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Tale of the Poison Dice
By mel | February 29, 2008
There once was a rich man who lived in Benares who was addicted to gambling. He played dice with another gambling addict, a man whose mind worked in tricky ways.
The rich gambler was very honest and above board, the tricky one was dishonest. When the tricky gambler kept on winning he kept on playing. When he would begin to loose he would secretly put one of the dice in his mouth and swallowed it. Then he would claim it was lost and that would stop the game.
The rich gambler began to notice this trick. Then one day he decided to teach him a lesson. He smeared poison on the dice and let it dry so it was invisible. He took these dice to the usual place and said “Let’s play dice!”
His friend agreed. The set up the gambling board ad began to play. As usual the tricky one began by winning every throw of the dice. But as soon as he began to lose he sneaked the dice into his mouth.
Seeing this the gambler said, “Swallow now, and then something you don’t expect will happen. Your dishonesty will make you suffer much.”
After swallowing the poison dice the trickster fell down sick and fainted. The rich gamble, who was good at heart, thought, enough is enough I must save his life.
He made a medical mixture to cause vomiting. He made him swallow it, and he threw up the poison dice. He gave him a drink made with clear butter, thick palm syrup, honey and cane sugar. This made the trickster feel just fine again.
Afterward he advised him not to deceive a trusting friend again. Eventually both gamblers died and where reborn as they deserved
The moral is: Deceiving your friend may be hazardous to your health
Topics: Gambling |
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