BANANA BOOMERING

BANANA BOOMERING

Ramdas had a cow. He could not feed her. So, he sold his cow to Maniram in three thousand rupees.

Maniram came home with the cow. After few months the cow gave birth to a calf. When Ramdas learnt that the cow had born a calf he turned green with envy. He thought of a dishonest plan. He went to the house of maniram and forcibly took away the calf. When Ramdas protested he retorted,”I had sold you the cow and not the calf she had produced.”

The matter took a serious turn. Panchayat sat down to settle the dispute. The decision went in favors of Ramdas. It pained Maniram .He talked to the Panchayat Pradhan. The pradhan said, “We know Ramdas has done an act of dishonesty .Our decision is to teach him a lesson.”

  The Pradhan told Maniram the plan. Maniram went to Ramdas and said,”Friend! I am in great need of money. I went to sell any banana grove for one thousand rupees.”

     Ramdas liked the deal. He bought the banana plantation of Maniram for one thousand rupees. After some time bananas grew on the plants. Maniram went to the plantation with many of his man and plucked all the bunches of bananas. Ramdas could not stop them as he was alone.

     The dispute again went to the Panchayat. Again both sides were heard. Panchayat Pradhan said,”Ramdas, Why do you complain now? When the calf born to the cow you sold can belong to you why can’t the bananas grown by plants after the sale of the plantation belong to Maniram by the same logic?”

Ramdas lost the case and his face.

Moral: Some people use crooked reasons to gain undue benefit. Sooner or later, the same crooked logic rebounds on such people.