days, Your Honor, and in front of the jurors, according to the laws of the
animal kingdom. He should be granted a
fair trial that does not exceed one day.
He has the right to have a lawyer who would represent him and you should
rule against him if the jurors reach a verdict that he is guilty, according to
the laws which the Legislative Animal Council established and ratified by our
great Lion King and our great Tiger Master, may God protect them both.
Your Honor, we have
arrested this man standing in front of you a week ago while he was hiding alone
in a small cave. He was caught
red-handed in the state of thinking and in his hand a book which he was reading
from. Mr. Wolf, who is the chief of the
police and the security minister have immediately been informed. Mr. Wolf and a big number of dog guards went
right way and surrounded and arrested this man in his cave. The defendant has admitted that he is a
complete human from a human father and mother, and that he was hiding in this
cave away from the eyes to avoid interacting with other animals since he feels
superior to them and is escaping from the law which enforces him to change into
an animal like them. He admitted that he
was reading, thinking, contemplating, and worshipping. He possesses feelings, emotions, principles,
morals, ethics, and he confessed other things which we will present through the
witnesses at the appropriate time. After
the defendant was placed in prison, he completely refused to cooperate with the
authorities in changing him to an animal.
He refused to carry out the decrees and laws of the animal kingdom. He fiercely resisted and refused all the
peaceful attempts made to convince him to abide by the law. He insisted on his position to stay human. Therefore, we are obliged to try him in front
of you, as the law states, to judge him.
So I ask you to apply the law code number 635 if he is found guilty. This code states that this human should be
changed to an animal by force, by the order of the judge through the poisonous
bite from the snake. This procedure
should be carried out in front of you and under your supervision. This bite will change him involuntary to an animal
as the other animals, and it will destroy his mind, human morale, and will
protect us from his evil. After that, he
will become an animal and be one of us who live our lifestyle and tread our
path. By that way, he will become an
example to any other human from the remains of this arrogant and extinct race
that feels superior to us, hates our lifestyle, and takes pride that he has a
mind, intellect, morals, feelings, and emotions, in contrary to us. Based on that, he wants to live a different
life from ours and as you know, that is totally forbidden and prohibited in our
kingdom as it poses great danger and threat upon all of us and on our
existence. We can not allow that to
happen! If we left him to do as he
please, his danger will increase and he may even reproduce other human beings
whom he may teach and poison them with his thoughts. So they will rebel and refuse to become an
animal, and so on. If we allow that to
happen, our system will collapse and corruption and revolt will widespread in
our kingdom. As a result, all of our
materialistic animal achievements will get lost and he will destroy them
through his ideas, morals, and spiritualities. We shouldn't allow him to do
that! We must eradicate this rebellion
from the beginning and cut away the roots of this arrogant humanity in its
cradle before it widespread and becomes difficult to be controlled or
removed. Thank you, Your Honor and dear
animal jurors. (The Wolf Prosecutor sits down)
Bear Judge: (He looks over to the human
defendant) Oh Human Defendant, you have listened to the prosecutor’s
statement. So, do you plead guilty or
not guilty?
Human defendant: (stands up) Not guilty and I
confess that I am human in complete human form.
I confess that I was thinking, reading, contemplating, worshipping, and
hiding away from your oppressive animal world.
I admit that I absolutely reject to turn into an animal like you or that
I become one of you. (he sits down)
Voices and murmurs are heard
protesting from the animal crowd and also from the animal jurors as they became
angry from the comments of the defendant.
So the Bear Judge knocks on the bar requesting quietness and silence in
the courtroom. The Parrot Lawyer
representing the human defendant stands up and asks the Bear Judge to give him
permission to speak. The Judge permits
him.
Parrot Lawyer: (in his characteristic voice)
Your Honor, I urge you to take into consideration the ill mental state of my
human client. Please don't take what he
has said now in front of you against him.
I plea the same thing to the respected animal jurors as my client's
mental and psychological state is not well and is rather disturbed. This is clear from his speech in front of
you. I shall clarify that to you during
my defense when my turn comes. Thank you your Honor. (He sits down)
Human defendant: (yells out loud from inside the
cage) I did not hire any animal to defend me, as I am more capable of
defending myself! That parrot does not
represent me and I am more mature and wise than all of you!
Bear Judge: (angrily) Keep quiet and silent Oh
Human defendant, or else I will order the dog guards to bite you as a
punishment for disrupting order in the court! (quietness prevails)
Bear Judge: (continues) The prosecution
may start to present their evidence for the charge. You may call your first witness Oh Fox
Prosecutor.
Fox Prosecutor (stands up): Thank you, Your
Honor. The first witness is the
respected Mr. Wolf, the Chief of the Police and Security Minister.
Frog Bailiff: (jumps high in the air and calls
out) Mr. Wolf, the Chief of the Police and the Security Minister!
(Mr. Wolf enters in his official
uniform, with his badges on his shoulders, walking proudly. The earth shakes under his steps. A serious frown is on his face, and he takes
the witness stands after giving the oath.
Fox Prosecutor: Oh respected Mr. Wolf, please tell
the court and the jurors how and when this human defendant was arrested.
The Wolf: He was arrested exactly a week ago
after we received a number of phone calls from many animals informing us that
this defendant is hiding in a distant cave away from the eyes. And that he avoids interacting with any
animal and engages in prayer and worship.
He spends long periods of time thinking and pondering, and at other
times, reading and studying. We have
sent out our informants and spy dogs and they confirmed the accusations. I immediately notified our great Tiger
Master, the prime minister, who in turn notified our great Lion King. An order
was issued to me to immediately go with a big force of dog guards and surround
this human being defendant in his cave, arrest him, and carry out the law of
the kingdom upon him. I immediately
prepared the force under my leadership and we headed to the cave of the
defendant. Thereafter, we surrounded and arrested him and we kept him in jail
under tight security.
