Once a traveler wished to cross a wide desert, so he engaged the services of a guide and his camel. The traveler sat on the camel with all his baggage and the guide led the camel out into the desert.
The hot sun beat down mercilessly on the wayfarers and after a few hours of travel for some time and he got down from the camel.
The weary camel sat down and the traveler sat in its shadow since there was no other shady spot available.
The guide walked up to the traveler and said, “Get up! I want to sit in the shade too”.
“There is place in the shade for one person only,” replied the traveler.
“Besides I hired the camel and that means the shadow belongs to me for the duration of the journey.”
“Not at all!” argues the guide, “you hired only the camel. If you want its shadow too you will have to pay more.”
‘No! I will not!” shouted the traveler.
They began to quarrel loudly. Scared by the noise of their quarrel the camel got up suddenly and then bolted. The two men gaped at the sight of the fleeing camel then they ran after it shouting for it to stop. But it was to no avail. The camel ran away into the desert and was never found. Thus the guide lost his camel and the traveler all his baggage.
The moral of this story is “A small quarrel can lead to a big loss.” Never quarrel for the small thing. You should learn how to adjust with small problems.
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