There was a farm on bank of river where a farmer used to live. On other side of river there was a tree where many birds lived.
Every year, farmer sowed grains in his fields and birds would eat grain from his fields, resulting in decrease in farmer’s yield.
Troubled by birds, farmer made a plan to catch them.
One day, he sat in field after spreading a net. While trying to eat grains spread in net, birds present near farmer’s field go trapped in net. Soon, farmer captured birds around the field in a basket.
Farmer took those birds far away from his field, into a forest and left them in forest. He was happy to send all birds away and felt that now no one will harm his field.
But his illusion broke when he saw yield of his crop.
His crops were destroyed by insects. Damage was more than before. He couldn’t understand anything. Crying he reached an experienced old farmer of village and started describing the plight of his field there.
Old farmer laughed and said, “You removed the protectors of your field, now who would protect your field from insects?”
Farmer said, “I don’t understand what you said.”
Old farmer explained to him, “Birds that you imprisoned and send far away from your fields, were the ones that used to protect your crops from insects. By removing birds from fields, you have broken the law to nature which led to more damage.”
Farmer was regretting his foolishness. Although he couldn’t bring back all birds from forest, he built many nests around his farm, waiting for birds to come back.
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