A Lesson of Tit for Tat

A lesson of tit for tat

A somali tale by using liiban ahmed

The camel and the fox were very good pals and very good thieves. In the future, the 2 friends determined to go the river in order that they could tour to a nearby farm to scouse borrow food. The small fox could not swim so the camel said to his buddy, ‘climb up onto my again and i will swim throughout the river.’

And so the fox climbed up onto the camel’s returned and the sturdy camel swam across the river to the other facet.

Once they had crossed the river, the camel and the fox made their manner to the farm. After they in the end arrived at the farm, the fox caught herself a hen at the same time as the camel dug up a few lovely sparkling greens.

The grasping fox quick gobbled down her hen and then said to her pal the camel, ‘whilst i've finished eating i am acquainted with making a song.’

‘do no longer sing simply but,’ stated the camel as he become chewing on his dinner of veggies. ‘i've no longer yet finished ingesting and in case you sing then the farmer will listen you. Permit me first finish my dinner after which you could sing as we make our manner lower back domestic.’

But the fox did not pay any interest to her pal and started to sing on the pinnacle of her voice. The farmer quickly heard this making a song and got here running out of his residence waving a totally big stick. ‘i'm able to teach you to thieve from me!’ exclaimed the angry farmer.

Because the fox turned into small and nimble she changed into able to run faraway from the farmer. But the negative camel became very sluggish, and nonetheless inside the center of ingesting his dinner, and so he did no longer see the farmer until it changed into too overdue.

The angry famer set upon the camel together with his big stick and the poor camel acquired many blows to his legs and lower back earlier than he changed into finally able to get away.

While the camel reached the river his bones ached and he changed into very disenchanted together with his pal the fox. ‘why did you sing when you knew that the farmer could pay attention you and you can see that i used to be nevertheless consuming my dinner?’ asked the camel.

‘due to the fact it is my custom,’ responded the fox in her remember of truth way. Now permit me climb upon your back so that we may return to our domestic across the river.

The camel agreed and the fox jumped up onto his returned. Then the camel walked slowly down the riverbank into the water and started out to swim across to the alternative aspect with the fox upon his lower back.

Whilst the camel changed into halfway across the river, on the factor in which the water changed into at its inner most and the cutting-edge at its fastest, he stopped swimming and stated to the fox, ‘whilst i've completed ingesting i'm acquainted with taking a tub.’

‘do now not take a bathtub!’ pleaded the fox. ‘i can not swim and in case you take a tub i shall drown!’

‘i am very sorry,’ said the camel, ‘however i continually take a bathtub after i've eaten. It is mycustom.’

The camel requested the fox, ‘are you sorry that you were so egocentric and precipitated me to be crushed with the aid of the farmer?’

‘yes, yes, i'm absolutely sorry!’ cried the fox just earlier than her head disappeared yet again under the floor of the water.

The camel did now not have the coronary heart to look at his buddy drown within the river and so he pulled the little fox out of the water and placed her upon his returned. Then the camel swam the relaxation of the way throughout the river and climbed up the financial institution onto the nice and cozy grass.

The fox realised that she had been very egocentric and stated to her buddy, ‘i'm so sorry for what i did and that i promise that you can consider me forever and that is that.’

‘and i'm sorry that i had to teach you a lesson today, however normally in existence it is mostly a case of tit for tat.’

Then the two pals started to laugh and roll around in the warm grass at the same time as the light dried their wet fur. The fox had discovered a treasured lesson that day; she had discovered that it became not excellent to betray a pal, and that in case you do wrong via anyone then any person might well do wrong by way of you. It was certainly a lesson of tit for tat.