The story of diligence and effort. (part 1)

In the former time, there was a Benaresian merchant who always freighted the goods abroad.

Once the merchant had to lead his caravan across the desert which was 60 leagues far. It's a very long way this time.

It's far and hot crossing the desert. It surely caused more trouble. 

On that journey they had to pass the very hot desert. So they stop at daytime and proceeded at night.

One of the men  in caravan said that " The sun is rising. We'd better stop before getting burnt."

The merchant ordered his men to rest during daytime because the sun and the sand is very hot.

The merchant said to everybody that " Stop, everyone. Stop over here.We'll rest until the moon rises, then we move on."

A man said that " Now I can take a break. I walked all night. I'd better sleep. So sleepy."

One of the men said to another that " How can you fall asleep so easily? You stop and sleep in the next minute. Get up and eat first."

The merchant who was the leader of their caravan always stopped to let his men and the cattle rest. Until it was only 1 league or 16 kilometers left, then they would pass the desert.

When they stopped, everyone was not  impertinent. They ate and drank all of their provisions.

One man said happily that " I'm so happy. Let's eat them all . Tomorrow we'll be in town."

Another man said that " Right. Eat'em all up. It holds us down. We'll arrive there soon. we're gonna find something delicious in town."

Other man said that " I'm too full to get up."

At dusk, the merchant and his wagon train was ready to leave.

When it was the time to set off, the navigator rode his cart in front of  the caravan. Everyone followed him. They could find the direction by looking at the stars.

The merchant said to the men that " Everyone, get yourself ready. Let's go further."

Someone in caravan shouted that " Hey, ho! Let's go. We'll get there soon."

Another one said that " I'm still full. I ate too much. I'd rather sleep in the cart."

The navigator was asleep in the wagon train was traveling.

The cool breeze of the desert at night and the creak of the wheels of carts was like a lullaby. It lulled the navigator to fall asleep. 

The navigator muttered that " It's breezy and the air is fine."

One of the men warned the navigator that "Don't sleep, old man. I don't know the way."

The navigator said that " Just go, straight on. I'll tell you the direction."

The wagon train walked  back to the original place. It was not known and noticed.

According to what happened, the merchant's caravan, in steady of reaching to the destination, get lost and kept coming back to the same place  without someone realizing that.

Someone in caravan complained that " When will we arrive? I'm so tired."

Another one who heard ,said that " Come on. Don't be grouchy. We'll reach there soon, I guess."

Other one added that " Right. Don't be too fussy. keep going on."

When the caravan realized that  they were lost, it was too late. The further they proceeded, the stronger the sun shined.

The merchant began to realized that was lost. He felt so bad. And he knew that the foodstuffs are used up.

One of the men in caravan complained that " I'm thirsty and hungry. Hungry, hungry,....."

Another one warned that " Don't be fussy. The more you talk, the more you get hungry. We shouldn't eat them all last night."