THE STORY OF THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN A FROG AND A MOUSE

Once on the bank of a river there lived a mouse and a frog. A very close friendship developed between the two of them. This friendship grew until it became a love relationship. By mutual arrangement they used to meet each other daily in the mornings and would converse with each other for a very long time. These meetings made both of them very happy. They used to tell stories to each other and listened to each other’s tales. They even told each other their secrets and considered each other alone as holders of their secrets. When they met they even remembered and related happenings of more than five years ago, to each other.
One day the mouse told the frog: “You are swimming around inthe water while I am here on the dry earth. I suffer the pangs of sorrowover being parted from you. I come to the edge of the water to call you,but while you are in the water, even the voice of a lover cannot beheard. I am not happy with just meeting and talking to you for a short while”. Salaah has only been made obligatory five times a day,but the true lovers of Allah Ta’ala permanently enjoy communionwith Allah through “Nafl” Salaahs.
The mouse then said to the frog: “O frog, beloved; without seeing your face at all times, I cannot find peace. By day, the sight of you is my life, by night the thought of you is my consolation and sleep. It will be q great favour on your part if you will permit me the pleasure of the opportunity of meeting you at all times.”
“It will be great generosity on your part if you will cause me the delightOf remembering me at all times with your love.You are unconcerned with my sorrows. 0, my Ameer!Kindly grant me thy kindness and please me with your company. “
The mouse told the frog: “Brother, I am a creature living on dry land and you are living in the water. I am unable to enter the water, but you are able to come to the dry land. But how will you be able to know inside the water that I have a desire to meet you?” For quite a time they discussed the problem and consulted each other. Finally, the mouse put forward a suggestion that one end of a piece of string the frog should tie to its leg and the other end to the foot of the mouse. Thus when the mouse had a desire to meet the frog he will pull the string. In the water the frog will feel the pulling of the string and thus come to the bank of the river. In this way they will be able to meet each other.
The frog considered the mouse’s suggestion to be a bad one and said to himself: “This evil minded one wishes to tie me up.” ”It is no surprise if a blind one falls into a well, Surprising when a seeing one falls into it.”
In spite of disliking the mouse’s suggestion, the’ frog found an inclination within himself to accede to the request. When a person’s desire overpowers his reason, it becomes the beginning of that persons downfall.
Maulana then proceeded to relate the story of the destruction of the frog. The two of them, by pulling the string, were able to enjoy the ecstasy of meeting each other repeatedly. Then one day the result of this bad company became a reality. A vulture came along and carried the mouse off in its claw. As the vulture flew off with the mouse, he also lifted the frog out of the water where up to now he was safe and comfortable, because the other end was tied to the frogs leg. What happened to the mouse also happened to the frog. The vulture killed both of them and ate them up. If the frog had remained in the water and not formed a friendship with the evil mouse, then nothing would have happened to him and he would have remained, safe.
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