Once upon a time there lived a sage on the banks of a river. He and his wife did not have
any children. One day when the sage was praying in the middle of the river, an eagle
happened to pass by and dropped a female mouse in the hands of the sage.
The sage
found the mouse in his hands on opening his eyes. He took it home to his wife.
On reaching home, he talked to his wife about the mouse and they decided to convert the
mouse into a young baby girl. The sage and his wife began to take care of the girl child
and brought her up as their daughter.
The child grew day by day to a beautiful maiden. At
the age of sixteen, the sage decided to find a match for the girl. He and his wife decided
that the Sun God would be an ideal match for their girl.
So the sage prayed for the Sun God to appear. The sun god appeared and the sage asked
him to marry his daughter.
But his daughter said, "Sorry! I cannot marry the sun god
because he is very hot and I will be reduced to ashes in his heat and light. The sage was
displeased and asked the sun god to suggest a possible groom. The sun god suggested the
name of the Lord of the clouds. For, the cloud can easily stop the rays of the sun.
The sage then prayed for the lord of the clouds and once he appeared, he took him to his
daughter.
The daughter once again decided not to accept him as his groom. She said, "I
do not want to marry a person as dark as him. Moreover, I am afraid of the thunder he
produces". The sage was dejected once again and asked the lord of clouds for a suitable
groom. The lord of clouds suggested, "Why don't you try the lord of wind, for he can
easily blow me away".
The sage then prayed for the lord of the wind. On the appearance of the wind-god, he
took him to his daughter.
His daughter rejected the groom saying that she cannot marry
the wind god who is always on the move. Dejected once again the sage asked the windgod for a suggestion. The wind-god suggested the lord of the mountain which was rock
solid and stopped the wind easily. So the sage then went to the mountain lord and
requested him to marry his daughter.
But the daughter once again rejected the mountain
lord saying that he was too cold-hearted for her to marry and requested the sage to find
somebody softer but stronger than him. The mountain god then suggested a mouse to
him, because the mouse is soft and yet can easily make holes in the mountain.
This time the daughter was happy and agreed to marrying the mouse. So the sage said,
"Look at what the destiny had to offer you. You started as a mouse, and were destined to
marry a mouse in the end. So be it". He then converted her back to a she-mouse and got
her married.
Story moral: Destiny cannot be changed.
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