An Old Story

An Old Story..

This is a very old story. And my mother helped me recollect this. 

Long ago, there was a king. The king had 7 seven sons. One day the king caught 7 fish. He lay them out so that they can dry. He comes back after some time and notices that the last fish has'nt dried yet. So, he asks the fish "Fish, fish, why did you not dry yet?". In reply, the fish says " the haystack blocked the sun rays and i was not able to dry." Sp, the king asks the haystack," Haystack, haystack, why did you block the sunlight?". The haystack answers, " I blocked it because i was too high." The king asks the haystack," Why are you so high?". The haystack answers " because the cow did not eat me". So, the king goes to the cow and asks, "Cow, cow, why did not eat from the haystack?". The cow replies, " Because the calf did not drink my milk". The king asks the calf," calf,calf, why did you not drink the milk?". The calf replies,"My master did not release me". So, the king asks the calf's master," Why did you not release the calf?". He answers,"Because my daughter was crying". The king questions the daughter,"why were you crying?". The daughter answers" An ant bit me". The king asks the ant," why did you bite the girl?". The ant replies "if somebodys put their finger in my ant-hill, why would i not bite?"

So cleverly the ant had answered to the king. This story has more to it than meets the eye. It tells us that one sane person would not do something bad to you if you did not do anything bad to him. Like this, this story goes deep into an abyss of morals...