Pleasant Stories & Anecdotes — Page 15
Pleasant Stories—Sell Yourself 15 God told Hadrat M u s a to teach him the languages of the ani- mals. Therefore, Hadrat M u s a taught him the languages of dogs and roosters. The next day, for experience, the man paid due attention to the voices uttered by his dog and rooster. The maidservant dusted a tablecloth and crumbs from last night’s leftovers fell to the floor. The rooster picked them up and devoured them instantly. The dog said to the rooster, ‘You have been unfair to me as you can eat grains etc. whereas I cannot’. The rooster said, ‘You should not worry. You shall be getting better than these leftover crumbs. The horse of the homeowner is going to die and who shall eat that meat other than the dogs’. On hearing this conversation, the young man immediately sold his horse and was saved from the loss. The next day another similar event occurred. The rooster ate the crumbs again, and the same conversation took place between the two. The rooster told the dog, ‘Undoubtedly the horse died at another place as it was traded off. However, you need not worry as his camel is going to die tomorrow and you shall have a feast’. The man sold the camel too. The third day, the same incident took place, and the dog blamed the rooster again. The rooster repeated a similar response. ‘The camel was sold too and died at some other place. Nothing to worry as now his slave will die tomorrow, and on his death, his relatives and dogs will be served with good food’. The man sold the slave too. The rooster was greatly ashamed for the fourth consecutive day. It said to the dog, ‘Do not think what I said was a lie. The news I shared was correct. Our nation is