In English
Once a young cowherd took his herd of cattle for grazing to a mountainous region. To pass his time, he started singing a song there. He heard the resound of his song which came from somewhere. The young man had no knowledge of the echo. Therefore, he felt perturbed and said to himself, “Who is that who is mimicking my voice and singing the song sung by me”! He shouted loudly, “Who is there? Hey! Who are you”? He heard his own words again coming from somewhere, “Who is there? Hey! Who are you”? Then the young man said, “Tell your name”. And he heard the same words. At this, he became angry and shouted, “Shut up”. But again he heard back, “Shut up”. The young man then said, “I will catch hold of you and beat you”. But the same words came back to him once again. The cowherd searched for the person who was mimicking his words but could not find anyone anywhere. Thinking that there was someone who was his enemy and was teasing him without being seen, he came back home with his herd of cattle.