This is one of the interesting fables from the Panchatantra collection.The Panchatantra is very well known fables collection in India. In every story of the Panchatantra, there must be an educational lesson and we consider as a moral of the story.
In a certain place there once lived a dog. That dog had a spotted body. So the other dogs named, Tschitranga. A long-lasting famine set in that place. The other dogs and the other animals began to leave their families to another place, because they had no food to live.
Tschitranga, whose throat was thin with hunger and he was driven by fear to another country (city). There in a certain city he went to a certain house. Day after day where, due to the carelessness of the housekeeper, many good things to eat were left lying about and he ate his fill. However, in leaving that house, other ferocious dogs surrounded him on all sides and split into him on all parts of his body with their teeth.
Then the dog, reconsidered his situation and said, "It is better to stay at home, even during a famine you can live there in peace, and no one bites you to pieces. I will return to my own city."
Then the dog returned to his own city. When he arrived there, all of his relatives asked him, "Tschitranga, tell us about where you have been. What is the country like? How do the people behave? What do they eat? What do they do?"
The dog answered to them, "How can I explain to you the real meaning of a foreign place? There are good things to eat in great variety and housekeepers who do not keep watch! But, there is only one evil in a foreign country: You will be hated there because of who you are!"
Moral of the story: For a common people, there is no honor to stay in foreign country.
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| The Dog in a Foreign Country |
The Dog in a Foreign Country
- Fables from the PanchatantraIn a certain place there once lived a dog. That dog had a spotted body. So the other dogs named, Tschitranga. A long-lasting famine set in that place. The other dogs and the other animals began to leave their families to another place, because they had no food to live.
Tschitranga, whose throat was thin with hunger and he was driven by fear to another country (city). There in a certain city he went to a certain house. Day after day where, due to the carelessness of the housekeeper, many good things to eat were left lying about and he ate his fill. However, in leaving that house, other ferocious dogs surrounded him on all sides and split into him on all parts of his body with their teeth.
Then the dog, reconsidered his situation and said, "It is better to stay at home, even during a famine you can live there in peace, and no one bites you to pieces. I will return to my own city."
Then the dog returned to his own city. When he arrived there, all of his relatives asked him, "Tschitranga, tell us about where you have been. What is the country like? How do the people behave? What do they eat? What do they do?"
The dog answered to them, "How can I explain to you the real meaning of a foreign place? There are good things to eat in great variety and housekeepers who do not keep watch! But, there is only one evil in a foreign country: You will be hated there because of who you are!"
Moral of the story: For a common people, there is no honor to stay in foreign country.
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