The mongoose was a very faithful pet and he loved the little baby. While he sat guard near the sleeping baby, a snake came into the room. The mongoose saw that he was slithering closer to the baby’s cradle. So, he attacked him immediately and killed him. When the Brahmin returned after performing the rites, he saw the blood stains all over the place and the mongoose too with blood stains on its mouth. He thought the mongoose had attacked his baby and was furious. In his anger, he picked a stout stick up and killed the mongoose. When he entered the house, he saw the dead snake near the cradle in which his baby was fast asleep. The Brahmin was miserable. He realised that his pet mongoose had saved his baby. He deeply repented killing his beloved pet so thoughtlessly.
The Mongoose and the Snake
