Once there lived a farmer with his wife. They had an infant baby. One day, the farmer found an injured rabbit on his way returning from the fields. He told his wife that he would nurse the rabbit to

health and keep it as a pet. The wife didn’t like the idea but agreed reluctantly.  The rabbit recovered soon and played around in the house. The wife kept it away from her infant son.

One day, the wife left the sleeping baby with her husband and went out to fetch some groceries. She told him to keep the rabbit from him. Meanwhile, the farmer got an urgent call from the

fields, and he left the son with the rabbit. He trusted that the rabbit would be safe in the hands of his child.

After some time, the farmer’s wife returned with a big grocery

basket. She saw the rabbit with blood all over its mouth and paws, she wondered what was it, and she was shocked. Without a second thought, she yelled and smashed the poor animal with

a basket full of groceries. She ran inside crying and wailing but was shocked to see her son peacefully near a dead snake. Now, the reality dawned upon her. She understood and thought the

snake must have come to bite her son.

But the rabbit killed the snake and saved the baby. The blood stain was that of the snakes. She rushed out to check on the

rabbit. The poor loyal rabbit was dead. In a short time, the husband returned from the fields. And saw the woman mourning on the rabbit. They buried the rabbit in the middle of the fields to always remember the rabbit for saving their son.