Once, two men were travelling together. After covering a long distance, they got tired. Both decided to rest for a while and then continue their journey. They searched for a place to rest and found a tree with big branches. There was plenty of shade under the tree. Both the travellers lay down under its shade. While resting, one traveller observed that the tree had no fruit or flowers. He said to the other traveller, “This tree is so plain. It has no flowers or fruit. It is absolutely useless and does not serve any purpose.” The other traveller said, “Yes, I agree with you.” The tree was hearing everything. It got very angry and retorted, “You both are so ungrateful! Here I am, providing shade to people like you, and you dare to insult me by calling me useless.” Both the travellers were ashamed of their behaviour.
The Ungrateful Travellers
