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instruc ons that I gave were water on the stone? Fool didn't extremely expensive. Look before you leap and think before
even see, who is he and who is the master? Actually, he is a man you speak. One has to pay a big price of repentance and loss
as cheap as a straw of grass, but his ego is like a landlord. Now a er it.
I'll show him how expensive the rudeness is! Even if such The merchant made prepare a fair and a rac ve velvet
persons carry out my work worth lacs, they are useless. Those cat. Then when the cat became beau ful and shining, he sent it
who are such shameless and impolite should be severely with an unknown man to the clerk. He also sent a message with
punished. The punishment wouldn't be done by me but by the it, “Offer this cat to the emperor in a dish filled with jewellery.
Emperor of Delhi himself. I'll make such a plan that he would The messenger took the cat innocently and hurried to Delhi.
become a prey of painful whips and lose his respect. The A er reaching Delhi, he gave it to the clerk, with the message.
merchant forgot the clerk's humble service in the past. He The clerk was astonished looking at it. He thought ‘Jewellery
forgot that he had sent the clerk. He got highly tempered to can be a gi but why a cat? The cat is quite a rac ve, it would
thrash the poor man hard in severe punishment. Just think how become a play toy for emperor's son, or it would become a
dreadful anger is! How does ego reign the mind! showpiece, or he may do whatever he wants. Why should I
The angry merchant thought, ‘I'll send him such a thing worry? I've just to follow my master's order’ He possessed high
that when he would offer to the emperor as a gi , the emperor ideals as a servant.
would get angry and, order to lash him hard or throw him in According to the merchant's message, the clerk went to
prison. The thing should be valuable and precious so that the the emperor and offered the gi of the cat in a dish filled with
clerk would get ready to gi it or else he won't go at all. He does jewellery. He introduced himself, gave the address of his Delhi's
not so dunce.’ stay. And he exited offering saluta on. The reason for giving
The merchant got ready to thrash him into such a severe address was that the emperor might, immediately call him if he
punishment. Even the clerk was in fault. Pumped by ones ego, a wanted to buy any jewellery. The deal with the emperor would
man shouldn't rudely and abruptly speak nonsense. Before yield a bumper profit.
that, he should think, "To whom am I speaking this? What am I See, how innocent the clerk is! He doesn't know, the
speaking? Will it result in a bad outcome!” address given by him would, in fact, bring danger to him. Is
There are lots of illustra ons of tragedies ignited by there any reliability of the worldly things and ac vi es that
speaking rubbish. Before le ng the words off our mouth, we they would be for our good only? We hope something and the
should properly think. Man is great but if he isn't aware of outcome is altogether different. For the same reason, the
what he speaks his good quali es would get suppressed and knowledgeable sages advise to put no trust on them, live not
hidden behind the veil of his cheap and mean speech. He according to their condi ons, not to bloom or wither in their
would get dishonour instead of honour and loss instead of drama.
profit. 'Think and speak' is far cheaper. Haste speech becomes The clerk gi ed it to the emperor. He returned,
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