Little wind, little sun,
Little tree- only one
Little bird, little wing,
Little song, he can sing
Little need he should say
Little up-now, away.
Little speak, and he is far
Where all little things are
Little things for me too
Little sad that he flew.
Long, long ago, in a certain town, there lived four friends. They were very fond of each other and spent much of their time together. Three of them were very learned men. They knew so much that they found nothing more to learn. But, in spite of all their learning, they lacked sense. The fourth on the other hand, was not at all keen to learn anything, and he learned very little. But this man had a lot of common sense.
One day the four friends had met and were talking together. They discussed how they could use their learning to earn money and better themselves. The first of the learned men said that they would travel far and wide; they should see the world and see the people of different countries. During their travels, they might win the favour of kings and nobles, and so they could amass great wealth. All agreed to this proposal.
Then the first learned man said, “We three have studied everything and we are sure to do well during our travels. But what about this ignorant fellow? He does not know anything. He will be a burden to us.”
The second learned man replied, “Let him stay at home. What shall we gain by taking him?”
But the third learned man said, “That is not the way to treat a friend. It is true that he has not learned anything, but he has been our friend from childhood. We must not leave him behind.”
So the four friends set out on a long, long journey and soon they were passing through a dense forest. There they found, lying on the ground, the bones of a dead animal. One of the friends said, “Here is a chance to test our knowledge. These are the remains of a dead animal. Let us bring it back to life.”
Then the first learned man said, “I know how to assemble the bones together.”
The second learned man said, “I know how to supply skin, flesh and blood.”
And the third learned man said, “I can bring the animal back to life.”
So the first learned man assembled the bones; and the second man provided skin, flesh and blood.
The third learned man was just to bring the animal back to life, when the fourth man, the ignorant fellow, shouted, “Stop! Don’t bring the animal back to life. It is a lion! You can’t bring a lion back to life!”
“You are just a fool,” cried the third learned man. “What do you know about these things? Do you think I can’t bring a lion back to life? I can, and I shall!”
“Then please wait a minute,” said the ignorant fellow. “I’m going to climb up a tree first.”
And the ignorant fellow climbed up a very tall tree.
Then the third learned man brought the lion back to life. It was a huge lion.
The lion stood up and looked at the three learned men. He roared a mighty roar. And then he jumped up on the three learned men and killed them. And when the lion at last went away into the forest, the ignorant fellow, who was really a man of good common sense, climbed down the tree and went home!!!
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