A Story about The Tongue

A Story about The Tongue :



Once, a chief told one of his servants to bring him the best meat from the market. The servant brought him a tongue. The next day the chief told the servant to bring him the worst meat from the market. The servant brought a tongue again. "What?" the chief said. "When I ask for the best meat, you bring a tongue and then you bring the same thing for the worst meat."



The servant said, "Sometimes a man is very unhappy because of his tongue and sometimes his tongue makes him very happy."



"You are right," the chief said. "Let us be masters of our tongue!

African Folk Tales Index