Fox Prosecutor:
What condition did you find this defendant human when you arrested him?
The Wolf:
We found him alone in this small cave, hiding and in seclusion. He was prostrating and praying to his Lord
with tears in his eyes. Beside him there
was a pile of books, papers, and pens.
He did not resist, rather, he stood in front of us with dignity and
courage as he did not care for our presence.
Fox Prosecutor:
Did the defendant confess anything when he was faced with the charges?
The Wolf:
Yes, he gave a full confession.
He admitted in our preliminary interrogations with him that he is a
human, son of a human father and mother.
He confessed that he was hiding in that cave away from the eyes with the
intention of avoiding the law that enforces him to change into an animal as
everyone else in the kingdom. He had the
intention of avoiding interaction with other animals, and to deal with them
with arrogance, superiority, and vanity.
He admitted that he was reading, thinking, and worshipping to his
Creator. And that he has feelings,
emotions, dignity, and principles. He
claimed that he refuses oppression, injustice, and to live an undignified life. He admitted that he believes in morals,
values, spirituals, and what is beyond the materialistic things. He abides by good behavior, ethics and does
not pay much attention to the materialistic things. He believes in resurrection and
accountability after death. He talks
about silly things that have become extinct since long time ago. Such things that we have successfully wiped
out and got rid of and by that our animal kingdom got peace and rest.
Fox Prosecutor:
Silly things like what, Mr. Wolf?
The Wolf:
Silly and meaningless topics such as mercy, bashfulness, prominence, justice,
honor, dignity, chivalry, pride, mind, wisdom, generosity, asceticism, love,
affection, loyalty, self-respect, boldness for the sake of truth, peacefulness,
equality between all, elevating the position of humanity above animalism, and
this is the worst of what he confessed!
Fox Prosecutor:
Did he give these stunning confessions under the influence of any force,
pressure, terror, or torture?
The Wolf:
Of course not, he offered that information voluntarily and by his own
free will in the presence of many witnesses and he signed on these
confessions. So, we were not in need to
force, pressure, terrorize, torture, or bite him. After that, he completely refused to
cooperate with us in the process of changing him to an animal like us as the
law states. He fiercely rejected all
attempts made to convince him of that, and he insisted on remaining human,
thereby refusing to abide by the law.
Fox Prosecutor:
Nothing else and thank you, Mr. Wolf.
No more questions, Your Honor.
Bear Judge:
Mr. Parrot Lawyer, would like to question the witness?
Parrot Lawyer:
Yes, Your Honor (he stands up)
Parrot Lawyer:
Mr. Wolf, was a medical examination conducted on the mental integrity of
my client through specialized animal physicians?
The Wolf:
Yes. Dr. Hippopotamus, the head of the Mental and Psychological
department in the
Parrot Lawyer:
And what came in their report regarding the result of their examination
to my client?
The Wolf:
They have reached the conclusion that the defendant has delusions,
illusions, schizophrenia, and paranoia.
They also confirmed that he has depression as a result of that. They claim that his refusal to become an
animal is because of his envy and jealousy from their great materialistic
achievements. And because he was unable
through his humanity, spirituality, morality, and all these things to achieve
what they have achieved through their materialism. So, he feels weak and powerless in front of
them. Finally, the medical report
concludes that the human defendant is insane and ill both mentally and
psychologically.
Parrot Lawyer:
Thank you, Mr. Wolf, I have no more questions. (He sits down)
Bear Judge:
Thank you, Mr. Wolf, and you may be dismissed. You can call on your next witness, Mr. Fox
prosecutor.
Fox Prosecutor:
The prosecution calls upon Mr. Monkey to testify
.
Frog Bailiff: (hops in the air and yells)
Mr. Monkey!
(The monkey enters and takes the
witness stand after giving oath, while he is laughing and waving with his hand)
Fox Prosecutor:
Mr. Monkey, do you know the defendant who is sitting in the cage?
The Monkey:
(looks at him closely and laughs) Yes, I know him, I know him
very well.
Fox Prosecutor:
How did you know him and what do you know about him?
The Monkey:
My home is in close proximity to his cave. This means that were neighbors. Whenever I used to see him, I would try to
get to know him and get closer to him, because as you see, I resemble him and
we share similar physical characteristics and attributes. However, he used to always distant himself
from me and elevate himself over me and he would avoid my attempt to get closer
to him. And when I remind him that we
are similar to each other, he would become outraged and say that he possesses a
mind by which he thinks and contemplates.
He claims that he has morals, values, manners, ethics, feelings, and
emotions, while I am enslaved to my lower desires. He says that I have not mind and I know
nothing about manners, morals, mind, or spirituality, and that there is no any
similarity between us. He used to live
alone and isolated away from other animals.
Fox Prosecutor:
And how did he spend his time?
The Monkey:
He used to spend most of his time either worshipping his Creator,
thinking, reading books, writing, or talking to himself.
Fox:
Did you ever ask him one day about the reason of his isolation?
The Monkey: Yes, and he mentioned to me that he
fears upon himself from the laws and injustice of the animal kingdom and its
system, rulers, and people. He fears
that they will request him and try to make him an animal like them and he
strongly refuses that. I have told him
numerous times jokingly that, "If you were ordered to become an animal,
which animal would you choose to be?
There is no doubt that you will become a monkey like me because you
resemble me.” (Ha ha ha) However, he would answer angrily saying that
he prefers death as a human rather than being an animal. He added that he will resist that with all
his strength and nobody will enforce that upon him and he claimed that his Lord
will help him.
Fox Prosecutor: Thank you Mr. Monkey, I have no further questions, Your
Honor.
Bear Judge: Mr. Parrot Lawyer, do you have any questions for the witness?
