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By Kamlesh Tripathi
By Kamlesh Tripathi
Once upon a time there was a trader who had two ponies. He often used to
load his ponies with grocery, to sell them in the nearby villages located in
the hills. Once, it so happened, that one of his pony fell sick, but the trader
did not come to know of it. He wanted to carry salt, jaggery, pulses and rice to the nearby villages to sell. So, he loaded both the ponies equally and
started off in his mission.
But while negotiating the uneven hilly terrain the sick pony was having
problems. They halted for a breather is when he said to his fellow pony—‘today
I’m not feeling well. I’ll drop one of the bags loaded on me, so you keep
standing here. When our owner notices that he might load it on you. But if you
move ahead the owner will load it back on me. In this manner my load will get
reduced and I will be able to come along with you.’
But the other pony said—‘why should I take your load? As if I have lesser
load on my back. Sorry, I’ll only carry my share of load.’
The sick pony kept quiet. But he was feeling extremely sick. And while moving
on the hilly track he inadvertently stumbled into a bolder lying on the road
and went off the hill and rolled down and finally succumbed to his injuries.
The trader was shocked at the sudden death of his pony. He stood there
for a while not knowing what to do. Then he lifted the bags from the dead pony
and loaded them on to the other pony. Now that pony started repenting and thinking—‘had
I listened to my fellow pony and taken some extra load he wouldn’t have come
across the fatal accident and in turn I wouldn’t have had to carry the entire
load on my back.
Moral of the story: A person
who doesn’t help his colleague in danger has to repent.
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