Once upon a time, in a small
village there lived a Brahman with his wife. One fortunate day, the Brahman's
wife gave birth their son.
Everyday Brahmin went to temple
leaving his wife and son alone. So the Brahmin thought to keep a pet which
would guard his family and also play with his son.
The Brahmin told his wife about
plan and they decided to keep a pet. The Brahmin went around the village in
search of pet and returned home with a mongoose. His wife did not like the pet,
but she accepted it. She never left her son alone with mongoose as she did not
trusted it and thought it might harm him.
One afternoon, the Brahmin and his
wife went out for feast leaving their son at home with mongoose. After they
left, a black snake came in their house. The mongoose attacked the snake and
killed it.
When the Brahmin and his wife
arrived, they saw blood around mongoose' mouth. They thought the mongoose had
killed their son.
The enraged wife hit the mongoose
hard with thick bamboo and the mongoose died. Then she hurried inside the room
and found her son sleeping in the cradle. Near the cradle she saw the dead
snake and realized that the mongoose saved her child from snake.
She repented her action and cried
in grief for killing mongoose.
Moral: Never act in haste. Think
before you act.
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