Saint and a horse thief

Saint and a horse thief

By

P.R.Ramachander

(I was terribly impressed by the morel of  the folk tale published in a Tamil Magazine)

A samint was  travelling  on a horse , and on the way side ,

He saw some on lying unconscious and he  immediately got  down,

From the horse  to  help that  poor man  and though he tried his best,

He could not wake him   and with lot of effort , put  that  man on his horse.

And as soon he did that, the man rode away stealing  the horse  with him.

Few days  later the saint went to a horse  market  ,and there he saw,

The thief  along with his horse  , trying  to sell  his horse ,

And when the saint went and identified that man who  stole his horse,

But the saint told him, “Do not scared  and keep the horse yourself,

But never tell any one how   you got it from someone who tried to help you.

The saint continued , “If you do that , all those  hear it  from you,

Would get scared  tp help others and this would  result,

In no one even trying to help any one who is  suffering.

This would  thus   toll the death knell  to humanity in this world.”

And I ask, “Should  our media tom-tom about such incidents  endlessly?”