74. The Wife
and the Husband
Once a wife and her
husband were going to their village sitting on a horse. On the way, many people
looked at them and said, “Both of them are sitting on a weak horse.” To hear
this the wife jumped off the horse. As they moved, they met many people who
said, “Look at the husband; he is sitting on a horse and his flower-like wife
is on foot.” Hearing this the husband also jumped off the horse and made his
wife to sit on the horse. When people saw this, they again said, “How is she?
She is on the horse but her husband is on foot." Now both started to walk
on foot. When people saw this, they said, “How foolish both are! In spite of
having a horse, both are walking on foot.” Both the husband and the wife felt
embarrassed and thinking on this matter decided not to hear others and sat on
the horse and moved ahead.
Moral: People always say
different things; we shouldn't follow them.
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