It is mentioned once that it was very hot and the rainy season also cleared. Ponds and lakes began to dry up.
Fish in the lakes started dying. The heron now turned to the river, where there were much fish.
A heron caught a fat fresh fish and pressed it in his beak and flew to a tree and tried to eat it with pleasure.
But the fish was strong too, flapping loudly and falling free from the heron's beak.
At that time they were passing over a well. The fish got free and went down into the well. Many small and big frogs lived inside this well for many days.
He was very surprised to see the fish. They had never seen anything like it. A big frog boldly came and asked the fish. Who are you? Where did you come from?
The fish told him I am a water creature. I am called a fish. I used to live in the river and this is my home.
The frog wondered, what is a river? The fish said the river is very long and wide.
It has deep water that flows. Stays very long and wide. When the water flows, the waves rise and sway us.
The frog jumped to the edge of the well and swam and asked the fish. Is the river that wide? The fish said, no brother frog, this distance is nothing. The river is very wide.
The frog then jumped to the other side of the well. Then he came swimming from there and asked the fish, is the river so long? The fish laughed and said, No, no, frog.
This distance is nothing. The river is miles long. The frog looked at the fish with wide eyes and said, You must be kidding me.
A river can be bigger than our well. You've either got to be kidding me. Or you may have had a dream.
It is a matter of thinking, where is this long wide well, and where is your river?
How would the fish have responded? It fell silent and said softly to the frog.
Brother Frog, the fact is that until you get out of the well, you will not see the outside world, and you will not be sure of anything.
If you want to see the world and see new things, get out of the well, but the problem is that your well is too deep.
I think I have come out of the beak of a heron, but how shall I come out of this well?
It was late that some children came to this place in search of water. He had a bucket and a long rope in his hand. A boy tied the bucket with a rope and put it in the well.
Along with the water in the bucket came fish and frogs. A boy said happily, "Man! We have a bucket to draw water from. Where did these fish and frogs come from?"
The other boy said, "Where did this poor fish come from in this well?" Let's leave it in the river. We need water.
They were very kind children, they felt sorry for the fish. They ran to the river and the fish, and released the frog in the river.
If the water in the river was as clear as the water in the well, they would have taken water from the river.
The frog was surprised to see the river. Now he began to believe the words of the fish and thought now I will go back to the well and tell the other frogs that what the fish was saying was true. I saw it all, coming.
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