The Mongoose and the Brahmin
Vishnu Sharma | India
A Brahmin mistakenly kills his loyal mongoose, who had actually saved his child from a snake.
Once upon a time, in a small village, there lived a Brahmin who had a pet mongoose. He loved the mongoose very much and treated it like his own child. One day, the Brahmin had to leave the house for some work, so he left the mongoose to guard the home.
While he was away, a snake entered the house. The mongoose saw the snake and thought it was dangerous. To protect the house, the mongoose fought the snake. After a tough fight, the mongoose killed the snake.
When the Brahmin came back, he saw the mongoose covered in blood and thought it had harmed his baby. Angry and upset, the Brahmin hit the mongoose and hurt it. But when he went inside, he found his child safe, and he realized that the mongoose had saved his baby by killing the snake.
The Brahmin felt deep sorrow and guilt for what he had done, knowing that the mongoose had been loyal to him until the end.
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