The simple stories from ancient panchatantra tales, dating back to 300 BC, teach some moral lessons.. The swan and the Owl Once upon a time there lived a beautiful swan in a pond. An owl from the nearby tree came once to the pond and saw the beautiful swan swimming in the pond. He wanted to be a friend of this beautiful swan and therefore told the swan that he would like to be friendly with the swan. The swan agreed and both of them became thick fiends. As the days passed the owl became unhappy and hence told his friend, swan, that he wanted to go to the Lotus-wood where he had a good house and if the swan wanted to see him, must come to the Lotus-wood and went back to his house. The owl cannot see during day time and hence remained in the hole all the day time and came out during night to hunt.. One day the swan wanted to see his old friend, the owl, and went to the Lotus Wood and started searching for his friend who was hiding in his hole during day time. The owl came out during night and told his friend, the swan, to meet him during night. We, Hindus, believe that hearing the hooting sound of an owl as a bad omen. One fine morning some merchants were going through the lotus-wood singing and praising the Lord almighty. The owl heard this and started hooting according the tune of the song. The merchants who were all Hindus heard this sound and thought it to be a bad omen and hence took their bow and arrows and aimed at the place from where they heard the hooting sound. As they took the bow and arrows, the owl without thinking of the danger posed to the swan and leaving him there, quickly went to the nearby hole and hid himself. As the arrows came, the swan, which did not move, was hit killing him instantly The moral is “ NEVER BECOME FRIENDS WITH UNDESIRABLES AND CHEATS “.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 15:38:00 +0000
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