The Stories I love the most 4: The Story of 3 Fish

This story is from Panchathanthram and describes about how to deal with the problems. There used to be three fish with names Athi Budhi (Highest wisdom), Mitha Budhi (reasonable wisdom) and Manda Budhi (Limited wisdom). All the three fish used to enjoy in the lake which is far from the village. However one day the fishermen come to the lake and talk within themselves that there are good number of fish in the lake and that they would plan to visit for catching most of them. Once heard Mitha Mudhi reaches the other two and urges them to leave the lake. Athi Budhi and Mandabudhi laugh at him and dont pay any attention to the alert given by Mitha Budhi. Seeing that his friends are not bothered, Mitha Budhi moves to another lake though a small canal on that day itself. Two days later the fishermen come and catch most of the fish with their nets. Both Athi Budhi and Mitha Budhi get caught. Athi Budhi pretends to be dead when the fisherman throws it on the shore assuming the fish is anyway dead and cant move and continues collecting the other fish from the net. Athi Budhi crawls to the Lake and survives. Manda Budhi doesnt have the enough intelligence to face the crisis. He even doesnt have the maturity that Mitha Budhi has. Manda Budhi gets caught and dies.

This story which is from age old Panchatanthram written by Chinnayya Suri tells much more than what the book "Who moved my Cheese" says but in a simple story. The story is quite effective and doesnt need a book to convey the message.

But we all learn from the books written in English only.