Parrot Lawyer:
Yes, Your Honor (he stands up and directs his words to the
monkey). Mr. Monkey, you have mentioned to us a little while ago that this
human, my client, used to live alone and isolated from the other animals. So, can any other sane animal do such act?
The Monkey: No of course not. We
do not live alone in isolation; rather, we live in herds and groups.
Parrot Lawyer:
You also mentioned to us that he used to spend his time either in
worship or contemplation, or reading and writing or conversating with
himself. So, would a sane animal like us
perform such acts?
The Monkey:
Of course not! We don't read or
talk to ourselves or contemplate. All of
our time is dedicated only to satisfy our lower desires through hard work until
we get tired and sleep. Then, we wake up
and continue the same routine. This is
our materialistic life which serves our lower desires, by which we are able to
reach all that materialistic technological development you see today. We live only for ourselves, our animalistic
lives, our lower desires, our rest and comfort, and nothing else. That is the key to our materialistic
success. By doing so, we are smart,
while such extinct and arrogant humans are insane and the abnormal without a
doubt!
Parrot Lawyer:
Thank you, I have no further questions.
Bear Judge:
Thank you Mr. Monkey, you may be dismissed.
(The monkey descends from the
witness stand while waving to the defendant in the cage. He laughs and says, "You will soon be a
monkey like me and you will become wise and smart, so abandon your
madness!" The rest of the animals laugh on the monkey's comments and funny
gestures while the human defendant yells from his cage, "I refuse to
become a monkey like you!” And he
repeats that)
Bear Judge:
Oh Fox Prosecutor, please call your next witness.
Fox Prosecutor:
The prosecution requests Mr. Bull for testimony.
Frog Bailiff: (jumps in the air and yells) Mr. Bull, you may enter!
(The Bull enters with an
exhausting look on his face from hard work and effort. He takes the witness stand after giving the
oath. Then he sighs and gives his
characteristic sound which indicate his boredom).
Fox Prosecutor:
Mr. Bull, do you know this human defendant inside the cage?
The Bull: (sighs) Yes, I know him. We were friends one day, but that was a long
time ago.
Fox Prosecutor:
And what do you know about him?
The Bull: He was a kind-hearted and devout human being who worships his
Creator. But he used to use his mind a
lot, much more than necessary! Because
of that, we differ with each other.
Fox Prosecutor:
How did you differ with each other?
The Bull:
As you know, I love work and work only.
And my best interest is my top priority.
I don't like to waste any time in thinking, contemplating, worshipping,
observing, gaining knowledge, education, learning, reading, etc. For I am a bull; I work and toil and move
around and carry and pull and push, work, eat, and mate. Then I work and work…this is my lifestyle
which is full of labor for the sake of satisfying my lower desires like food
and mating. I don't have any time for
the mind and its function and desires.
Work to me is the goal and the means and working hard for others is my
life. I don't know anything else, so
long as I sleep satiated and am not sexually deficient. As for him, he likes to use his mind a lot
and he has logic, principles, manners, and ideas. He dedicates his life and energy to these
things and they are more important to him than anything else. Work to him is directed and controlled by
what his mind dictates. So, he does not
work for something unless his mind is convinced of it first, and accepts its
logic and thought, and approves of its principles and does not displease his
Creator. His work is controlled by his
thought, logic, worship, and principles.
He does not care about the desire of the stomach or the body, and here
we differ with each other. He does not
obey, follow, or serve any master except whom his mind and thought
accepts. As for me, I am a slave to
whoever enslaves me, and I am an obedient servant to my employer and anyone who
and feeds me and fulfills my desires most.
Fox Prosecutor:
You testify that he loves to use his mind a lot and that means that he
is not insane, which is contrary to what the defense claims.
The Bull:
He is insane from our point of view as animals, but sane from the point
of view of humanity which he belongs to.
Fox Prosecutor:
And why was your relationship severed?
The Bull:
He used to always attack me and accuse me that I blindly work and never
use my mind. And that I am only slave to
my desires. And that I am servant to
whoever uses me, without thinking who is directing, using, or benefiting from
my work and labor. I used to be annoyed
from that attack and he used to embarrass and hurt me by that. Actually, I admit that I used to envy him to
the point that I started hating him. So
I stayed away and abandoned him.
Fox Prosecutor: What are his views regarding our
animalistic world?
The Bull: He totally despises our world with
all its values and characteristics, if it has any. He feels superior to us and always takes
pride that Allah (SWT) blessed him with a mind that controls his desires. Hence, they are under his feet and he has
control over it, and it does not have control over him like it does with
us. He takes pride in knowing his
Creator and obeys and worships Him through knowledge and understanding. And so he completely rejects our way of life
and animalistic world, and he refuses to change into one of us or be like us.
Fox Prosecutor:
Thank you Mr. Bull. I have no
more questions, Your Honor.
Bear Judge:
Defense, do you have any questions for the witness?
Parrot Lawyer: (walking towards the witness)
Oh Mr. Bull, based on your acquaintance with that human being, tell us your
opinion about him as an animal and as a bull.
Is he insane or is he sane?
The Bull:
My opinion about him is the same as any animal. I consider him to be foolish and extreme in
using his mind. Therefore, to me he is
not sane and I don't consider him to be a role model who deserves to be
respected and imitated.
Parrot Lawyer:
Thank you Your Honor, I do not have any further questions.
Bear Judge: Thank you Mr. Bull. You may be dismissed now. Please call your next witness, Mr.
Prosecutor.
Fox Prosecutor:
The prosecution calls upon Mr. Pig for testimony.
Frog Bailiff: (jumps up in the air and yells
with his characteristic voice) Mr. Pig! Mr. Pig!
