A donkey once lived in a forest. He had no friends. One day a fox seeing how lonely the donkey was, went up to him and offered to be his friend. "Why are you all by yourself? Why don't we become friends, O Donkey?"
From that day onwards, the donkey and the fox became good friends. They met with each other often and spent a lot of time together. The donkey said, "O Fox, I am so happy to have a friend like you!"
One moonlit evening the fox and the donkey met together as they usually did. It was a pleasant evening and they sat together enjoying each other's company. "What a beautiful evening it is, O Fox!" the donkey said.
After a while they both felt hungry and decided to go out looking for food. As they wandered, they came to the edge of the jungle. And there before them was a field full of watermelons. Both the animals decided to enter the watermelon field silently and have a good meal.
When they had eaten their fill, the fox turned to leave. But the donkey stopped him. "O Fox, after this feast I feel like singing." The fox tried to caution the donkey about making a noise, but the donkey would not listen and was annoyed with the fox. The fox walked away silently.
As the fox hid himself in the nearby bushes, the donkey threw up his head and sang his song......."Hee... Haw! Hee... Haw!"
Hearing the donkey bray, the farmer's servant rushed out with a stick, beat the donkey severely and chased him away. The donkey thought, "Ouch! I should have taken the fox's wise advice."
Moral:
- Advice when most needed is least heeded.
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