Again Become A Mouse
Punar Mushiko Bhava

by Jahnava, age 8

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CAST: Narrator, Sage, Mouse (Dog, Tiger).

Narrator: There once lived a Sage who was very pious. One day, a little mouse that was being chased by a cat entered the house of the Sage. (the Sage is studying a book as the Mouse enters)

Sage: What is the matter, my dear mouse?

Mouse: Dear sir, a cat is chasing me!

Sage: Well, why then are you coming to me?

Mouse: Dear sir, can you please change me into a cat?

Sage: Alright, you want to be a cat? I will turn you into a cat.

Mouse: YOU WILL?!

Sage: Certainly! Get ready! (swings a stick around) ABRA KADABRA BABALU!!! MAY YOU BE A CAT!!!

Mouse: Wow! Now that I am a cat, no one can disturb me!

Narrator: The cat now thought that he was the greatest, and would climb up trees and run back down. He thought that he was the fastest, and was enjoying running all around. One day, however, a dog came and started to chase the cat.

Dog: RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!!! (Cat runs into the hut of the Sage)

Cat: Dear sir, dear sir, please help me, please help!

Sage: Now why are you here? I've helped you already; what is your problem now?

Cat: My dear sir, now a dog is chasing me. Can you make me into a dog?

Sage: You want to be a dog? Why a dog? Very well, if you really want to be a dog then I will make you into a dog. Now get ready! 1, 2, 3... (Sage makes motions) ABRA KADABRA BABALU! MAY YOU BECOME A DOG!!!

Dog: Ha, Ha, Ha... now I am a dog! I can go anywhere and no one can agitate me. I can chase cats and eat mice!

Narrator: The dog thought that he was God, and that he could enjoy forever and would never die. But one day the dog saw a lion, and the lion started chasing the dog.

Lion: Roar-r-r-r-r! Roar-r-r-r-r!

Narrator: The dog went to the Sage once again.

Dog: Dear sir! Dear sir! Help me! Now a lion is chasing me. Could you please make me into a lion?

Sage: You want to become a lion? Ha, ha, ha! First you wanted to become a cat, then a dog, and now a lion. I can't believe it!

Dog: Can you please just change me into a lion, please?! This will be the last time, because there is no one that can defeat a lion.

Sage: Okay, I guess I will make you into a lion. Now get ready! ABRA KADABRA BABALU! MAY YOU BECOME A LION!!! (the lion looks at the Sage with a hungry face, and walks slowly toward the Sage. The lion roars very quietly and slowly) What is the matter, my dear Lion?

Lion: I am very hungry and you are the only food that I can find, so now I want to eat you.

Sage: I've given you the power to become a lion, and now you are going to eat me? Well, PUNAR MUSHIKO BHAVA!!! AGAIN BECOME A MOUSE! (Mouse is ashamed and runs back into the forest)

Narrator: (preaches about the moral of the story) The living entities are promoted and degraded by the laws of nature, but if one is very, very fortunate, by association with saintly persons he gets the seed of devotional service and thereby becomes successful. But, if one does not take advantage of that saintly association but simply desires a temporary material benefit, then one simply descends into a degraded and uncertain future. Hare Krishna!

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