Two Silly Goats
Once upon a time there was a lovely village with
a beautiful river that flowed past through it. There lived two silly goats
in that village. The two
goats lived in the neighbourhood houses of
their masters. The two goats were very foolish in the village. They both were
always jealous of each other for silly
reasons. Each of them thought themselves to be very great and thought the
other to be lesser than them in every way.
Both
the goats loved to go to their respective fields with their masters. And while
returning home, they both always halted near the river to drink some water. The
river was very near to the village. There was a narrow bridge over the river,
which helped the villagers to pass through the river from the village to their
fields and other places. The bridge was made up of a plank of wood which served
as the purpose to the villagers for crossing the river. But the plank was too
narrow for two individuals to pass on it side by side. Only one person can walk
over it at a time. The villagers had the understanding that when someone
crossing the bridge, the other had to wait for their turn.
One
fine day, the two goats were grazing around the
fields without their masters. One silly goat ran towards the village in search
of his master and the other remained in the fields on the other side of the
river. After some time, the two goats met
face to face on either side of the river over
the opposite ends of the bridge. One silly goat was on one side while the
other silly goat was on the other side. Now both the silly goats began walking from
the opposite ends of the bridge as each wanted
to cross the river prior to the other one.
One
silly goat said, "I shall go first, allow me to pass through the
bridge."
The
other silly goat said, "No, I must cross first, you move aside."
Neither
of them was ready to let the other pass through the bridge before the other
one, hence no one was yielded. The two silly goats moved furthermore upon the
bridge from their own sides. At last, they both meet in the middle of the narrow bridge. When they came in front of each
other on the bridge, they could not pass any further and got stuck at the centre of the bridge. They stood in the
middle and looked angrily at each other.
One
of them said, "Go back and let me pass first."
But
the other silly goat replied, "No, I will pass first, and you shall go
back."
Each
of them wished to be the first to pass through the bridge and nobody
compromised to let the other pass first. They determined to fight the matter
out. So they lowered their heads and began to push each other. They fought terribly.
As they were fighting, both of them lost their balance, slipped from the bridge
and fell into the river. Before they could long for anything else, both the
silly goats were drowned in the river.
Moral: Act wisely and do not lose
temper in adverse conditions.
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