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."
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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."
