Stories of Birbal
The Donkey's Relatives
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One day Hodjaa loaded
some vegetables on his donkey and set to market. After a distance the donkey
stopped going further and stayed where it was. Now Hodjaa was
in a hurry, first he coxed the donkey to get moving but when it refused to walk
further, then he started beating it.
Seeing this people gathered
around them. One man asked Hodjaa "Why are you beating this poor
creature?" Another man said, "You are a merciless man who is
beating a speechless animal." The third man said, "Do not beat
it, it will go its own."
Hodjaa was still in anger, he
said to the donkey, "If I knew that you had so many relatives around, I
would never have beaten you. I can see that you have a large family here."
Hearing this the people left and went away
their way leaving Hodjaa with his donkey.
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