The Intelligent Brahmin
This story teaches us that we should keep questioning so that we get to know many things which come to our help at times.
Once a brahmin was going to some place through a forest.On the way, a demon caught hold of him and asked him to carry him on his shoulders. The scared brahmin carried him on his shoulders and walked on. As he was carrying him, he felt that his feet were as soft as the interior of a lotus flower, and asked him,"Why are your feet so soft? "
The demon said, "I follow a sacred rite as per which I won't keep my feet on the ground when they are wet."
The brahmin continued walking. On the way, they came across a river. The demon immediately jumped down and said, "I will now take a bath and worship the God. Till then you should stay here itself."
And then the demon entered the river for the bath. The brahmin now thought that as the demon's feet would be wet he would not step on the ground, and immediately ran away from there. Thus, by questioning he got the clue to escape.
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