Extra Credit Reading Notes: Rouse. The Giant Crab Part A
The Dishonest Friend
Bibliography: The Dishonest Friend from the Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.
- A man went on a journey and he asked his friend to take care of the plough until he returns
- The friend promised to take great care of it; however, as soon as the man left, he sold the man's plough and kept the money
- The man came back from his journey and asked for the plough back
- The friend explained that his house got infested with rats and one night, a very big rat came by and ate the plough up
- One day the man took the friend's boy for a walk and hid him in this house and said he was not to leave until he came back
- The man went back to his friend and the friend panicked and basically accused him of murdering his son
- The man told him a hawk carried him away but the friend did not believe him
- They took this to the court and the judge said "Who ever heard of a hawk carrying off a boy?"
- Then the man said out of pettiness "And who ever heard, my lord, of a rat eating a plough?"
- After this, the plough and the son was returned to their proper owner
- The friend saw that honest is the best policy
The Dishonest Friend. Source: W. Robinson. |
Bibliography: The Dishonest Friend from the Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.
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