Passage 5

In English

Here is a small story. There was a lame man who could not walk. He happened to meet a blind man. As the blind man had healthy legs and the lame man, good eyesight, they thought they could help each other; and so they became friends. They started moving together. The blind man would carry the lame man on his shoulders and the lame man would direct the blind man while moving from place to place. One day, they reached a place where there was a big field of cucumbers. Having seen the cucumbers, the lame man told the blind man, “This place has plenty of cucumbers. Let us go and eat some cucumbers as we are hungry.” The blind man sought to know whether there was any fence around the field. The lame man replied in the negative. The blind man again asked whether there was any watchman present. The lame man said that no one was found watching the field. The blind man then said, “These cucumbers must be bitter and useless because no one would leave a good crop unprotected.” See, the blind man had the good sense of discrimination and reasoning even though he was visually handicapped.