{"id":543,"date":"2021-01-30T15:37:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T10:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/?p=543"},"modified":"2021-01-30T15:37:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T10:07:25","slug":"three-starved-labourers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/2021\/01\/30\/three-starved-labourers\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Starved Labourers"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a town called Elefh, three poor labourers had nothing to eat for many days. Hungry, they sat on a bridge over the lake in the town.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As they watched the lake in silence, they spotted a fawn wandering near the edge of the forest, which surrounded the lake.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe must hunt it down and satisfy our hunger,\u201d said the youngest of the labourers. His companions agreed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Illustration by: Neha Kumari<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The three men devised a strategy and surrounded the fawn. The poor animal was finally trapped.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When it was time to slaughter the animal, they saw the fawn\u2019s eyes had welled up with tears. The little creature looked sad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Illustration by: Neha Kumari<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The labourers decided not to kill the fawn. Seeing no herd around, they understood the fawn must have been separated from its mother.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe must be kind to the fawn and unite it with its mother,\u201d said the eldest labourer. The others agreed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The three started walking into the jungle, hungry and tired. After walking some distance, they met a woodcutter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhere are you talking this fawn?\u201d the woodcutter asked.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The labourers explained to him where they were going. The woodcutter\u2019s heart was warmed by their kindness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have enough food for the three of you. You can eat it,\u201d said the woodcutter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The labourers sat down immediately and ate their fill. They then thanked the woodcutter and set off again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After covering a long distance, they came across a woman.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHave you seen any herd to which this fawn might belong?\u201d they asked the woman.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d she replied, asking their purpose.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After hearing from them their story of kindness, the woman offered the three men water from her vessel so that they could quench their thirst.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They thanked her and set off again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

They kept walking through the jungle but they did not see any herd.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Somewhere deep into the forest, they met an old man who was sitting on a log.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He, too, asked them where they were heading.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On hearing their story, he told them: \u201cI was a rich man. But I learnt there is nothing better than being kind to others. So, I turned all my wealth into gold and have been waiting here for the most deserving person. I think you deserve my wealth the most.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He handed his bags full of gold to the three labourers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Right then, they spotted the herd in the trees behind the old man. The fawn smelt its mother and called out to her. The deer came running to take its fawn.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The three labourers were happy as they had succeeded in uniting the fawn with its mother. They left the forest and they did not have to starve ever again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a town called Elefh, three poor labourers had nothing to eat for many days. Hungry, they sat on a bridge over the lake in the town. As they watched the lake in silence, they spotted a fawn wandering near the edge of the forest, which surrounded the lake. \u201cWe must hunt it down and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9,13,76,12,11,8,36,75],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-children-stories","tag-fairytales","tag-fawn","tag-inspiring-tales","tag-kashmir","tag-kids-stories","tag-kindness","tag-labourers","enable-dropcap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetoad.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}