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Once upon a time, there lived a merchant
in a small village. The merchant dealt in
different kinds of goods. He wanted to sell
his goods in the town, in order to
gain good sum of profits. One day, he
decided to go to the town to try
his fortune. He arranged for some men who
could go along with him. During the journey,
he had to pass through a desert, so
he also arranged for water, rice and firewood.
According to the plan, he packed his goods
in several carts and set out for the
journey along with his mates. When they reached
the desert, the sun was shining on the
fine sand, making it severely hot. In the
day time, no one could dare to walk
on it. One could only think of travel
through the desert during the night time, when
the moon made the sands cool. So, the
merchant and his people waited for the night
to start their further journey. With the arrival
of night, they started their journey. One of
them, had knowledge about the stars, so he
was guiding the way to other people by
reading the position of stars. They traveled for
the whole night without taking any break. At
daybreak, they stopped and camped. They released the
oxen from the carts and fed them. They
made fire, cooked the rice and ate the
food to their fill. They spread a huge
covering over all the carts and the oxen.
Subsequently, all the men laid down under it,
to rest till the sunset. When the sunset
in the early evening, they again built fire
and cooked rice. After the meal, they folded
the covering and tied the oxen to the
carts. As soon as, the sand became cool,
they again started their journey across the desert.
Night after night, they traveled in such manner
and rested during the day time. On the
last morning, the one who was guiding the
group said, “In one more night, we will
cross the desert”. Everyone was happy to hear
this, as all of them were tired. After
taking a meal in the evening, the merchant
said, “Now, you people can throw the water
and the firewood because tomorrow we will reach
the town. Tie the oxen and start”. The
Guide took his position at first in the
line of the carts, but instead of sitting
and guiding the drivers, he laid down in
the cart on the cushions. Soon, he was
in a deep slumber because he had not
slept for many nights and in the daytime,
the sun had been so strong that he
had not slept properly. The oxen went on,
for the whole night. Near daybreak, the guide
awoke and looked at the last stars fading
in the light. He said to the drivers,
“Stop! We are in the same place where
we were yesterday. The oxen must have turned
about while I slept”. They released the oxen,
but there was no water for them to
drink, as they had thrown away the water
the previous night. They spread out the covering
over the carts and the oxen rested tired
and thirsty. The men lay down too, saying,
“Without wood and water, we are lost”. Everyone
was tired and sat down. The merchant thought,
“This is no time for me to sleep.
I have to find water. The oxen cannot
start unless they get water to drink. The
people need water otherwise they cannot cook rice.
If I give up, we will lose. There
must be water somewhere below”. He walked down
and down, keeping a close watch of the
ground. Finally, he saw some grass and thought,
“There must be water somewhere below otherwise, that
grass would not be there”. He ran back,
shrieking to the people, “Get the spade and
the hammer”. All of them jumped up and
ran with the merchant to the spot where
he saw the grass. They started digging and
after much toil, they struck a rock. After
this, they could dig no further. The merchant
jumped down into the hole they had dug
and kept his ear to the rock. He
called to them, “I can hear water running
under this rock. We must not give up”.
Then, the merchant came out of the hole
and said to the serving boy, “My boy,
if you give up, we are lost. Please
go down and try”. The boy stood up
raising the hammer high above his head and
hit the rock with his full strength. He
didn’t give up, thinking the words of the
merchant. Every time the hammer came down, he
thought that everyone must be saved. Ultimately, the
rock broke, the boy hardly got any time
to come out of the hole and it
was full of water. undefined undefined undefined undefined
