Master of multi tasking

Master  of  multi tasking 

Folk tale rewritten by

P.R.Ramachander

(This is a well known   folk tale and I was reminded     about it  ,

by reading a Tamil post  by my friend  Sri Krishnamurthy Iyer  . My thanks to him)

One   king in turkey   while  hunting  lost his way,

And took shelter  in a house  of a   weaver  in a village  ,

But   the weaver   did not know that  it was   the king,

And next day   early morning   the  king   woke up.

He saw    that   the weaver   was  weaving  threads  ,

He also saw that  a rope    was   tied in his   hand  ,

And when the   king asked  he said, “  the  other  end,

Is tied  to a cradle  and if baby wakes  up , I will pull it.

The king noticed that   near him was  a stick tied to  a black cloth,

And the weaver said  that if he moves  it the crows   coming ,

To   ear grains outside    would    fly away   and then,

The king saw that a  bell was tied on the weaver’s neck.

For a    curious glance the weaver   replied   that by shaking,

Them  he can drive away  rats   which come   to trouble him,

And then the king noticed that  lot of children outside  ,

Was being taught    by the weaver , their lessons.

When king asked , “Why not call  them inside?”

He replied  that  while learning lessons  they were  s dancing,

On  wwet clay standing there , so that  it would become ready  ,

To make a pot   and the king   appreciated   him .

The king said   you  are  the master  of multi tasking  ,

And the weaver   smiled    and told  , true king,

I have  married  a Kashmiri girl   and I am learning ,

From her   carpet weaving   and Sanskrit   also,