Tuesday, December 9, 2014

12. Hitopadesh -The Monkey and The Wedge

Once upon a time there was a King. He was rich, kind and prosperous.

When the king was blessed with a son, he held a grand feast. The priests who came during the celebration asked the king to build a temple in his state to thank God for blessing him with son.

Soon the temple construction started. The masons, sculptors, carpenters, painters who worked there gathered everyday in the noon to take their meal.

One day while the workmen were taking their meal, a troop of monkeys came and started playing with their tools. One of the workmen left after placing a wedge in a large log he was working on.

One of monkeys from the troop jumped on that log of wood. He saw the log was with inserted wedge and became curious about it. So he tried hard and pulled it. As the wedge came out, the heavy log banged and the monkey's tail was caught in the log.

The helpless monkey shrieked and cried loudly in pain.  His family gathered to help him. Hearing the cry, the workmen came to rescue him. They tugged and pulled over, and set monkey free. But his tailed waggled between the logs. The monkey lost his tail and died in pain.

Moral: Do not interfere in other people's work.

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