The GOSSIP
A woman repeated a bit of gossip about
a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community knew the story. The person it
concerned was deeply hurt and offended. Later the woman responsible for
spreading the rumor learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry
and went to a wise old sage to find out what she could do to repair the damage.
"Go to the marketplace," he said, "and purchase a chicken, and
have it killed.
Then on your way home, pluck its
feathers and drop them one by one along the road." Although surprised by
this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said,
"Now go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring
them back to me."
The woman followed the same road, but
to her dismay, the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for
hours, she returned with only three in her hand. "You see," said the
old sage, "it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible to get them
back."
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