(The pig enters as he sniffs and
shakes his bodily fat and searches for any food crumb or garbage on the
floor. Then he takes the oath and climbs
the witness stand, but he is still sniffing the ground).
Fox Prosecutor:
Mr. Pig, do you know that human defendant who is inside the cage?
The Pig: I know him, I know him very
well. He is my worst enemy! He is my absolute opposite!
Fox Prosecutor: What do you mean by that?
The Pig: I mean that we are totally opposite
and contradicting to each other in everything.
He is a human being while I am an animal. He has a spirit, feelings, and emotions,
while I do not know any of those. He
likes cleanliness, while I like filthiness.
He doesn't like crumbs, and I look only for crumbs. He disposes the garbage and is disgusted from
it, while I consider it to be my food and home.
He likes spirituality and highness, while I love materialism and
lowliness. He is superior while I am
inferior. He has other concerns that are
not food or drink, while my concern is only food, drink, and lower
desires. He searches for the purified
and clean sustenance, while I don't like purity or cleanliness, and I eat
everything and anything and I don't care.
He is slave to his Creator, while I am slave to my lower desires and
wishes. He wastes his time in thinking,
reading, worshipping, and contemplating, while I spend my whole life searching
and seeking for crumbs, filth, and rubbish.
He looks at his life in the Hereafter and believes and works for
it. On the other hand, I live my day and
hour and do not work except for them. I
work only for my world that is in front of my eyes. He is disgusted from me and hates to look at
me, while I pay no attention to him at all!
Searching for garbage in the waste disposals and filth take up all of my
time and use up my whole life. I don't
have time for such human being and his thoughts, principles, and values!
Fox Prosecutor: Do you know what his feelings and opinions are regarding our
animalistic life?
The Pig:
I don’t know and I don’t care.
And I hope you notice that you have already taken two precious minutes
from my time in which I didn’t look for any crumb, nor did I lick any shoe, nor
did I did look at any garbage. And that
makes me very nervous, and I consider it to be wasted time, so please hurry
up! Please!
Fox Prosecutor:
Thank you, I have no more questions.
Bear Judge:
Defense, do you have any quick questions for the witness?
Parrot Lawyer: One quick question, Mr. Pig. Would you say to us that there is a
long-lived hatred and animosity between you and that human defendant?
The Pig:
Yes sir, there is an eternal animosity.
Parrot Lawyers: (directing his words to the judge)
I question the credibility of that witness, your Honor. He admitted that he has prior animosity to my
client. Therefore, he is not fit to
testify against him because he is biased due to his previous animosity to the
human.
Bear Judge:
That is left for the jurors to decide, Oh Parrot Lawyer. Thank you, Mr. Pig. You may now be dismissed and return quickly
to your crumbs and garbage.
The Pig:
Thank you (he descends quickly as his nose is touching the ground and
he’s busy sniffing and looking. Then he
raises his head to glance at the human defendant in the cage. Then he proceeds happily while sniffing and
dragging his fats towards the door).
Bear Judge:
Mr. Fox, you may summon your next witness.
Fox Prosecutor:
We call on Mr. Donkey for testimony.
Frog Bailiff: Mr. Donkey may come in, Mr. Donkey may enter!
(The donkey enters with
humbleness, then he releases his characteristic sounds which shakes the
courtroom. Then he suddenly stops and
does not continue on. One of the dog
guards gives him a mean look, so the donkey hurries up and walks toward the
witness stand after taking the oath).
Fox Prosecutor:
Oh Donkey, do you know that human defendant in front of you?
The Donkey:
What human being? I do not see
except animals.
Fox Prosecutor:
That which is present in the cage in front of you.
The Donkey (takes out his glasses to wear
them) Oh yes, I know him. And how
happy I am right now that you placed him in the cage! His ancestors before him used to put the
animals in cages and watch them. So, now
his turn has come to be in the cage while we watch him!
Fox Prosecutor:
What do you know about him, Mr. Donkey, and how did you get to know him?
The Donkey:
I used to work with his father, and that person used to make a paradigm
out of me in stupidity because I don't use my mind. He would accuse me that I do not have any
etiquette, feelings, or emotions. He
would object to my seriousness in work and naivety and my lack of exhaustion,
my excessive eating, drinking, and satisfaction of my lower desires. And my sudden discontinuation of work
sometimes due to mood swings. He used to
take pride over me that he uses his mind and by that, he is more intelligent
than me and more understanding. He takes
pride that he has feelings, etiquette, taste, emotions, and manners. And that he is well-mannered and knows when
to work and whom to work for, and when he should rest, and he doesn’t need
anyone to drive or hit him. He can
identify his enemy from his friend, unlike me who don’t know whom he works for
or whom to take as friend.
Fox Prosecutor: What do you know about his opinion
regarding our animalistic world? And why
do you think he refuses to change into an animal like us?
The Donkey: He hates the animalistic lower desires and
despises materialism. He refuses to be
anything except a human being who has a mind and worships his Lord and
contemplates about the things around him.
He refuses to be slave to his lower desires or to serve others like
us. That's why I know that he doesn’t
accept and will never accept to live our lifestyle or become one of us.
Fox Prosecutor:
From your point of view, do you consider him to be sane, or insane?
The Donkey:
I don’t know. In order for me to
know, I would have to think, and I don’t have any mind and I don’t want or like
the process of thinking and pondering, debate, and dialogue. For I am only a donkey who works and does
labor, serve and carry (give rides), have patience and obey everyone. What’s important to me is that I eat, drink,
and mate. So, whoever guarantees these
things to me, I am his slave and servant and I work for him and obey him. If he hits me more, I obey him even more and
I make him my master even more, and I serve him even more and this is my
lifestyle.
Fox Prosecutor:
I do not have any further questions.
Thank you, Your Honor.
