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Articles: Moral Stories | Panchatantra stories
- Mr. Siri Siri
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LAPWING AND THE SEA
A lapwing lived with his wife near a sea. His wife's pregnancy period was about to mature. She requested her husband to search a safe place for laying her eggs.
The lapwing instructed her to lay eggs on the seashore. But his wife was not assured. She said-
'This seashore is not a safe place, because such high tides occur on the full moon day in which big elephant could submerge. So look out for some other place which is safe.'
The lapwing laughed loudly. He said arrogantly.
'The sea is not capable of destroying my progenies. Who would try to enter into the fire deliberately? Who would try to wake up a sleeping lion? Who would challenge the lord of death? So lay your eggs without any fear.' The sea was listening to the arrogant words spoken by the lapwing. He decided to teach him a lesson.
After laying her eggs, the mother lapwing had gone to bring some grains. Finding the time opportune, the sea drowned the eggs with its wave. When the mother lapwing did not find her eggs after her return, she felt very sorry. She said-
'I had warned you about this and today my words have come true. Somebody has rightly said that a person who does not listen to his friends’ advice gets destroyed like the tortoise.'
The lapwing asked curiously- 'How did it happen?' Then his wife narrated the following story-
SWANS AND THE TORTOISE
There used to live a tortoise named Kambugreeva in a lake. His friends - two swans also lived in the same lake. The names of the swans were Sankat and Vikat.
Both the swans used to tell the tortoise the stories of sages. Once it did not rain for many months. The level of the water in the lake also started falling. The swans were worried about the tortoise, they said-
One day, the swans started worrying about the fate of Kumbagreeva as it had not rained for many months due to which the level of water in the lake also started depleting. They said to the tortoise-
'Friend! Now only the mud remains in the lake. How will you survive?'
Kumbagreeva replied-
'I am worried too. But let us patiently think about a way to get rid of this problem.'
The tortoise then revealed his plan to both the swans-
'Bring a rope or a wooden stick. Both of you fly holding both the ends in your beaks. I will hold it in the middle. This way both of you can carry me to a lake full of water.'
The swans agreed but they warned him against opening his mouth otherwise he would fall down on the earth.
The tortoise agreed. The swans carried the tortoise according to the plan. As they were flying over a city, people down below saw that amazing scene. They started shouting -
'Look at this? How amazing!'
When the tortoise heard this noise, he became curious. He asked-
'What is this fuss about?'
But as soon as the tortoise opened his mouth, he fell down on the ground. The people caught and killed him.
After finishing her story the mother lapwing said- 'A person who performs his actions, keeping future in mind and one who tried to find out the solution of his problems, when faced with calamity, achieves happiness. On the other hand one who leaves himself to his destiny gets destroyed'.
The lapwing curiously asked-
'How does one, who leaves himself to his destiny gets destroyed.' His wife narrated the following story-
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