Two water buffalo lock horns.

They duel for pride, for honor

For the right to first pick a mate.

Again and again they collide

Horn on horn

Then suddenly they are stuck

Their horns locked in a warm embrace

Refusing to do further battle.

The buffalo struggle to free themselves.

They tire and drop to the ground,

Horns still entwined.

Two men bravely try to help the wild beasts.

They try and separate the horns with swords

It doesn’t work.

One man tries to scare the buffalo

He rises and struggles to free himself, once more

Suddenly, the long ordeal is over. The two buffalo are free

Neither still remembers what the fight was even about.

They bound off side-by-side as friends.