The Shepherd With Presence Of Mind
Long long ago lived a king called Rajvarma.
He was very much involved in arts. He was a good painter himself. Once, he
went over a cliff and started painting the beauty of nature. He became so
engrossed in his paintings, and soon he completed. He stood back to have a look
at it. The picture was beautiful indeed.
Rajvarma
moved backward to have a long view of the picture. He kept on moving backwards
that he forget to notice he had come to the very edge of the cliff. If he moved
further he would surely fall deep down from the cliff.
At that
moment, Gokul, the shepherd boy noticed the movement of Rajvarma. He had no
time to shout at the king, so, Gokul took a stone and threw at the picture. The
picture got tored up.
Rajvarma,
who was enjoying the beauty of his picture, got annoyed. He turned, with anger,
towards Gokul, and said, “You silly foolish shepherd. How dare you throw a
stone and tear my painting”.
Gokul replied
humbly, “Your majesty would you kindly turn and look at your back”.
Rajvarma
turned and saw that he was on the brink of the cliff. He came to Gokul and
thanked him for his timely help.
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