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A Panchatantra Tale

The Donkey and the Dog

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A donkey and a dog,

Toiled on a farm,

Their master, so cruel…

With his words and his arm.

 

He beat them, he yelled,

For no fault of theirs’.

They suffered through the sorrow,

Full of despair

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One night as they sat,

Hungry without food,

The master snored away,

His sleep deep and good.

 

A thief jumped the wall!

He was big, he was tall!

Donkey saw the man

And came up with a plan

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“Bark  friend, bark!

Warn Master, make it stark.

A thief is in the house.

He’s quiet like a mouse!”

 

“Why should I?” said Dog,

“For a man who makes me slog?

Without water, without food,

He'll learn a lesson. Good!”

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“No!” begged the Donkey,

“be the loyal dog,

He still is our master

Despite the pain and slog.”

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“I will help one deserving,

Without ever swerving.

But not the the cruel kind!

You cannot change my mind.”

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The thief crept out,

With a bag of loot

Donkey had to shout...

He couldn’t stay mute.

 

"HEE HAW"", he brayed!

Oh the noise that he made!

For his master’s sake,

And his master was awake.

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The cruel man groaned,

"DONKEYYY", he moaned.

With his stick he went WACK

On the poor donkey's back!

 

So angry was he,

That he didn’t quite see;

The thief who grinned

And did quietly flee!

Poor donkey was sore,

From the kicks that he bore.

"You were right Dog, he said

I will help him no more."

 

"Help the deserving, dear friend",

Said the dog in the end.

Some are cruel, some are kind.

Good and selfish you will find.

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Hey Kids, do you ever feel like you have helped someone who is not nice to you in return? What would you do in that case?

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