PRIEST AND GOAT Dear friends,
Today is April 1, 2021. April fool day. I thought ofposting a foolishing story stored in my lap top Sincerely, Gopala Krishnan 1-4-2021 Once, there lived a pious Priest in a small village. He wasvery innocent and simple minded person, used to perform religious rituals. On one occasion, he was rewardedwith the goat for his services by a wealthy man. The Priest washappy to get a goat as the reward. He happily slung the goat over his shoulderand began the journey towards his home. On the way, three cheats (Thugs)saw the Priest taking the goat. All of them were lazy and wanted to cheat the Priest sothat they could take away the goat. They said, “This goat will make a deliciousmeal for all of us. Let’s somehow get it”. They discussed the matter amongstthemselves and devised a plan to get the goat by fooling the Priest. Afterdeciding the plan, they got separated from one another and took differenthiding positions at three different places on the way of the Priest. As soon as, thePriest arrived at a lonely place, one ofthe cheats came out of his hiding place and asked Priest in a shockingmanner, “Sir, what are you doing? I don’t understand why a pious man like you needs to carry a dog on hisshoulders?” The Priest was surprised to hear such words. He screamed,“Can’t you see? It’s not a dog but a goat, you stupid fool”. The cheat replied,“Sir, I beg your pardon. I told you what I saw. I am sorry if you don’t believeit”. The Priest was annoyed at the discrepancy but started his journey onceagain. The Priest had barely walked a distance, when another cheatcame out of his hiding place and asked the Priest, “Sir, why do you carry a dead calf on your shoulders?You seem to be a wise person. Such an act is pure stupidity on yourpart”. The Priest yelled, “What? How can you mistake a living goat for a deadcalf?” The second cheat replied, “Sir, you seem to be highly mistaken in thisregard. Either you don’t know how does goat look like or you are doing itknowingly. I just told you what I saw. Thank you”. The second cheat went awaysmiling. The Priest got confused but continued to walk further. Again the Priest had covered a little distance when thethird cheat met him. Thethird cheat asked laughingly, “Sir, why do you carry a donkey on yourshoulders? It makes you a laughing stock”. Hearing the words of thethird thug, the Priest became really worried. He started thinking, “Is itreally not a goat? Is it some kind of a ghost?” He thought that theanimal he was carrying on his shoulders might really be some sort of ghost,because it transformed itself from the goat into a dog, from a dog into a deadcalf and from dead calf into a donkey. The Priest got frightened to such an extent that he hurledthe goat on the roadside and ran away. The three tricksterslaughed at the gullible Priest. They caught the goat and were happy to feast onit. Moral: One should not be carried away by what others say.Don’t be fooled by those who wants to take advantage of you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1882802298.1940958.1617247883970%40mail.yahoo.com.
