The Blind Men and the Elephant (5 完)

The Blind Men and the Elephant (5 完)

" A wall !, " " A snake ! , " " A spear !, " A tree ! ", " A fan ! ", " A rope ! " 
It was the sound of six blind men fighting about the elephant.

The Prince was passed by and he saw this.
He stopped and asked them, "What is the matter?"

" We are sorry, his Majesty." said the first blind man.
" But We cannot agree to what the elephant is like."

Each one of them told what he thought the elephant was like.
" We each touched the same animal. But to each of us the elephant is completely different.

The Prince calmly explained to them, " The elephant is a very large animal. All of you are right, but wrong too.The reason every one of you is telling it differently because each one of you touched only one part of the elephant. Its side is like a wall. Its trunk is like a snake.Its tusk are like a spears. Its legs are like trees. Its ears are like fans. And its tail is like a rope. So,  actually to know what an elephant is really like, you must put all those parts together"

"Oh!" everyone said.
They thought about the prince's words.
Then, there was no more fight.

" I will tell you something more about the elephant, " said the Prince.
" It is very good to ride on. Now you will ride on my elephant all the way home. "

So they did.
They all felt happy.   

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The moral of the story is that there may be some truth to what someone says.
Sometimes we can see that truth and sometimes not because they may have different perspective which we may not agree too.

So, rather than arguing like the blind men, we should say, "Maybe you have your reasons."
This way we don’t get in arguments. It teaches us to be tolerant towards others for their viewpoints.

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