Parable: Crossing to other side of the river

[macalimuu]

Once upon a time there was a small village in Shabelle region. The village was located just beyond the corner in Webi Shabeelle. Most of the residents of the village were hardworking farmers and faithful compassionate Muslims. They were all close knit community.

 

One day, the kids of the village playing soccer at the side of the river become aware of three human bodies floating in the river; they called their elders for help. Adult Men of the village hurried to the scene to pull the three bodies out the water. Unfortunately, the first body they pulled out was dead man, so they buried him immediately. The second person was a lady, probably his wife and she was too ill, so they took her to small village nursery and the last person was a young healthy girl. The elders of the village decided to place her in a foster home where she blossomed into a beautiful young lady. From that day on and for a number of years to come, quite a lot of bodies came floating down the river on a daily basis. The poor people of the town became quite proficient at rescuing and taking care of these bodies. These incidents continued for years and the people of the village worked out a highly structured tradition to salvage bodies and tend them in nurseries and foster homes. People were very generous with their time and resources. Some gave up their daily occupation completely so as to devote themselves to this humanitarian recue work of saving floating bodies from the river. Because of this charitable work, the people of the village felt a sense of pride. They built orphanages for the kids whose parents died in the river and took care of the rescued ladies and arranged a marriage for them. They set up a council to take of these floating people and formed a rescue team.

 

Despite their generosity, no one ever thought about crossing to the other side of the river just to find out where these bodies were coming from and how they ended up floating in the river?

 

moral of the story: kids let us see what you come up with...??