A man, his horse and his dog were traveling down a road.
When they were passing by a gigantic tree, a bolt of
lightning struck and they all fell dead on the spot.
But the man did not realize that he had already left this
But the man did not realize that he had already left this
world, so he went on walking with his two animals;
sometimes the dead take time to understand their
new condition…
The journey was very long, uphill, the sun was strong
and they were covered in sweat and very thirsty. They
were desperately in need of water. At a bend in the road
they spotted a magnificent gateway, all in marble, which
led to a square paved with blocks of gold and with a
fountain in the center that spouted forth crystalline
water.
The traveller went up to the man guarding the gate.
“Good morning. What is this beautiful place?”
“This is heaven.”
“How good to have reached heaven,we’re ever so thirsty.”
“You can come in and drink all you want.”
“My horse and my dog are thirsty too.”
“So sorry, but animals aren’t allowed in here.”
“This is heaven.”
“How good to have reached heaven,we’re ever so thirsty.”
“You can come in and drink all you want.”
“My horse and my dog are thirsty too.”
“So sorry, but animals aren’t allowed in here.”
The man was very disappointed because his thirst
was great,but he could not drink alone; he thanked
the man and went on his way.
After traveling a lot, they arrived exhausted at a farm
whose entrance was marked with an old doorway
that opened onto a tree-lined dirt road.
A man was lying down in the shadow of one of
the trees, his head covered with a hat, perhaps asleep!
“Good morning,” said the traveler.
“We are very thirsty – me,
my horse and my dog.”
“There is a spring over in those stones,”
“There is a spring over in those stones,”
said the man, pointing to the spot.
“Drink as much as you like.”
The man, the horse and the dog went to
The man, the horse and the dog went to
the spring and quenched their thirst.
Then the traveler went back to thank the man.
“By the way, what’s this place called?”
“Heaven.”
“Heaven? But the guard at the marble
“Heaven.”
“Heaven? But the guard at the marble
gate back there said that was heaven!”
“That’s not heaven, that’s hell.”
The traveller was puzzled.
“You’ve got to stop this! I am really confused!”
“That’s not heaven, that’s hell.”
The traveller was puzzled.
“You’ve got to stop this! I am really confused!”
The man smiled: “Not at all. As a matter of fact they do
us a great favor. Because over there stay all those who
are even capable of abandoning their best friends…”
Point: Heaven is where you have loving companions…
PS: Story Seems to be taken out of Mahabharatham!
Source::: unknown…. Input from a friend of mine
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