Blind Listening
A
stupid man was sent by his father to sell salt. First, He went to a mining area
but nobody there wanted his salt. When he returned home, his father told him
that if he had helped the miners to dig, they would have bought his salt.
The man
next went to a house where a wedding was taking place. There he dug a huge
hole. This made the people angry and they chased him away. When he returned
home, his father told him that if he had beaten a drum and danced instead, the
people there would have bought salt from him.
Then,
he went to a village where there happened to be a fire. Rushing to the place,
he started drumming and dancing, only to be thrown out by the people. His
father told him that he should have poured water on the fire instead, if he
wanted to sell salt there.
In the next place he went to, a couple were
fighting with each other. The foolish man poured a bucketful of water on them,
again to be chased away. His father later told him that he should have tried to
settle the quarrel, in which case they would have bought salt from him.
In the final event, the man saw two bulls
fighting with each other. He stepped in to stop the fight and was gored to
death by angry bulls.
