subject: Three Traps in One's Life [print this page] A farmer went into a town to sell a donkey and a goat. There was a small bell in goat's neck. Three thieves have seen them, and one thief said: "I can steal the goat, but not found by the farmer." Another said: "I will steal the donkey from the farmer's hand." The third thief said: "Both of your jobs are not difficult, but I can steal all clothes on the farmer."
The first thief crept closer to the goat, untied the bell and fastened to the tail of the donkey, then took the goat away. Looking around in a turning, the farmer found the goat missing, and he started his search.
At this time, the second thief walked to the front of the farmer, asked him what to look for. The farmer said he lost a goat. The thief said: "I have seen one person holding a goat walking to the forest. You can still go to seize him right now." The farmer entreated the thief to help him holding his donkey, and he chased his goat. The thief took the donkey away.
The farmer looked back from the woods, found the donkey was gone. He walked and cried on the road side. He saw a man sitting at the pond, crying, too. The farmer asked him what happened. The man said: "Somebody let me take a bag of gold to town, but I was tired and sat in the pond, sleeping, and push the pocket into water." The farmer asked why he didn't go to pick the pocket out. That person said: "Because I am afraid of water, I can't swim. If somebody picks out this bag of gold, I'll send him twenty pounds of gold".
The farmer felt too much joy, and thought: "Just because someone stole my goat and donkey, god has given me happiness." Hence, he took off his clothes and dived in the water, but he also can find nothing. When he climbed from the water, he found his clothes were gone. It is the third thief that stole his clothes.
This is three traps in one's life: careless, credulous, and greedy.
Three Traps in One's Life
By: Yang Moon
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