In addition, the mouse in the hole suddenly found a cat outside the hole. The cat is its natural enemy! Instinctively, it quickly turned around and tried its best to resist the hole, so that the cat could not catch itself. The cat saw the mouse to protect itself. The hole was too small for it to get in, so it couldn't eat the mouse. It thinks it wants to trick the mouse into eating!
So the cat said to the mouse in a weak and kind voice:
"My dearest mouse, I don't understand why you treat me like this? I'm here to visit you. I hope you can be merciful and have pity on my experience and let me stay in your cave for one night. You know, I'm old and weak, and I can't move easily. Besides, I walked a long way in the field tonight and got caught in the rain. I am poor and sick, exhausted, and my heart is about to break. I don't want to live like this for a long time. I just hope. Looking at the heavy rain in the wild and listening to the whistling wind, alas! I'm hungry and cold, lying outside your cave. Before long, I will die alive in this storm. In the name of God, please have mercy. Please, let me go to your cave, even under your porch. I will be very grateful to you, and I will definitely repay you as a good brother in the future! The sage said,' Use your home to protect the homeless, and Allah will let him go to heaven when he is finally tried. Dear brother mouse, it's easy for you to do this, but what a rich reward you will get! Brother mouse, let me in. I'll have a rest here, and I'll leave as soon as the storm stops. "
The mouse raised his vigilance and told himself not to trust the cat. It said to the cat:
"You were born to be our enemies, and you live by eating our meat. Since we are enemies, how can I let you in and have a heart-to-heart talk with you? What about peace? Besides, your sweet words can't fool me, because you can't be trusted, and I don't believe your lies. As the saying goes,' entrusting beautiful women to goats and money to gamblers is like throwing dry wood into the fire and burning it into a pile of ashes at once. So, if I believe you, I will be angry. Take the consequences. As the saying goes:'
The cat was surprised at the mouse's criticism of the cat, but didn't want to let it go. It pretends to be weaker, sadder and more pitiful, and says to the mouse:
"Dear brother mouse, I know all these old sayings you said, and every word of these old sayings makes sense! At this moment, I feel very sad about the relationship between our natural enemies and mutual hatred! Please allow me to express my deep apologies to you and sincerely hope to get your understanding. I remember the sages said,' If you forgive others in this life, then you can be forgiven by God in the afterlife. Although I used to be your natural enemy, we should let bygones be bygones. Let's start from the beginning. Isn't that right? I came to the door myself. Why did I come? Just to show you my sincerity. Should I make friends with you? The sages also said,' If you want to be friends with the enemy, you must do good deeds first. I mean, God swears to you and sincerely promises you that from now on, I will never hurt you. Besides, I am weak and my life is at stake. What else can I do? If you believe me, you should have mercy, let me in and give me a chance to live. "
The mouse did not waver and snapped, "Stop flattering me! When you say that, you actually want to eat me. How can I make friends with you under such circumstances? To say the least, if there were no hostile relationship between you and me, I might save your life. Unfortunately, however, you and I are natural enemies, and it is a life-and-death relationship. As the saying goes,' if you are not careful with the enemy, you will put your hand into the mouth of a poisonous snake. Isn't this metaphor brilliant? "
"I, I really didn't know you were so unsympathetic!" The cat said angrily, "I have only one breath left." I will die at your door. You could have saved my life, but you are a bad thing, but you are not destroyed! Well, before I die, I want to say one last thing to you: my death is destined to be repaid in your next life! "
The cat's "last word" really worked. The mouse was very worried that he would really be punished by Allah in the future, and he could not help but feel a sense of fear. He thought, I should pray to God to protect my safety, and maybe I should do something good for the enemy under special circumstances. I want to save the dying cat's life so that I can do something good. Thinking of this, the mouse turned and dug the hole wide.
The cat finally entered the rat hole and suddenly felt that it was much warmer than outside. It lay there, gasped for a while, and slowly recovered its strength. It lazily told the mouse that he was getting older and his physical strength was getting worse every day, not to mention how miserable and lonely he was. After hearing this, the mouse looked at its deathless appearance, really felt a little sorry for it, so he comforted it. While the mouse was not paying attention, it slowly moved to the mouth of the cave and occupied the main entrance and exit. When the mouse had something to go out of the hole, the cat suddenly grabbed it with its two front paws, then bit it with its teeth, dragged it around and hit it hard.
