
Once there was merchant . He was a rich man. He earned a large sum of money by selling his goods. One day he had to go a long way . He was on business tour. He had a large amount with him. It was getting dark. A nail fell from his horse’s shoe He did not care for that and reached the city. He did his business . When he was to get back, the inn boy warned him of the robbers in the forest on his way. He did not take my notice and hurried away. The nail ran into his horse’s hoof. It became lame. In the meantime the robbers appeared, killed him and made away the money.
Moral: 1. Give weight to word, not to the speaker.
2. Words spoken are more important than the speaker.
3. Nip the evil in the bud.