One day, there was strong wind blowing in the forest. It was making
mysterious whistle sound. A timid rabbit was very much frightened with
this atmosphere. He hid himself in his burrow under a mango tree.
Suddenly, he heard a heavy thud sound. The frightened rabbit sprang out
of his burrow and ran through the forest. The rabbit was shouting
loudly, “Run, sky is falling”.
On the way, the jackal saw the rabbit running. He asked, “What
happened, why you are running in such haste?” Rabbit replied, “Didn’t
you hear the loud heavy sound? The sky is falling. Run for your life”
and running fast.
The jackal too started running with him. On the way, they met
giraffe. The giraffe enquired why they were running in so hurry. And
when he came to know that the sky was falling, he joined them too. Soon
the elephant, deer and horse all joined the running group.
Hearing all this, the lion came out of his den and asked, “Why are
you making so fuss?” The animals replied in chorus, “The sky is falling
down and we all running to save our lives.”
The lion was very much surprised to hear this unique statement. He
asked, “How did you know this?” “I saw a piece of sky falling down with a
big thud sound.” replied the rabbit quite excited.
The lion was skeptical about what the rabbit was saying. So he said,”
Can you show me the place where the piece of sky has fallen down?
Though the rabbit was scared, he led the lion and the other animals to
the mango tree where he had heard the sound. There, the lion saw a big
mango lying. He picked up the mango and said, “So, this is the piece of
sky!”
The animals were very much ashamed to realize that they ran like fools on hearsay.
Moral Of The Story
Do not jump on any conclusion before investigating the matter fully.