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you should have carried the milk jar on your head. Don’t worry. But

be careful next time!’
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The next day, he went to work in a cattle farm. The owner of the farm
offered him a little kitten as Jack liked the kitten very much. He carried
the kitten on his hands. The little kitten jumped from his hands and

ran away. Jack was sad and told his mother he lost the kitten too. His
mom told, he should have tied a rope and dragged the kitten on the
road.

For the next two days, he went to

work in a farm again and returned
home with a huge piece of meat.
He tied the meat with a rope and
dragged it on the road. The meat

was spoiled and his mom shouted
at him as he could not do anything
properly. Later sometime, she
consoled him and told him that he

should have carried the meat on his shoulders.

Jack went to a nearby town for work and returned home after a week.
For his hard work, he was rewarded with a donkey and he carried the

donkey on his shoulders.

A young girl around 8 years of age who saw Jack carrying the donkey
on shoulders started to laugh and she laughed continuously for long.
Her dad, who was the richest person in the town, was so happy and

was in tears. He thanked Jack as he made her daughter laugh after
5 years. Jack realized his mistakes and foolishness he had done then
and before. But at the same time his foolishness made that rich man’s
daughter laugh. The rich man took him (and later his mother as well)
to his home and offered them work and shelter in his bungalow. From

that incident, he tried to do everything properly without any mistakes
and foolishness and they lived happily ever after!

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