THERE were two friendly sparrows named Shanti and Kanta. Shanti was very meek , introspective and of very good nature, on the other hand, Kanta was cunning and clever. A few days later of their friendship, they got married and began to live together as wife and husband in a nest.





First, Shanti entered the nest and then Kanta , as there was only one gate in the nest. It often happened but they were eating , sleeping and spending their normal life . One day Shanti asked Kanta, " Kanta, why do you enter the nest daily after me?"

He said, " Shanti ! you are my sweetheart , my duty is to save you from all sides ; so, when you enter the nest I become confirmed with your intrinsic entrance ; and on my entering later, I perform the duty of a watchbird that no other one could enter my nest and harm you anyhow , my wife !"

Shanti was convinced but in actual sense Kanta was always afraid of some unauspicious hazard . He thought there might be a snake in the nest and if he entered first he would be swallowed by . REALLY he was making a bluff with Shanti, yet Shanti believed in him.


Some days later, Shanti again looked up that Kanta always tested their baits first . He was very selfish, greedy and of all bad nature that one could imagine of, but despite his wit, he always had...