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- Story
of a Jackal Husband and Wife
Once a he-jackal and
a she-jackal were taking a stroll on the banks of a river. The she-jackal
used to boast of her intelligence and treated her husband as a fool. She
used to say that she had hundred intelligence, the poor he-jackal used to
say in a low voice, "I have only one."
As they were taking
the stroll in the cool air, they were talking about their children, their
future and their old parents. They were looking here and there and enjoying
the scenery that they heard a roar of a lion nearby. Hearing the roar the
she-jackal got frightened and asked her husband - "Did you hear that
what I heard?" The he-jackal said - "Yes dear, I also heard
that."
They continued their
walking, that they heard another roar of the lion. It seemed coming from
nearby. Now she-jackal got more frightened and asked her husband to find
some way to escape that danger. The he-jackal said - "Dear, I have only
one intelligence, what can I do? You have as many as hundred intelligence,
you should use your own." The she-jackal said - "My fifty
intelligence left me away as soon I heard the second roar of the lion. I try
to use my other fifty."
In the meantime they
heard another roar of the lion. This roar seemed coming from a place very
near to
them. The she-jackal started trembling with fear and a said to he-jackal -
"Dear, my another twenty-five intelligence have also gone. I am unable
to think anything,
now you think about our safety." He-jackal didn't
reply anything and continued his stroll.
They again heard a
roar of the lion. This time it seemed coming from just beside them and
really they saw a lion standing before them. The she-jackal started
trembling with fear and said to her husband - "Dear, My remaining
twenty-five intelligence have also gone. I cannot think any more." And
she hid behind her husband. The he-jackal said - "OK, I will think of
something."
The lion came nearer
and said - "I am very hungry, I want to eat both of you." The
he-jackal greeted him respectfully, asked him his family's welfare,
and said - "Yes, why not? We are at your service, but you may not be
satisfied with our old lean and thin body flesh. We have five fat children
at home. I want to bring them too so that our whole family can be of use to
you, and you will certainly be satisfied after eating all of us."
The lion got very
happy to hear this. He immediately gave him permission to go home and bring
his five fat children soon. The he-jackal and the she-jackal greeted him
respectfully again and walked fast towards their home. After going fast for
quite a distance, they started strolling again on the banks of the river.
The danger had gone, and they were at ease again.
After this incident
the she-jackal never boasted again for her intelligence and never treated
her husband a fool.
[Intelligence
is never hundred or two hundred. It is always one and whatever can be used
in need is intelligence.]
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