ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS AN ARROGANT KING NAMED BAKHRAJ, WHO USED TO RULE OVER A VILLAGE NAMED RANTHAN.
ONE EVENING, A FARMER NAMED LAKHAN CAME RUNNING IN THE KING’S COURT AND SAID THAT HIS EIGHT YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WENT MISSING SINCE MORNING. THE FARMER GAVE A PHOTO OF HIS DAUGHTER TO THE KING SO THAT HE CAN HELP HIM FIND THE DAUGHTER. THE KING JUST SAID HIM TO WAIT FOR ONE MORE DAY AND CHECK WHETHER HIS DAUGHTER IS SOMEWHERE AROUND HIS HOUSE OR FARM.
FOUR DAYS PASSED, STILL THERE WAS NO INITIATIVE TAKEN BY BAKHRAJ TO FIND LAKHAN’S DAUGHTER.
ON THE FIFTH DAY IN MORNING, LAKHAN CAME AND ASKED BAKHRAJ TO HELP HIM, BUT BAKHRAJ ANGRILY REPLIED, “CAN’T YOU SEE, I AM DISCUSSING THE STRATEGY PLANS! GO GET OUT FROM HERE.” THE FARMER BECAME VERY UPSET AND RETURNED BACK TO HIS HOUSE.
THE NEXT EARLY MORNING BAKHRAJ WAS BUSY PLAYING WITH HIS TEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, BUT THEN AFTERWARDS BAKHRAJ WAS URGENTLY CALLED BY THE NOBLES TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, SO HE LEFT HIS DAUGHTER IN HER ROOM AND WENT OUTSIDE.
AFTER SOME COUPLE OF MINUTES BAKHRAJ RETURNED TO HER ROOM AND FOUND THAT SHE WAS NOWHERE, HE SOON ORDERED THE TROOPS TO FIND HER.BAKHRAJ WAS VERY MUCH TENSED, AND SOME MINISTERS WERE TRYING TO KEEP HIM CALM.
AFTER FIFTEEN-TWENTY MINUTES, BAKHRAJ’S DAUGHTER WAS FOUND SLEEPING NEAR A POND WHICH WAS LOCATED INSIDE THE PALACE ITSELF, SOON BAKHRAJ HUGGED HIS DAUGHTER SO WARMLY AND HIS EYES WERE FILLED WITH TEARS. HE THEN THOUGHT ABOUT LAKHAN AND SOON DEVELOPED SYMPATHY FOR HIM AND ORDERED HIS TROOPS TO FIND LAKHAN’S DAUGHTER, AND HE HIMSELF ACCOMPANIED THEM.
AFTER A LONG SEARCH OF TWO AND HALF HOURS, LAKHAN’S DAUGHTER WAS FOUND WORKING FOR A LADY WHO WAS A SWEET SELLER IN THE NEIGHBOURING PLACE IN THE SAME VILLAGE, WHICH WAS AROUND 8 KMS AWAY FROM LAKHAN’S HOUSE.
THE LADY WAS LATER ARRESTED UNDER THE ALLEGATION OF KIDNAPPING LAKHAN’S DAUGHTER.
LAKHAN’S HAPPINESS DIDN’T HAVE ANY LIMITS WHEN HE SAW HIS DAUGHTER WITH BAKHRAJ COMING TO HIS HOUSE. LATER, BAKHRAJ APOLOGIZED FOR HIS MISTAKE AND EVEN GRANTED SOME MONEY TO LAKHAN FOR HIS DAUGHTER’S FUTURE WELFARE.
MORAL : WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND OTHERS FEELINGS.
~ Rahul Rajan Dhawade
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