The sudden behavior of the cat shocked the mouse. It originally wanted to make an enemy with the cat and do a good deed, but never thought that the cat would treat it like this. It realized that the cat was still a cat and was bent on eating its cat. At present, it shouted for help in despair, and at the same time sternly rebuked the cat:
"You treacherous bastard, don't you forget what you just said in the blink of an eye? That kind of commitment. Where are all those sweet words? Do you do this because I pity you? Is it a reward for getting you into the hole? The sages said,' If you make friends with the enemy, don't you feel miserable? The sage also said,' believing in the enemy is killing yourself. How good and practical this is! However, instead of following these instructions, I believed your words. I came to this place because of my own fault. Now I just ask God to save me from your clutches. "
At this time, the cat doesn't want to listen to the mouse. Now it is full of energy, drooling, and just chasing the mouse to bite. It thought happily, this delicious meal is certain.
However, this is a coincidence. At this moment, a hunter passed by with a hunting dog. This hunting dog is well trained and has keen ears. I have heard the movement in the cave so far, thinking it was the fox in the cave, and rushed to the mouse hole to catch the fox there. The cat broke out in a cold sweat when it saw the hounds running towards the hole. It doesn't want to chase anymore. It bit the mouse and hurriedly escaped from the mouse hole. however
The mouse was saved by accident. Although it was scared to death, it was not eaten by the cat. As the saying goes, "You love others, and others love you; If you hurt others, you will be hurt in the end. "
The story of The Hungry Cat and Mouse just illustrates this truth.
The dreamer finished the story of the hungry cat and mouse and said to the king:
"Your majesty, the fate of the cat tells people that a person must be honest. If he gains the trust of others, he should not betray his beliefs. Those who are used to cheating others. People who don't keep their promises will eventually end up as cats. Because everything in the world has a cause and what goes around comes around. Those who do good deeds will be rewarded by God in the end. So your majesty doesn't need sadness and concern now. Don't worry. Because the prince was cruel and arrogant for a while, but later he turned over a new leaf and finally returned to your bright road. From then on, he enforced the law impartially and was good at managing state affairs. Your Majesty's Prime Minister, Hermas, is a smart and knowledgeable person. He wanted to tell the whole truth when he interpreted the dream for your majesty, but he felt that he should think carefully and act cautiously. As the saying goes,' In the world,'
King Yayad thought the dreamer's words were very reasonable, so he rewarded him and others and let them go home. The king returned to the harem to meditate, happy and worried about his heir. That night, he spent the night happily with one of his favorite concubines. Sure enough, the princess was pregnant. Four months later, the fetus moved in her stomach. The princess was very surprised and told the king happily that she was pregnant. king
The princess was loved by the king because she was pregnant, and was arranged to live in the most gorgeous palace, meeting her various requirements from all aspects to ensure that the prince was expected to be born safely. The king summoned the prime minister again to tell him the good news and said:
"How exciting! Hermas, my dream has come true! If the child is a boy, I will have an heir. Ai Qing, what do you think of this? "
Although the king was very excited and happy, however, Prime Minister Hermas was indifferent and silent. The king was very disappointed when he saw it. He puzzled to ask:
"Hermas, I'm glad to tell you this. I thought you would cheer for my successor, but when we got off the boat, you were so cold. Why? Aren't you unhappy to hear the news? "
Listen to the king, the prime minister Hermes hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to the king and said:
"Your majesty, I am by no means what you said. Please think about it. If the tree is burned down, where will people enjoy the cool? Please think again, if a person's throat is blocked, what is the meaning of food for him? A thirsty man longed for water, but he fell into the river and drowned. Isn't the cool and sweet river superfluous to him? As a slave of Allah, I am naturally a slave of your majesty, and my status is humble. How can you talk casually when you speak softly? I really have my own difficulties. The sages said,' wise men don't easily predict three things: they don't predict safety before going home; Don't assert victory or defeat before the war is over; Pregnant women should not predict whether the baby is a boy or a girl before giving birth. Your majesty, it is easy for people who don't know how to predict things to follow the old path of practitioners. "
The king asked, "What is the ancient path of the yogi? What is this? "
So, Prime Minister Hermas told the story of the yogi and the cream jar to the king.