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Think Twice Before You Speak
A long time ago there lived to swans and a tortoise on the bank of a pond. They were fast friends. They lived together and share their meal happily .The tortoise was a little talkative. The swans told him many a time that too much of speaking could be dangerous. but the advice fell flat on the tortoise. He was easily provoked and he lost control on his tongue. The swans were fed up with the habit of their friend.
Once it so happened that for want of rains, the pond , wells and streams stared drying up . the three friends were greatly worried.
” Dear friend i as a result of drought , this pond will go dry , so we shall stop coming here . we’ll look for some other pond ” the swans said to the tortoise.
” do you mean to desert me ?” asked the tortoise.
“We’ll be happy if you also accompany us to some other pond, but since you can’t fly , we are helpless” , said the swans. ” Never the less we’ll find a way out and wan’t leave you here.”
A few days later the two swans returned to the pond and said to their , ” we have devised a scheme to take you along with us , but there is one hitch . you talk too much.”
” But what has my talkativeness to do with my accompanying you?” the tortoise asked.
” The scheme worked out by us demands that you keep quiet,” the swans said.
The tortoise promised to do as desired.
The swans bought a stick .
” Hold this stick between your teeth firmly. We shall lift the two ends of the stick with our beaks and fly off. but bear in mind , if you tried the least to open your mouth, you might lose your life”.
The tortoise held the stick in his mouth , and they set out safely.
Some boys noticed the funny scene on the sky and shouted, ” Look I swans are taking the tortoise slung by the stick. As soon as he falls to the ground, we shall catch it.”
The tortoise kept quiet for a while . He couldn’t control his anger for long. as soon as he opened his mouth to give a fitting reply to the naughty boys, he fell on the earth and died.
The foolish tortoise could not hold his tongue in check, and he died. Whatever we speak not only reveals our own character but also affect others. If a sweet tongue acts as a soothing balm, a sharp tongue hurts every body. A crow doesn’t hurt any body , and a cuckoo doesn’t benefit any person. yet the latter pleases one and all with her melodious nodes.
Some body has rightly said –
First weight, then speak .
Don’t speak thoughtlessly .
Think Twice Before You Speak