Bear Judge:
Defense, do you have any questions to ask?
Parrot Lawyer:
I have no questions, your Honor, as the witness has admitted that he is a
donkey who doesn’t know what he’s saying and doesn’t have a mind. Therefore, there is no value to his words or
testimony. I leave that for the
respected animal jurors to judge.
Bear Judge:
Oh Fox Prosecutor, do you have any other witnesses?
Fox Prosecutor:
No your Honor, and we are satisfied with what we heard from these
witnesses.
Bear Judge:
Do you have any witnesses, Oh Parrot Lawyer?
Parrot Lawyer: No Your Honor, for the case is clear
and is not in need for any witnesses. My
client is mentally disturbed and that is obvious from the testimony of the
witnesses whom the Fox Prosecutor himself presented.
Bear Judge:
Then you may begin, Oh Fox Prosecutor, to present your closing statement
against the defendant. (The Fox stands up in front of the jurors and speaks)
Fox Prosecutor:
Dear respected jurors. You have
heard the witnesses for yourselves and heard the defendant how he adamantly
revolts and refuses to carry out the laws of the animal kingdom which our King
Lion and Great Tiger issued and was approved by the Animal Legislative Council
representing all the animals in the kingdom.
These laws were not established and placed except for the best interest
of all animals. So, disobeying them is
against our best interest. You are now
responsible of carrying out these laws and punishing anyone who disobeys them,
as the law decrees. Whoever deviates
from our animalistic life, rejects it and is arrogant over it, doesn’t deserve
our mercy or compassion. If we allow
such behavior to continue, we will see more of the remains of this extinct
arrogant race rebel against us and return back to their humanity. They will return to their thoughts, ideas,
excessive use of minds, control over their lower desires, morals, spirituality,
ethics, and common sense, etc. from such things which we suffered from a lot
before. They will corrupt our
kingdom. Materialism and materialistic
lower desires alone should rule! And
whoever does not accept it and work for it has no place among us. This man has one of two choices and no third
option! Either he lives and abides by
our laws. Or he ends his life and
departs away from us. This is the law
and we don't want this man to be a role model imitated by others. He is dangerous and we must amputate him from
the start! You carry this responsibility
in front of this kingdom and I now request you to give a guilty verdict to him
and carry out law code # 645 and change him to an animal by force by one bite
from the earthly snake. It is waiting
your orders and looking forward to carry out the sentence. Don't be fooled by the claim of the defense
that the defendant is insane. This is a
lie aimed to deceive you. Here is the
defendant in front of you completely sane!
His crime is that he uses his mind too much, so how is he insane? That is ridiculous! Yes, using his mind excessively is considered
to be insanity based on our laws. But it
is a type of insanity that doesn’t make the defendant unaccountable in front of
the law. Otherwise, we will see more of
this madness in the future! It is your
responsibility to carry out the order of your King and Master and to protect
your animalistic society from this arrogant man. Thank you, Your Honor.
Bear Judge:
Mr. Parrot Lawyer, you may begin in presenting your closing statement. (The
human defendant stands up inside the cage and yells out loud)
Human defendant:
No! No, I will defend my self!
I did not hire any animal to defend me and t is my right to have
the last word in my case.
The Bear Judge:
Are you sure that you are able to do that and carry full responsibility
for the consequences?
Human defendant:
Yes, I take full responsibility for that.
Bear Judge:
Then you may start your final presentation defending yourself. (The
human faces the animal jurors and directs his words to them).
Human defendant:
Oh worldly and materialistic animals who follow your lower desires! Listen to what I'm going to tell you and
think about it and use your minds, even for once. I am not the person who is in the cage of the
defendant. Rather, it is you and
your lifestyle and your kingdom! I do
not hate you nor am I arrogant over you, as the cunning fox claims. But I hate your lifestyle and behavior. I hate your materialism and your denial to
your minds and following your lower desires.
I hate your surrender to the leadership and oppression and directions of
others. I hate your lack of dignity and
weakness in front of your materialism and lower desires. I despise your senseless life which lack any
emotions, values, principles, morals, and ethics. I hate your rush to your world with all your
might and making it your most important concern. I hate your neglect of worshipping your Lord
and Creator, and what is going to come after death, resurrection, and the
hereafter. I hate your worshipping of
your lower desires, ambitions, greediness, and everything that is materialistic
in front of your eyes. And your lack of
using of your minds! I hate your blind
imitation and your running in groups and herds after any caller who will lead
you and so you follow him blindly. I
hate your surrender, obedience, and respect to those who hit you more, offend
you and step over you, so long as you’ll benefit from them in one way or
another and satisfy your animalistic lower desires. I hate when you forget that you possess soul,
morals, and mind. I hate that you only
serve those who fulfill your materialistic needs and so you are sincere to
them. Y, you avoid He (SWT) who created
you and gave you life with everything in it, and guaranteed your sustenance and
life.
You
want me to be like you and live your lifestyle and change into one of you? No way, this will never take place, even if
you cut me into pieces, or bite me, or isolate me, or prevent me from food,
drink, and air! Being human is much more better and dignified, and preferable
to me a million times than living your animalistic lifestyle in which I sleep,
wake up, work, eat, drink, play, mate, reproduce, buy, sell, own, enjoy, rest,
then sleep, and wake, work, eat, drink, play, and so on and so forth till the
end of my life. No, Allah (SWT) did not
create me for that, for He (SWT) gave me a mind and distinguished me with it
over all animals so that I make my life different from them. I should think, contemplate, read, learn,
educate myself, gain knowledge, worship, discuss, search, discipline myself,
taste, have manners, feelings, sensations, and emotions so that I come to know
my Creator and His Capability. And so I
worship, love, and obey Him even more.
