Back then, Pandas were all white big bears. Once upon a time the Panda and the Leopard was fighting in the woods. A little Chinese girl walked by the wood and saw the fight. With her temerity, she grabbed a bamboo stick and poked the Leopard mercilessly. Of course Leopard suffer no harm from this attack, but it succeeded to stole the Leopard’s attention. The Leopard attacked the girl and killed the girl.
When the funeral of the death of little Chinese girl was held, all the Pandas came to mourn. The Pandas coat their feet with ashes and they wore black bands on their heads, as a form of honoring and grievance of the death of the girl. The Pandas cried and cried. But when they wiped their tears, the black ink from the band caught in their hands and then it got to their eyes. The Panda got black hands and black eyes. The Pandas cried and cried. They hug each other to ease their sadness, but then their hands were blacken from the ink, now that ink smeared all over their hug-partner’s back. The Pandas cried and cried. But they cant stand to heard the weep of grievance anymore, so they cover their ears with their blacken hands. That’s how Pandas got blacks on their body.
I like this story. I don’t know why. Panda is fluffy, cute and active. and in China they become the symbol of peace :)
Pardon me if i have a mistake on the story, I couldn’t fully remember. I read this story was on the wall of the Panda zone, when I visit Chiang Mai Zoo November 2011. This zoo is the only zoo who has panda in Thailand. The Pandas were the gift from China as the symbol of Thailand and China friendship.
