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Rats

Rats

By AashiPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
Rats
Photo by Kylie Anderson on Unsplash

There were a lot of rats in the village. Everywhere you looked, you could see big and small rats. These rats were very destructive. Crops in the fields and grains stored in houses and shops were to be thrown away. The clothes in the closet would be gnawed. The people of the village suffered a lot and continue to suffer. Soon there would have been such a terrible situation that there would have been a drought.

Due to such a large number of rats, the Panchayat of that village did not understand how to deal with them. Everyone was bothered by rats. Every villager was trying to find out how to get rid of the rats.

One day a colorfully dressed paava player came to that village. He assured the village panchayat that he would exterminate the rats. And demanded a thousand gold coins in return.

The people of the village could not believe that he would make the rats go away after seeing his colorful clothes. But his other solutions were not working so he agreed to give the man a chance.

The next morning, the man started walking through the village playing a very catchy tune on his foot. And surprise!! As he started playing pawa through the streets and lanes of the village, rats were chased out of every house and followed him wherever he went.

A line of rats followed him. All the people of the village were surprised to see this unique procession. they didn't think that something like this could happen.

After going through all the roads in the village, he left the village of Manus and went to the river bank. As he entered the river, all the rats followed him into the river and drowned.

He returned to the village. Everyone clapped and appreciated him. He greeted everyone and went before the village panchayat and demanded his fixed amount of money. Now all the rats in the village were dead, so the Pancha thought that there was a need to pay so much money. Even if he was paid less, the rats would return less…

He gave only 100 gold coins to the man. The man angrily argued with them but to no avail.
The villagers were many and the man alone

villagers said, “You just played Pava, does anyone take 1000 Mudras for that? That is all we can offer.”

The man went away displeased and all the rats went about their business, happy to be gone. In the afternoon, the man came back to the village when all the adults were busy farming and shops.

This time playing a different but equally beautiful tune, he wandered around the village again. everyone heard that tune. Just as last time the mice were following him with the magic of his music, but this time all the children of the village started following him. The children stood in a line and started following him.

The people of the village gathered in fear.
They didn't think that man could do something like this. They stopped him and begged for his forgiveness, fearing that now, like rats, he might take his children with him and kill them. Offered him his remaining 900 gold coins.

But the man was in no mood to listen. He demanded 10000 gold coins. The villagers had no choice but to listen to him. He bluntly handed him a bag of 10,000 gold coins and again begged for forgiveness.

He freed the children from his spell and left the village. Then the villagers started living happily, now they were not being harmed and that man was also doing his work well.

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Aashi

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