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Did Rat Ate the Iron ? | Panchatantra Story

This is a short moral story from Panchatantra Collections about a merchant's son whose iron gets eaten by the rat or ...Not?

There was a merchant's son, Jveernadhana, who wanted to achieve something in life. He was not successful and had recently faced a big loss in the business. He had lost all his money too. The only option for him was to travel to different parts of the country and try for success.

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He had no money but had a costly iron balance of his ancestors. So he gave the iron balance to a merchant on the mortgage and took out some money for his travel needs. Within next few months, he traveled all over the country and had a successful journey. He earned a good amount of money and then decided to come back to his home town.

After his return, he went to the same merchant's place to get his iron balance back. But the merchant said, "Glad to have you back! Unfortunately, the iron balance has been eaten by rats. The rats are a big problem and they are eating up everything."

The merchant's son got angry but he knew this is not possible. He clearly understood the merchant's intentions. However, he said, "Oh! If the rats are the problem, there is nothing we can do right. Thanks for letting me know."

"Oh, I can see your boy there. How is he? Can he help me to carry my belongings and look after them while I go for a bath in the river now ?", said the merchant's 

The other merchant agreed, and called his son, "Son, this is your uncle. Please accompany him to the river and keep watch so that none of his belongings get stolen."

So, the merchant's son and the boy went to the river. After he had taken a bath, the merchant's son took the boy to a nearby cave. He kept the boy inside the cave and blocked the entrance of the cave with a big rock. He then returned to the other merchant's place.

When the other merchant saw his friend returning alone, he asked, "Where is my boy? Why have you returned alone?" The merchant's son replied, "I feel sorry for you. When I was taking my bath, your boy was standing on the bank. Just then, a flamingo flying above swept down and carried your boy off in its claws. I couldn't do anything!"

On hearing this, the other merchant got angry. He said, "You are a liar! A flamingo can never carry a boy as big as him, in its claws. I shall complain about you to the village elders." At once, the other merchant dragged the merchant's son to a nearby village elder and started complaining

The other merchant said, "He is a disgraceful man, who has kidnapped my son."The village elder instructed, "How can you do this? Return his son to him immediately!"

But the merchant's son was unmoved. He said, "There is nothing that I can do. A flamingo swept down and carried him off in its claws from the riverbank!"Hearing this, the village elder got angry. He shouted, "How can a flamingo carry a child? You are lying!"

The merchant's son replied, "Sir! In a city where rats eat iron, why cannot a flamingo carry a child?" The village elder was amazed to hear this, "Where does a rat eat iron? What is the meaning of what you say? Please explain yourself clearly!"

The merchant's son narrated the entire sequence of events to them and explained how he had hidden the merchant's boy in a cave to get his iron balance back. When the village elder and everybody else who had crowded there heard the story, they started laughing. The other merchant was embarrassed.

The village elder instructed the other merchant to return the iron balance to the merchant's son immediately, and recover his son from the cave.

Moral -
Dear Friends!!
"Don't hurt someone if they are good to you, but if someone is cheating with you then Tit for Tat is the only option remaining for you."

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Inspired By - Panchatantra Stories
Story By - Darpan

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