Hence, I became His representative on Earth. I would take Him as the Supreme King and
Great Master. So I rule on His earth
with justice and do good in it. I don’t
follow the way of the corrupt; rather, I fight and resist them. Your animalistic way of life and your
following to your materialism and worship to other than Allah (SWT), such as
your feeble lion and your weak tiger is considered to be corruption on
Earth. As you see, me and your
animalistic world are total opposites and are in continuous and restless
conflict and struggle, and this is my role in life. So, how can I accept to change into an animal
like you who only lives to satisfy his pleasures, materialism, enjoyment, and
lower desires? I will never surrender as
you did before to the laws and rules of the animalistic society, under the
leadership of a lion, a tiger, a leopard, or even a dinosaur! I remind all of you, oh jurors that you
yourselves were human one day and people like me. Even this Bear Judge and that fox prosecutor
and this parrot lawyer and those dog guards and their chief, the wolf! All of you and these witnesses were humans at
one point in time, but you surrendered to the laws and rules of the animal
kingdom and you feared its lion, tiger, and its beast. So you willingly accepted to be changed into
animals. Each one of you chose to change
into an animal that is most closest to his personality. So one chose to become a donkey, another
chose to become a bear, another a dog, another a wolf, another a fox, or pig,
another a bird, or alligator, whale, pigeon, peacock, turtle, duck, goat, and
elephant.
You
all surrendered and became animals and lived like animals. You abandoned your minds and denied your
humanity. You forgot your manners, principles, feelings, dignity, and the
blessings which Allah (SWT) gave you over others, and that is the mind and the
process of thought. You went on
enjoying, taking pleasure, following your lower desires, imitating, allowing
yourselves to be led like any animal, and work in service of others. The lower desires controlled you, so you gave
up dignity and accepted to be hit and offended.
So why all that when Allah the Creator have liberated you from animalism
by giving you minds, feelings, morals, and dignity. You left what your Lord preferred you with,
and instead, you chose to live like animals.
You even became worst than real animals!
You changed into something that is neither human nor animal. You chose your worldly life while forgetting
your Hereafter. You wear animal masks
and live an animalistic life. What
injustice you have committed to yourself?!
God chose to elevate you, but instead you chose to put yourselves down
by your own hands. He (SWT) chose to
dignify you, but you preferred scorn and contempt. He wanted to make you representatives on
earth, but you rejected that and instead, accepted the life of following and
imitating. So don't be surprised that
God becomes angry on you, increase your animalism, and make you become monkeys
and pigs, and every type of animal which you prefer to be. God lowered you like animals and let you live
their lifestyle and die like their deaths.
Shame on you that you accepted contempt and refused dignity! You accept those who put you down and hit you
and attack you, and you worship and obey them.
But refuse your Lord and creator and He (SWT) who is merciful to you and
honored you! You accept lowliness and
refuse highness. You replace the mind
with lower desires, and the process of thought with pleasure, knowledge with
ignorance, the hereafter with the life of this world, and God with others. So curse be upon you and your choices! Look at what you are at as you have become
animals after you were human. Is there
not a wise man among you? I wonder how
you judge the matters! How did you
accept that voluntarily and why do you not resist and hold on to your
uniqueness over all the other animals and why do you descend to their
level? And that was not enough for you;
rather, you indulged in that by establishing laws for the animal kingdom and
carrying them out and working for it!
And here you are forming a court to try me and force me to become an
animal like you! As if you are true
animals, and you compete to carry out the order of your scorned Lion King and
your weak Tiger Master! Aren't you doing
that out of hypocrisy to him so that perhaps he will raise you in his animal
kingdom or praise you or give you some of his blessings. Maybe you'd get a great position, higher post
or a promotion which guarantee you more lower desires, better pleasure, more
comfort, more food, more drink, spacious home, softer clothes, greater power
and authority. Or do you do it out of
envy and animosity to me since I refused what you accepted and resisted what
you surrendered to? So you choose to
destroy my will and force me to be like you, so that I don't stand as witness
against you and example in front of your eyes to what you were supposed to
be. But you lost that opportunity to
resist and lost yourselves along with it.
Isn't
it better for you to join me and take off these animal masks from your faces
and return to your dignified human reality which God willed for you before it
is too late and death comes to you? At
that point, you will die in your animal form that you chose by your own free
will. You will not find anything except
suffering and punishment in your Hereafter.
By that, you will have tasted torture twice, both in the life of this
world and the Hereafter. Your rulers and
leaders have misguided you and led you to believe that real humanity is bad and
is something which cause your suffering and collapse. They persuade you to believe that the
solution is to abandon these human values and return to pure materialism since
the solution and highness is in it. You
believed them and took their way. So did
you truly find the solution and highness in abandoning humanity and following
pure materialism? Are you more happy
now? Yes, you may be more developed
materialistically, however, are you more happy than your ancestors who clinged
on to their humanity and did not become materialistic animals like you? Or were they more happy than you? I leave the answer for your conscience and
minds, that is, if you have any.
Take
off your animalism! Revolt and return to
your humanity before it is too late!
Save your children from that fate, for God has created humanity and made
it the best, most dignified, beautiful, better, elevated, and more loved than
animalism. As for me, I will stay in my
human form and your snakebite will not succeed in poisoning me and destroying
my mind and arousing my low desires. Do
you know why? That is because I sought
the help of my Lord to protect me, and He (SWT) will protect me from it by His
power and will protect me from the filthy, despised, and animalistic life. So, there is no way to reach me. Either I live as a human being who worships
God as an honorable dignified representative to Him on His Earth and continue
to resist animalism and preach for humanity, lordship, and slavery to God. Or I die as a human and live as God
want for me to live and die as God want me to die. A human who is a true believer, worshipper,
representative on earth, struggler, and who refuses to worship or obey anything
but God, and who follows his mind and thinking only. One who never follows his lower desires or
become enslaved by materialism, or imitate or be led or serve others. If I live this way, what a great life it
would be! And if I died in that way,
what a happy death it would be! In both
cases, I will attain the pleasure and satisfaction of God and I will be the
winner in the Hereafter, God willing.
