They lived together in a small village. All four of them were the Students of a Sage Who live in the forest. The Sage was a simple but a very learned man. The Brahmins respected their teacher.
Every day, they would listen to their teacher very carefully.
- My Children, anybody can become learned but skills alone will not take you anywhere. You have to learn to use it wisely (teacher sad).
Som, Vesh and Jeevan learnt many skills.
Vesh could heal a wound without touching it. Som could mend a broken pot.
Jeevan could take a fallen dead leaf and attach it back to the tree! But Budh was the slowest among all. He could not do any of these things. The three friends would always make joke on Budh. But Budh never complained.
One day Som, Vesh and Jeevan decided to travel out of the village.The all gathered their clothes and food and prepared for their journey.The Brahmins waved goodbye to their teacher…
After walking for half a day, they were tired and wanted to rest. As they were about to sit on the rock, Budh saw something lying on the ground. Before anybody could say anything, Som started to chant some words.Suddenly there was a bright light on the pile of bones and it was rearranged into a skeleton of a Lion!…The three brother were surprised!…
Som: See! Didn’t I tell you? You have to be as learned as I am to do it!
Vesh : You think your skill is the greatest? I can put flesh back into this lion. He will have fur, skin, nails, teeth and everything only a few minutes!
Nails, teeth?… Vesh don’t …(Budh shout).
But Vesh had stopped listening. He was now chanting some words.Suddenly, the skeleton had eyes have fur, skin, nails, teeth and much more.It was now a fully made lion lying dead on the gound!
Vesh: I brought it back! Isn’t this the greatest skill?
…HAHAHAHA..(Jeevan laugh )…You think only you can bring something back?
Don’t you know what skill I have learnt? I can bring this dead lion back to life!...
---Budh quickly climbed onto a nearby tree as Jeevan started chanting some words.
Within a few minutes, a bright light appeared upon the dead lion. And he opened his eyes!
The three Brahmins jumped happily! They had now proved their skills! But their smiles were soon gone. The lion got up and roared angrily!
The Brahmins were so scared, they could not move. The hungry lion leapt on the Brahmins at once!
The poor Brahmins could not do anything to save themselves.The lion ate all the three Brahmins one by one.
Budh was sitting on the tree watching everything. After the lion left, Budh climbed down from the tree. He saw that there were only bones left of his friends.