77. The Astronomer
and the Stranger
Once there lived an
astronomer in a town. As we know that astronomers are sky-watchers, he used to
go out at night in the open and watch the stars. One night, he was gazing at
the sky closely and the same time moving ahead. He got so much involved in
sky-watching that he stumbled against the edge of a dry well and fell into it.
He laid there groaning in pain. A man passing by heard his groans and came to
the well. He asked the astronomer how he got there. The astronomer told him all
that happened. The man said, “So you were busy looking into the sky without
caring where your feet were carrying you on the ground.” “Exactly sir,”
retorted the astronomer. “Then you deserve it. Helping you would be a folly.”
Saying this, the man went away.
Moral: Look ahead before you
move.
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