Oh
human animals, or animalistic humans, leave me alone! I am not from you and you are not from
me. I am a human being, yes, I am a
man! And I will continue to be a man no
matter how much you try, pressure, or threaten me. I will never be like you! My way is not your way, my life is not your
life, and my path is not your path! You
have accepted to become merely animals, your Lord is yourselves, your religion
is your lower desires, and your way is your materialism and earthliness.
But
I am a man! My Lord is God who is my
creator and yours too. He (SWT) created
me to distinguish me from you. And He
(SWT) appointed me as His representative to rule over you and fix what you
disrupted. So if I am able to accomplish
my mission and role, I will certainly do so.
If I am not able to, then I will resist you and advice you. And if I am not able to do that, then I will
abandon you and isolate myself from you.
If you attack me, I will fight you until either you get rid of me or I
get rid of you. There is no peace or
armistice or common grounds between you and me, as religion is against
animalism, and the worship of God is contrary to materialism. Long ago when God created earth, animals like
you which were even stronger than you lived in it. They worshipped their lower desires and
materialism and they lived for that sake.
So they corrupted earth and shed blood and ate each other alive such
that injustice became the norm. By His
mercy, God willed to cleanse His earth from them and appoint a representative
to repair and do good, and establish justice, and get rid of materialism and
animalism. He (SWT) requested man to
worship Him and raises His Word on earth.
He (SWT) provided him with a mind to control his lower desires and think
with it. By that, he would be stronger
than all of the animals on earth and would be a master on them. He would rule over them even though they have
canines, claws, and strong muscles.
Then, God sent the messengers and religions to him so that they can know
his purpose and role in life to guarantee his success. But, unfortunately, the human betrayed the
trust and discontinued his mind and thought process. He followed his desires and worshipped
himself and imitated the animals whom he should rule over and protect the earth
from their evil. He disbelieved in God
and was unthankful to His bounties. He
abandoned God's rule and instead corrupted and committed injustice and shed
blood, so he became like the worst of animals.
This is you and this is your situation that you are in. May God's curse be on the unjust and the
corrupt, and the nonbelievers who betrayed the trust of successorship and
turned back on their heels! As for me, I
will stay in my humanity and I will not betray my Lord. I will not abandon my role or turn back on my
heels like you. Rather, I will keep my
promise with my Lord as I perform my role to the best of my ability until the
end of my life. This is my final
statement, so make up your mind and do whatever you please. I rely on God who is my Lord and your
Lord. And I seek His refuge against your
evil and injustice. Praise be to God,
the Lord of All Worlds!
So
make whatever judgment you want. You
will only be ruling in the life of this world.
Whoever meets His Lord as a criminal, there will be Hell-Fire for him
where he doesn't die in it or rest. And
whoever meets Him as a believer who performed good deeds, he will attain a high
degree in
(There is murmur in the audience
and the Wolf, Chief of the Police, hurries to whisper something in the ears of
the Fox Prosecutor, and then he leaves quickly.
The Bear Judge moves uncomfortably in his seat and the animal jurors
look at each other).
Bear Judge:
The court is adjourned for jury deliberation so they can return with
their verdict after half an hour. Then
he struck the bar in front of him and the frog bailiff yelled out, "The
court is adjourned for deliberations."
Frog Bailiff: (jumps up in the air and calls out) The
court is in session!
(The bear judge entered slowly and
signs of worry were on his face. Then
the animal jurors entered, one after the other, as they sluggishly dragged
their feet and took their seats. The fox
was in his place and stress and hesitation was apparent on him. The wolf, who is the chief of police and
minister of security, sat down eager to act and his eyes gave off a scary
glitter while he was looking around here and there. The audience was sitting in complete silence
and gloominess. It is noted that there
was a significant increase in the number of dog guards, with the presence of
new types of fierce dogs which have sharp teeth and canines, and heavy bodies and
prominent claws that were not present before).
Bear Judge:
The court is in session.
Respected jurors, did you reach a verdict?
The Jurors: (in one unanimous voice)
Yes!
Bear Judge:
What is your verdict?
The Jurors: (while taking off their
animalistic masks and costume). Our
verdict is that the human defendant is not guilty and that he is innocent. We also decided to return back to our
humanity once again and take off the animal costumes. (Suddenly they were human once again! Chaos spread between the attendants and here,
the wolf stood up as his eyes sparked with evil and he shouted)
The Wolf:
My great Lion King ordered me to restore the order and security in the
court immediately. So dog guards, move
right away to your positions! Judge,
please end this silly and ridiculous scene now!
(The dog guards move in every
place while showing their canines and they surround the jurors, judge, and the
attendants. But, the human defendant
stands in his cage and shouts out loud).
Human defendant:
God is greater than you! Come on,
Oh Wolf, reveal your ugly face and the ugly face of your scorned master! Common on, Oh dog guards, reveal your ugly
faces! This is the justice of the animal
kingdom. You rule with iron and fire and
do not recognize freedom. You don't ever
accept that the truth become known and revealed. And that people stop their animalism and
return back to humanity and highness.
May the curse of God be upon you!
Oh Wolf, did you forget that you too were also human! Why don't you follow the steps of the jurors
and admit the truth and return back to your humanity and stop your
animalism? What will your lion and tiger
masters give you in exchange for you being a puppet and serving them? Oh dog guards, did you forget that you too
were originally human, but you accepted to become dogs who guards the
animalistic authorities and their conspiracies and plans against humanity, in
exchange for a few bones and food thrown to you? Isn't it time for you to wake up and let your
canines, bodies, and claws be in service of the truth, justice, and reality,
and worshipping of God on His Earth?
