The story of industrious person (part 4)

Later, at Vihara Jetavana, when the monks described the Buddha's greatest power, the Buddha recited the past when he was born as a strong back ox that...
"Hear me, Monks. In the past, I was just a beast but I could do the thing no one could do. When the monks asked him to tell that story, the Buddha recollected his previous life, and told Kanha Jataka.

Once, far away from Benares, there was a poor widow who earned her life by sharing her house to the travelers who wanted to spend the night for rent and taking care of them for some wages.

Once, she received a little black calf as a rent. The tenant said to her that "I have no money. Would you take this black calf for a rent?"

Once she laid her eyes on him, the widow was tender toward the calf, so she received and looked after him.

Soon the black calf grew up and became the young ox. He was big, strong and full of muscle. The widow called the ox.... Ayyakkala which meant the old woman's ox. She said to him that " Come on. Eat the grass, Ayyakkala, my beloved son. The more you grow up, the more adorable you are."

Although  Ayyakkala, the black ox was just a beast, he love and appreciated in the widow's mercy. He always tried to pay back her favor. There was a cowboy who understood him finding the job of dragging. No matter how heavy the luggage was, Ayyakkala the black ox attempted to drag it until the job was done easily.

The cowboy said " Come on, Ayyakkala, my friend. Just drag it. You're as strong as an elephant. No, no. Correct. You're as strong as an ox."

After finishing a job of dragging, there always was a bag of wages tied up with his leg for his favorable widow.

She said " Well, Ayyakkala, you bring the money for me again. Ayyakala, you work so hard and hauls the luggage all day long. you must be very tired. Come here, son. I'll bathe you and feed you with some fresh grass."