Swami and the Snake

Once upon a time, in a dense jungle, there was an old well where a colony of frogs lived. Among them was a frog named Swami. Swami was constantly ridiculed by the others for no reason. They mocked him, laughed at him, and made his life miserable. One day, tired of the insults and humiliation, Swami decided to teach them all a lesson.

"Enough is enough," he thought. "I’ll find a powerful ally who will put these bullies in their place." With this resolve, he leaped out of the well and sat by a rock, waiting for a formidable creature to pass by.

As fate would have it, a deadly snake slithered by. Swami's eyes lit up. "This is perfect! A snake will strike fear into the hearts of my tormentors," he thought. Gathering courage, he approached the snake and said, "O mighty serpent, will you be my friend?"

The snake, taken aback, hissed, "A frog wants to be friends with me? Don’t you know snakes love eating frogs?"

"Yes," replied Swami with a sly smile, "but this friendship benefits us both. You see, I live in a well filled with frogs who torment me endlessly. If you help me, you’ll have a feast, and I’ll have my revenge."

Intrigued, the snake agreed. Swami led the snake to the well and showed it a way inside. 

The next day, Swami returned to the well with the snake. Seeing the vicious predator, the frogs panicked. Swami pointed out his tormentors one by one, and the snake began feasting on them.

Days passed, and the snake grew comfortable in the well. However, it soon ran out of frogs to eat. One day, it hissed, "Swami, I’m still hungry. Your family and friends will have to do."

Horrified, Swami stammered, "But—but I brought you here to eat my enemies, not my loved ones!"

The snake replied coldly, "Food is food, Swami. Either you bring me more frogs, or I’ll eat you next."

Realizing his life was in danger, Swami quickly devised a plan. "My friend," he said calmly, "I can bring you more frogs, but I’ll need to leave the well to find them. Once I make new frog friends, I’ll lure them here for you."

The snake, desperate for food, agreed. As soon as Swami left the well, he sprinted far away. "How foolish I was to trust a snake!" he thought. "If I had stayed, it would have devoured me too."

Back in the well, the snake waited for days, but Swami never returned. Eventually, it starved and perished. Swami, now free, vowed never to act recklessly again.