The Wolf: (outraged) Shut up, Oh
defendant! Keep silent! Oh colored snake, I hereby issue an order to
you in the name of our great Lion King to bite him with your poisonous bite to
change him to an animal involuntarily!
And to destroy his mind and arouse his materialistic lower desires!
(The colored snake crawls and enters the cage as it coils its body
around and sticks out its tongue in preparation to perform the task. But, the human resists its twisting around
him and its attack against him, while he shouts loudly)
Human defendant:
"No, I will not become an
animal! No, I will not become an
animal! I am a human! And I will continue to be a human by the
will, order, and power of God!")
(Finally, the colored snake
succeeds in biting the man with its poisonous bite. It quickly leaves the cage. Everyone anxiously waits for the result. They wait for the man to change into an
animal. They wait and wait. But nothing happens. The man is lying exhausted on the
ground. After awhile, he hardly pulls
himself up and stands on his feet. He
shouts out loud again)
Human defendant:
Praise is to God! Your bite and
your conspiracy failed! God have saved
me and protected me by His Grace and Care.
So, it did not have any effect.
Rather, it only increased my humanity and worship to my Lord. It also increased my faith and love to
Him. Here I am in front of you! So what do you say now as you have seen the
miracle of your Lord?
(Chaos spreads and some of the
attendees also start to remove their animal costumes and masks, and so they
turn back to becoming real humans once again. Here, the Wolf became
infuriated and he whispered something in the ears of the fox. Then he
issued an order and yelled...)
The Wolf:
Oh dogs, by the order of our Great Lion King and our great Tiger Master,
and for the sake of preserving our animal kingdom and its developments,
advancements, prosperity and materialism, I order you to attack this man and to
kill him and put an end to this mischief in its beginning, before it enlarges
and widespread! And before our reign
comes to an end! So go ahead and attack
this arrogant, corrupted, and envious man now!
Jump and cut him into pieces!
(Immediately, the dogs rushed
towards the cage and jumped on the man, while he resisted them as much as he
can. He prayed to his Lord and
pronounced his testimony. The attack of
the dogs increased, with their sharp teeth, claws, and canine. Blood splattered here and there. Other animals participated in attacking the
poor man. A donkey kicked him, the bull
butted him, the eagle pecked him, and the pig laughed and mocked at him. The shark worked his teeth on the man's flesh
while the dogs cut him into pieces. The
poor and helpless man repeatedly kept on saying the following statement).
Human defendant:
There is no God but Allah (SWT) alone who has no partner or
associate. Muhammad is His servant and
messenger. We belong to God and to Him
we shall return. By the Lord of the
Kaaba, I have won! On the way of Ali and
on the path of Husain! Praise is to
Allah (SWT), the Lord of all Worlds!
Then he went on chanting as he fought
and resisted...
Allah is with me, Allah is with me
Oh Self, be patient and do not become desperate!
Welcome to death but with dignity
Shame to luxury that does not benefit
Kingship goes away and money runs out
The life of this world is temporary and Allah (SWT) is
All-Existing
In the life of this world, every corrupt person elevates
And in it, the Muslim believer suffers
The life of this world only gives it its dogs
And the seeker of Allah (SWT) refuses the life of pigs
The age passes by and the time of death approaches
The body withers and the grave is dark
Resurrection is coming and the Book is a witness
Seeking the life of this world is going astray and Allah
(SWT) will reckon
So be patient Oh Self…in the obedience of God
For no one will attain salvation except the servants of the
Creator
Oh life of this world, deceive someone else other than me
For I am not from you and you are not from me
Unjust human being and ignorant human being
His hobby is misguidance and hate of righteousness
Sick souls and weak hearts
Foolish minds and desires with no limit
Oh Self, give up that pleasure
And do not let nonsense and ornaments deceive you
For the world is nothing but a place of test
And life is nothing but a bridge and crossroad
So oh self, do not be influenced
A dream that will end and illusion that will terminate
So be convinced oh self and accept
The will of God and a fate that is destined
God is with you Oh self so be happy
And relax and be assured, for Allah (SWT) is my Savior
To Him is my refuge, To Him is my escape
To Him I will return, so Oh Self be happy
And whoever comes to his lord with a believing heart
And a patient self, so
A promise from Allah (SWT) and surely His promise is
fulfilled
And Allah (SWT) does not ever break His Promise
The
man gave his last breathe and his voice stopped. The Wolf, the chief of the police and
secretary of security, ordered to stop the attack. The dog guards stopped and returned back to
their places as they were soaked with the blood of the human martyr who became
a lifeless corpse that lost its features because of the fierce attack and
biting. The Wolf turned to look at the
panel of jurors and attendants. He found
that they all put on their animalistic costumes and masks and changed back to
their animalism once again. The Wolf
then asked them sharply.
The Wolf:
Was that stupid, crazy, and ignorant man guilty or not guilty?
The Jurors, Attendees, and Bear
Judge: (all in one unanimous voice) Guilty!
Guilty! Guilty!
(So the Wolf yelled out and
chanted)
The Wolf:
Long live the animal kingdom!
Long live materialism! Long live
our great Lion King! Long live our great
Master Tiger! May our animalistic
lifestyle persist! May our materialistic
achievements continue! Death to the mind!
Death to thinking! Death to
wisdom! Death to feelings and emotions! Death to anyone who worships or obeys
anyone other than our Lion King!
Punishment and torture to anyone who refuses to be an animal! All the attendees repeat after him while
the dogs surround them showing their canines and claws tainted with the blood
of the human victim and martyr.
And the curtain comes down on that
tragic incident!