On
the way to my morning walk place, there is a ‘mutton shop’ by the side of the
road. It is a usual scene to see goats lined up there for obvious purpose. The shop
owner would be brining 8-10 goats in one lot; gradually their numbers would fall
and before there would be none left, he would bring in the next lot. So, on
that day I just made a casual look at the goats and noticed two interesting
goats.
All
goats were standing there, tied very close to each other, and facing the shop.
But one goat on the extreme left was bending its neck and looking at the traffic!
I wondered what it was thinking! And then I noticed that the goat next to it
was even more curious. That goat was resting its neck over the neck of earlier
goat, as if it was hugging the other goat, and was also looking towards the traffic! Rest all goats were facing the
shop. It was a weird scene. The goats may not be knowing their fate, but only these
two goats decided to have some distraction by watching the traffic (watching
the traffic is a stress buster). And one decided to "hug" the other goat, which allowed it to do so, in almost a friendly manner.
The
only lesson I got out of this was that perhaps humor does not leave us no
matter which circumstances we are in.
- Rahul Tiwary
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