Author: Unknown
A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community knew about the story. The person it concerned was deeply hurt and offended. Later, the woman resposible for spreading the rumor learned that it was COMPLETLY UNTRUE. She was very sorry and went to a sage(A wise old man) to find out what she could do to repair the damage.
"Go to the market place." he said, "and purchase a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road." Although surprized by this peculiar advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."
The woman followed the same road, but to her dismay the wind had blown all the feathers away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand. "You see", said the old sage, "it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip, and hurting the feelings of a neighbor. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor and make someone hurt, but once you do, you can never undo the wrong.
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