Once in a certain country, there was a sculptor who made idols. He had a great perfection in making idols. His idols were very popular in that city. Many people used to come to see the idols and used to appreciate his idols. Listening the people’s appreciation, the sculptor used to be very happy and proud. Now he reached at his old age but he didn’t want to die. He decided to cheat the death angel.
One day he had to die but he wanted to live more. He had an idea. He made 10 idols exactly like his appearance.
After some days, as he expected the death angel came to take his life but the artist hid himself in the row of the idols. The death angel was confused to see eleven idols. He knew that the artist must be hidden among them but he couldn’t spot him. He had an idea.
He went one of the idols and said, “Here is the idol, the artist made a great mistake.” As the sculptor listened this, he came out of the row and said, “No, not at all, all the idols are perfect.”The death angel spotted him and took his soul away.
Moral : Our pride is sometimes responsible for our destruction.