14. Story: A Stitch in time saves nine, The Horse and The Messenger, (9th/1st Year/BA/B. Sc) by AG Ahmad
Moral Story No: 14
A Stitch in time saves
nine.
The Horse and The
Messenger
In
olden times, there was a royal messenger. He was faithful but hasty by temperament.
One day, the king ordered him
to convey an important message to the commander of his army. The king asked him
to deliver the message swiftly. He set out on his journey at once.
At
the time of departure, he noticed that a nail from one of the shoes of the
horse was missing. As he was in haste, he neglected it. He made his horse
gallop. When he was at half of the distance, he realized that the horse was
limping. He got off the horse to see the problem. To his grief, he discovered
that one of the shoes of the horse had gone off.
In embarrassment, he made the horse run even faster. After
sometime, the horse fell down and died. The messenger ran wildly. At last, he
reached the battlefield but he was too late. The
king's army had been defeated
because of no delivery of the message. He cursed himself for not being careful
about the nail but it was too late to mend.
Moral: A Stitch in time
saves nine.
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