1.18 Panchtantra - The Bird's Advise to The Foolish Monkeys

Long ago, there was a big tree near a river. The tree provided shelter to several birds and animals from sun and rain.

One evening it started raining heavily. A group of monkeys were playing nearby. As the rain started they got wet and ran for shelter under the tree.

The wet monkeys felt cold and were shivering with cold. Seeing this, one of the birds told the monkeys, "It is raining heavily. You are shivering with cold and may fall sick. If you had built a home like us, you would not suffer. We birds build nests with our small beaks. However, God has gifted you monkeys with hands and legs. You all should work to make a good shelter for yourself and your family."

This was the bird' good advise to monkey.

However, the monkey did not like the bird's advise. He got angry and decided to teach a lesson to the birds.

The monkeys thought that these birds live comfortably in their nests even during rain and criticized them for not having home to shelter ourselves.

So the angry and annoyed monkeys decided to revenge on birds. When the train stopped; the monkeys awfully destroyed the nests of birds. They mercilessly destroyed their eggs and threw their young ones down.

The birds flew away in misery and regretted their advise to foolish monkeys.

Moral: Give good advise to learned and wise. Do not advise the foolish.