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The Greedy Rich Man and The Innocent adulthood with robust physical statures. Both elephants became good friends
and trustworthy companions of each other. He used to give them on hire to
Elephants.... other people of the trade and earned much money in return. He also used
them for carrying his goods. Both elephants were very laborious and loyal to
their master. Fortune favoured the brave and the trader rose to a better
There in a jungle named 'Sahapur Forest' a herd of elephants lived. There were position. His property swelled. His position in the society went up swiftly.
three baby elephants in their group. They used to live in the jungle very
As time passed both the elephants became very old. Their sturdy physical
happily. They used to roam in the forest in a playful mood at their will and at
health became feeble. They couldn't do much work or pull big trees for the
times, they used to go from one place to other in the vast deep, dense and bleak
master and other laborious works. The rich man thought it was useless to feed
woods in search of food. They would become very happy if they found banana
them spending a lot of money and took a decision to sell them.One day he sold
plant with ripe banana and relish them with rejoicing. Rest of the day they
one elephant to a man of a distant village named Sadarashi. He was looking
used to spend their time merrily and sedentarily. They used to play with their
out for a customer for the other elephant. As the wood trader Subodh sold one
calves and enjoyed their company sprightly.
elephant, the other elephant became companionless. He became very upset
One day when adult elephants were busy in searching food in the jungle and and furious. With restless mind , one day, he killed the wood trader Subodh
their calves were playing joyfully in the meadow. All of a sudden elephant and his wife Sunita when they were snorting at night and ran to the forest. He
poachers attacked and entrapped them. They took them away. The baby became friends with other elephants and began to restart his life ruminating
elephants began to trumpet loudly and the adult elephants ran after the over the disastrous bygone days. He rejoiced being free from the gruelling life
hunters on hearing helpless trumpet of their calves but their efforts went in in the cruel hands of human beings.
vain. The hunters exited the place speedily with their hunting wagon. Mother
elephants, father elephants and all other elephants began to shed tears
helplessly. Separation from their calves was piercing their hearts and made
their life utterly miserable. The gloomy sky, the silent trees in the forest and the
ever dumb forest remained helpless witnesses. The innocent natured, humble
and ever helpful creature of God , the elephants stopped eating from the very
day of this woeful incident. Their health broke down by degrees. And one day ~ Priyatosh Das ~
one mother elephant closed her eyes forever. All other elephants of the group
were helpless as they could do nothing. They are born innocent and not
cunning and greedy like human beings.
On the other side, the elephant hunter sold two baby elephants to a wood
trader. The wood trader namely Subodh was very greedy and he had a saw-
mill. As ill luck would have it, the wood trader was passing through an
unfavourable period of his life. He was incurring great loss in the trade. He
reared up both baby elephants and those calves gradually grew up to
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