Once upon a time, there lived a great saint in a forest. One
day, while he was in deep meditation a small mouse fell on his lap. It had been
dropped by a crow who was carrying it in its beak. “Please save me,” pleaded
the mouse.
The saint felt pity for the poor mouse. He gently lifted the
mouse and started nurturing it.
One day, the mouse was chased by a cat.
He ran to the saint in fear. With his miraculous powers, the
saint turned the mouse into a cat. The mouse turned cat lived happily with the
saint for some time.
But, one day, it was chased by a dog. The scared cat ran to
the saint again. The saint turned the cat into a dog.
The dog was very faithful and followed the saint everywhere. One
night, while the dog was lying outside the hut, a tiger growled at it. The dog
ran into the saint trembling in fear. The saint converted the dog into a tiger.
The mouse turned tiger started to live in the forest without any fear.
But, the saint continued to treat him like a mouse. Whenever
the animals in the forest saw the tiger they said “the mouse has been made a
tiger by our saint. So, we need not be afraid of this tiger”.
The mouse turned the tiger realized that he will have to live
with the stigma of being a mouse until he got rid of the saint. He went towards
the saint to kill him. The great saint read his thoughts before the tiger could
attack him. The angry saint turned the tiger back to a mouse as it was
before.
Moral story: Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
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