Once upon a time in the village of Goen, there lived a poor
young and honest boy, who was easily tricked and persuaded by all the
villagers.
One day the poor young boy went to collect fire wood for the
cunning richest man of the village, to collect firewood he needs to walk
far-off village across a range of hills and pass through thick forest that is
said to be the home of the deadliest man eater jackals.
Deep inside the forest he collected the fire wood as quickly
as he could to avoid the threat of getting himself killed by the carnivores.
After collecting the fire woods, he journeyed towards the village by crossing
the range of hills and passing the thick forest. Carrying a heavy load and
climbing up the hills was very tiring for him. He felt exhausted, thirsty and
hungry too, but he could not rest to relax.
As he reached near the bridge he thought that he was now no
more in danger of getting himself hunted by the deadliest man eater jackals;
therefore, he unloaded the firewood and relaxed himself by taking a nap in the
middle of the bridge.
Dominated by the physical exhaustion his nap had turned into
deep sleep, where he has forgotten the threat of the jackals. Snoring with high
density he had no idea how the time had passed quickly turning the day into
night.
Upon waking up he was shocked that it was already dark and a feeling
of undercurrent disgruntled aroused in him. As expected he saw the glittering
eyes from the edge of the bridge coming towards him. He was extremely afraid,
helpless and a feeling of anguish came over him. He thought that it might be
his last hour to stay on the earth.
The glittering eyes came nearer to him, he panicked and
shivered making his pants wet. He exclaimed with fear that god can only save
him and lied on the bridge helplessly. He farted softly for a several times
which had a very powerful bad odour.
The jackals surrounded him and tried to roll him, but the
smell of fart bewildered the jackals. Out of the group, one of the elder
jackals said, “My dear fellow mates this man is not a fresh flesh for us to
eat, he smells awful.” When all the jackals were scratching their heads, a
small little cute jackal answered the elder by telling that if they happen to
eat the man right away it won’t be wise for them. In the meantime, one of the
female jackals said, “Let us take him in our cave and dry him in the fire so
that the awful smell will go off and we can preserve him for emergency
dinning.” The idea was welcomed by all and did as instructed by the lady jackal.
Leaving the boy in the cave, all the jackals went in search of
a fresh meat for dinner. It was now a relief for the poor boy; he opened his
eyes to look outside the cave. To his amazement the cave was full of gold and
diamond that can make a man rich for more than three generations.
The poor boy hurriedly carried some of the gold and diamond and
made his way out of the cave to the village. Though he felt tired and exhausted
in reaching the village, he was happy to get the wealth.
With the wealth he owned he became the richest person of the
village, he built a castle for himself with many servants working under him. He
lived the life of a king that he had never imagined.
One day when the former richest man was passing by the castle,
he was stuck with the sense of jealousy. He even felt envy upon the boy, he
felt like snatching all the wealth from the boy. Being not able to do anything
he made a plan to reveal the secret of the boy so, he went in the castle to ask
the boy.
Inside the castle the man could not believe his own eyes, when
he sees the life of the boy and the painting on the wall of the castle. He was
quite stuck with reverence for the boy, but his cunning nature forced him to
ask what he needs to know from the boy. He said, “How can a poor fellow like
you dare to stand as big as me. From where did you get your wealth?” Instead
of arguing with the man, the boy shared all the incidents that he had faced and
even thanked the man for sending him to collect fire wood which in fact was
blessing in disguise.
The man burned with ego thought of doing same like the boy. He
started his journey early in the morning without the notice of anyone. He
journeyed to a place where the fire woods were collected and came back to rest
on the middle of the bridge enthusiastically waiting for the jackals to turn
on.
With the cold wind blowing heavily he felt very chill, but the
lust and desire to be the richest man made him resist the cold. After a long
hour of waiting, the jackals showed their presence. The man put up all his skills
and did what the poor boy had done. He farted softly with an awful smell
similar to that of the boy.
With the smell touching the breath of Jackals, all the jackals
felt very angry and furious too. They believed that the air they breathe of
fart was the fart of a man who had stolen their wealth.
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All of the jackals were puzzled for a while and they started
talking about the man. After discussing for a while the elder jackal suggested
that they will not dine on a person who was mischievous in steeling others
wealth. He said” My dear jackals if we eat him we might grow the sense of
dishonesty; therefore, we won’t take a bite on him instead we all will agree to
throw him from the bridge and let him drown in the freezing cold water.”
The man who was supposed to get the wealth of jackals was now
in big trouble. He listens to the conversation of the cleaver jackals, but was
helpless to help himself. He prayed in his heart, remembered his own cruelty
and remained as calm he can.
All the jackals lifted him, carried at the edge of bridge and
threw him from top. Thus ended the life of the cunning man
MORAL: greedy will turn us into greediest.
Opportunity will
jingle with simplicity.
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