Look Before You Leap

Look Before You Leap

A frog named Papu and a butterfly named Ranju are best friends. They lived near a river. There were lot of little insects in the river bank and Papu ate them for his food. Ranju had his food from the nectar of flowers in the forest. One day, Papu was sitting on a rock, Ranju came and sat in a leaf of a plant near the rock.

"Papu, I am bored here" said Ranju.
"Why Ranju? I like this place and the calmness" Papu replied.
"I want to see the town and the life there. I am going now"
"Ranju, I will not let you go alone! Let us go together!"
"Keep in mind Ranju, there may be dangers for us in new place. We should be careful. It will not be same as our home."
" I am not expecting any danger Papu" Ranju told with bold voice.

They both started their journey. Papu hopped and Ranju flew along with him. They reached the end of forest, some house appeared at distance.
"Wow! we reached the town!" Ranju told happily.
"Keep your voice down Ranju, do not attract anyone's attention on us!" said Papu cautiously.
There was a pond there with a beautiful lotus flower in it.  Seeing that, Ranju became more excited and told Papu, "That flower is very beautiful. The nectar should be very sweet. I am going there!"

"Stop Ranju, you may be stuck in the pond! Do not go!" said Papu.
"You are always afraid to try new things Papu" Ranju flew there to the lotus.
When it reached the lotus, there were some bees on the lotus collecting the nectar. They attacked Ranju.
Ranju's one leg got broken. He could not move now.

Papu was waiting for Ranju to come back. When Ranju did not come back for a long time, Papu realised that Ranju might be in trouble. Luckily, Appu the elephant came near that pond to drink water.

"Appu brother! My friend Ranju has got stuck in the lotus, please help him!"
"Do not worry Papu, with my trunk, I will take him to the bank!"
With Appu's help, Ranju was able to come to the pond's bank. Papu gave him first aid and asked him to rest for sometime. They both thanked Appu.

Appu advised Ranju to be careful while stepping in to new places. He drank water and left to his place Ranju felt sorry for not listening to Papu's words. Papu carried Ranju on his back to the forest. Ranju's leg healed in a week and he flew happily drinking nectar in flowers of the forest. Both the friends lived happily thereafter.

Moral : Look before you leap.  Always think thoroughly if you are doing the correct thing before doing it.

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