145. The
Woodcutter and the Shepherd
A deeply deaf
shepherd was driving 11 sheep in a forest. Daily his wife bought meal for him
but one day she didn't come. So to know about her welfare the shepherd hastily
took departure for his house. Then he saw a woodcutter climbing on a tree whom
he said to take care of his sheep. Unfortunately, the woodcutter was also deaf;
he didn't understand his message and gave a negative answer by hand movement.
But the shepherd thought that he agreed to care. When the shepherd returned, he
counted his sheep and pleasingly gave a sheep of broken leg to the woodcutter
as a gift. The woodcutter thought that the shepherd was abusing him for
breaking the sheep's leg, so they both started to quibble over that, without
understanding each other. Meanwhile, a saint was passing by; he understood the
whole matter and pacified the situation and said to them to do their own work.
Moral:
We only hear, whatever we want to hear.
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