Four Friends

Once in a small village, there lived four friends — Satyanand, Vidhyanand, Dharmanand, and Sivanand. They were all Brahmins and had grown up together. Satyanand, Vidhyanand, and Dharmanand were very smart and had studied many books. But Sivanand was different. He didn’t study much and spent most of his time eating and sleeping. People thought he was foolish.

One year, a famine hit their village. The crops dried up, there was no water, and people began to leave to save their lives.

“We should also leave before it's too late,” said Satyanand.

Everyone agreed.

“But what about Sivanand?” Satyanand asked.

“Do we really need him?” said Dharmanand. “He doesn’t know anything. He’ll only slow us down.”

“But he’s our friend,” said Vidhyanand. “We’ve grown up together. We’ll share whatever we earn with him.”

In the end, they all agreed to take Sivanand along.

They packed their things and started walking toward a nearby town. On the way, they had to go through a forest.

While walking through the forest, they saw some bones on the ground.

“These look like lion bones,” said Vidhyanand.

“Yes,” agreed the others. “Let’s use our knowledge to bring it back to life!”

“I will join the bones to make the skeleton,” said Satyanand. He carefully arranged the bones.

“I will add flesh and muscles,” said Dharmanand. Soon, a lifeless lion lay on the ground.

“I can give it life,” said Vidhyanand.

But before he could, Sivanand shouted, “Wait! Don’t bring it to life. It’s a lion — it will kill us!”

“You fool!” said Vidhyanand angrily. “You don’t understand anything. Let me use my skills.”

“Okay,” said Sivanand, “but at least let me climb that tree first.”

Sivanand quickly climbed to the top of a tall tree.

As soon as Vidhyanand breathed life into the lion, it roared loudly, stood up, and attacked the three wise Brahmins. In moments, they were all killed.

Sivanand, the one everyone thought was foolish, was the only one who survived.

Moral:

Wisdom is more important than knowledge.

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