Tenali and the Arrogant Priest

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There once lived a priest called Rama, in a village in Devgarh. He had earned a great name for himself. But he was very arrogant. Tenali heard of his arrogance and wanted to teach the priest a lesson. Just then a servant of the priest came with a message, “The son of an army officer is here to see you.” Rama welcomed the son of the army officer with respect. After the army officer’s son had departed, Tenali asked the priest the reason for his double-faced behaviour. “Why is it that you greeted the army officer’s son so respectfully, yet behaved so arrogantly towards me?” Rama the priest had a quick reply, “Please don’t get me wrong. For me greeting means not greeting and not greeting means greeting.” Tenali understood the priest’s mischief and hit him hard on his head with his stick. “According to your logic, beating you means not beating and not beating you means beating. Therefore, I have to give you a beating,” said Tenali. Rama immediately realised the folly of his actions and started showing respect to everyone he met, irrespective of his status.

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