Parabels of Mahavir

Author(s): Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Shri Kiran Publishers

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One mouse was white as white can be, the
other one was black : They sat together unconcerned
and nimbled at the branch, Nibbled and gnawed; quite overawed The poor man held his breath! His heart-beats almost in a swoon;
his face began to blanch, He knew the time had come for him
to meet a tragic death ! When, suddenly, his eyes beheld a honey hive
on top From which a drop of honey was almost about
to drop. Forgetting all about his plight (nobody can
believe it) With open mouth he waited, and he waited to
receive it.
Just at that crucial moment came an angel
from the sky, Came in a golden chariot; came down from
very high; "Step in", the angel said : "I come to see you
do not die !"