Once upon a time, there lived a merchant in a town. He had to go abroad on business. He went to a neighbouring house and asked, 'Sir, I have to carry a lot of things, give me your donkey and I will return it when I come back after the business is done.' The neighbour also gave his donkey.
The crafty merchant loaded cotton bales on his donkey's back.
He loaded the bags of salt on the neighbour's donkey. He looked at his servant
and said, 'I am going on horseback, no matter what happens, don't stop the
donkeys anywhere, come to the next town' and left.
The servant drove the two donkeys and set off. A donkey
carrying a bag of salt staggered along. The donkey carrying the cotton bales
was walking normally. Suddenly the sky darkened and it started raining. The two
donkeys walked drenched in the rain.
The salt in the sack kept dissolving but the cotton sacks got
wet in the rain and got heavier by absorbing the water. The merchant's donkey
struggled to bear the weight of the cotton bales and could not take a single
step but the servant made it walk too. The cotton bales were getting heavier
and heavier. The spine became so weak that the donkey fell down.
As the packages were delayed, the merchant returned on horseback
to find out what had happened. When he saw his donkey lying down and asked the
worker what had happened, he said that it had happened because of work.
He was upset thinking that if the next man contrived to let
the donkey suffer and my donkey lived happily, that is what would happen. He
understood that if we ignore those who have helped us, the result will be like
this.
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