Sham S.Misri
Long ago, in the valley of Kashmir, a rich Kashmiri was constructing a house. The landlord had engaged many skilled workers for the construction job. Among these skilled workers,there was one carpenter. He was a very sharp and clever guy. The carpenter would works for many hours with all dedication and the house owner also entertained him with good tea and even with nice foods. One day, due to some reasons, the carpenter was not entertained well by way of giving him good food. The carpenter took it otherwise, but kept it within himself.
The construction work continued, and, the house under construction was near roof level. The carpenter had now to lay the main beams. To lay the beams at roof level was considered as the most skilful job. For this job, only highly skilled carpenters were engaged, and the landlord had engaged one to whom he was feeding well. At the time of laying and fixing the beams the carpenter adopted a go slow strategy. On the fixed day of laying the beams, Ten to fifteen more men were engaged by the landlord. They tried hard to bring the wooden gales (beams) up on the roof level and to keep the same in alignment. But, the beams did not sit at the proper alignment. The men who were engaged for this work became confused. They requested the carpenter,” Please help and tell us how to do it.” The carpenter replied,” It seems, there is no way” Because it needs pin a carpenter’s peg. When that will be done, the beam will get set itself.”
The construction work continued, and, the house under construction was near roof level. The carpenter had now to lay the main beams. To lay the beams at roof level was considered as the most skilful job. For this job, only highly skilled carpenters were engaged, and the landlord had engaged one to whom he was feeding well. At the time of laying and fixing the beams the carpenter adopted a go slow strategy. On the fixed day of laying the beams, Ten to fifteen more men were engaged by the landlord. They tried hard to bring the wooden gales (beams) up on the roof level and to keep the same in alignment. But, the beams did not sit at the proper alignment. The men who were engaged for this work became confused. They requested the carpenter,” Please help and tell us how to do it.” The carpenter replied,” It seems, there is no way” Because it needs pin a carpenter’s peg. When that will be done, the beam will get set itself.”
The people around got perplexed as to what the carpenter is saying. The house owner began to request the carpenter, and the carpenter said,” In addition to the loaves, get a big cock and a hen killed and take that to my house. Then the beam will sit at the proper place itself.”
The confused house owner said, “But this thing has never happened so far.”
The confused house owner said, “But this thing has never happened so far.”
The carpenter said,” Then has it ever happened that a carpenter has been served food with mere greens (Haak) “
This way the house owner could understand that the carpenter had been offended, as he had not been given wholesome food to eat some day while he was at work in the construction of the house.
However, the landlord was forced to send the cooked dish and loaves to the carpenter's home. The moment the carpenter came to know about this, the beam sat at the proper position on the roof.
However, the landlord was forced to send the cooked dish and loaves to the carpenter's home. The moment the carpenter came to know about this, the beam sat at the proper position on the roof.
When a skilled worker does his job he is being prompted from time to time " lest you keep Chaneh Kijh."
(Chaneh's = Carpenter’s; Kijh = Peg).
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