Sunday, February 14, 2021

A Gardener and Pumpkin: A Story re-written

When Dorji was short and fat and Penjore tall and thin,
There was a moral story that is causing my head to spin

A gardener after having toiled hard, relaxed under a shady tree
"It isn't right!", he commented on God's creative spree;
"Pumpkin on a small creeper, tiny fruit on a large tree; that, God does keep!"
And the gardener as he thought deep, drowsed to sleep!

The breeze blew; a fruit detached itself from the tree and flew down and down
Until its thorn pricked the gardener at his nose tip; he jumped and screamed in pain like a frantic clown!
The thorn - a sharply pointed pin - on the fruit had pierced the gardener's skin!
As he realised, he thought of his fate had it been a pumpkin!
Then the moral follows as the gardener regains his mood,
"Whatever God does, He does it for good!"


My Story Begins Here
I happen to see a large jackfruit tree,
Its fruits are big too, some larger than pumkin!
Have I understood the moral vis-a-vis "Gardener and pumkin" story, poor me?
If so, why is jackfruit with the size of pumpkin on a large tree?

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