Elephant and the tailor - Story

 

An elephant always passed by a tailor shop, while going to the river to take a bath. On the way, the elephant always stops at a tailor’s shop and raises his trunk to greet the tailor. The tailor used to offer the elephant a banana. The elephant would gulp it down, thank the tailor by raising his trunk and walk away.

As usual one day he put his trunk inside the shop. The tailor was not in a good mood as he had a quarrel with a customer. So he didn't give anything to the elephant. The tailor instead of giving him something to eat pricked a needle into his trunk. The elephant winced in pain. The tailor laughed loudly. The elephant silently walked away.

The elephant reached the river and took his bath. After that, he filled muddy water in his trunk. On his way back he stopped at the tailor's shop and threw all the muddy water on the clothes in the shop. All the clothes were destroyed. The tailor had to bear the heavy loss. He felt sad for his misdeed. But it was too late.

Moral: As you sow, so shall you reap.