Page 45 - Martial Science Magazine Dec/2016 #18

Then the tradesman thought to The boy lifted the hammer over “Don’t
himself, “If I lose courage now, his head and hit the rock as hard
in the middle of this disastrous as he could - and he himself was
situation, my leadership has the most surprised when the give up
no meaning. If I fall to weeping rock spilt in two and a mighty
and regretting this misfortune, flow of water gushed out from
and do nothing, all these goods under it! Suddenly, all the people too easily
and bullocks and even the lives were overjoyed. They drank and
of the people, including myself, bathed and washed the animals
may be lost. I must be energetic and cooked their food and ate. - keep on
and face the situation!” So he
began walking back and forth, Before they left, they raised
trying to think out a plan to save a high banner so that other trying
them all. travellers could see it from afar
and come to the new spring
Remaining alert, out of the in the middle of the hot-sand until you
corner of his eye, he noticed desert. Then they continued on
a small clump of grass. He safely to the end of their journey.
thought, “Without water, no reach the
plant could live in this desert.” So The moral is: Don’t give up too
he called over the most energetic easily - keep on trying until you
of his fellow travellers and asked reach the goal. goal”.
them to dig up the ground on
that very spot. They dug and
dug, and after a while they got
down to a large stone. Seeing
it they stopped, and began to
blame the leader again, saying
“This effort is useless. We’re
just wasting our time!” But the
tradesman replied, “No no, my
friends, if we give up the effort
we will all be ruined and our
poor animals will die - let us be
encouraged!”

As he said this, he got down
into the hole, put his ear to the
stone, and heard the sound of
flowing water. Immediately, he
called over a boy who had been
digging and said, “If you give up,
we will all perish - so take this
heavy hammer and strike the
rock.”