SHORT STORY —-COBBLER
In a particular town, there lived a cobbler, who was unable to make a living by his trade.
Driven to despair by his poverty, he accommodated himself in another far-away town, and began to practice medicine.
He sold a drug which he claimed to be an antidote for all sorts of poisons.
— Towards this end, he also created a great popularity campaign through advertisements and boastful proclamations.
Unfortunately, in a short period of time, the cobbler himself happened to fall sick to a serious illness.
— The ruler of the town sought this as a nice chance to test his medicine’s capability and the man’s genuineness.
For this, the ruler called for a cup, and filling it with water, pretended to mix poison with the cobbler’s antidote…
… commanding him to drink, with a promise of a handsome reward.
The sick cobbler, overcome with much fear and trembling, confessed that he had no knowledge of medicine!
The ruler then called the people of the town and addressed them:
“Oh how foolish are you!
>> You have not hesitated to entrust your heads to a man, whom no one could employ to even make shoes for their feet!”
Often times, perhaps, it so happens that we too…
… get fooled in life
… get led by people who are incapable
… get ourselves to be a slave to things which are unbecoming
We become blind…
… and perhaps, we also lead others to stumble!