The Dog Knew Better|سگ بهتر می دانست

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“165th story”

Once upon a time,

a famous astronomer went to a desert with his apprentice.

 Their trip was to learn more about the stars.

They looked for a great spot to stay and saw a Mill, and asked the Miller to stay in his place.

The Miller accepted.

When the astronomer and his apprentice were deep into the sky Miller said: “Tonight it will rain. You can sleep inside the Mill. But you should come inside now because I want to lock the door.”

The astronomer said: “It will not rain tonight. The sky is clear, and we are here to see the stars. We will stay outside.”

The Miller said: “I have a hearing problem; if it rains in the middle of the night and you knock on the door, I won’t hear you. So you better come inside now.”

The apprentice got a little offensive and said: “A scientist here is saying there will be no rain tonight.”

The Miller went inside, locked the door, and went to sleep.

The scientist and his apprentice were deeply researching and analyzing each star when the rain started pouring heavily.

They knocked on the door of the Mill till morning, and the Miller couldn’t hear and didn’t open the door.

In the morning, Miller opened the door and saw both the scientist and the apprentice were wet and shaking from the cold.

The Miller said: “I told you it would rain, and I have a hearing problem.”

The scientist said: “ In such a clear sky, how could you know it was going to rain?”

Miller said: “I didn’t. My dog knows. Every time it is supposed to rain, my dog comes inside the Mill to sleep.”

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  2. utahan15's avatar
    utahan15
    October 29, 2020 • 8:16 am

    cow s sit
    methane mode
    dog star
    keanus baand

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    derrickjknight
    October 29, 2020 • 8:46 am

    A great reminder that we are not as clever as we think we are

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    hassanmosleh
    October 29, 2020 • 8:58 am

    It’s so hard to spend a night in the rain and cold weather, I hope God help every one to have a shelter. Beautiful story.

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    bigskybuckeye
    October 29, 2020 • 10:00 am

    This story reminds me to pay attention to the little things around me. Sometimes we aren’t as intelligent as we think.

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    Lisa Bradshaw
    October 29, 2020 • 10:39 am

    Always the faithful friend.. a dog knows..;-)

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    Orvillewrong
    October 29, 2020 • 1:18 pm

    Never doubt the wisdom of animals!

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    Balamuralikrishna
    October 30, 2020 • 12:26 pm

    Wonderful and most brilliant story, this story decides that who is brilliant. All learnt people aren’t brilliant.

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    Jonathan Caswell
    October 30, 2020 • 7:48 pm

    Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
    DOGGONE! 😀

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    annabellefranklinauthor
    October 31, 2020 • 3:02 pm

    If only dogs could talk! They’d have so much to teach us.

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    Anna Waldherr
    November 1, 2020 • 7:24 pm

    Wisdom takes lots of forms. 🙂

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    sherazade
    November 5, 2020 • 11:41 am

    La tua scrittura è semplicemente deliziosa.
    Anche la mia piccola Sally fiuta la pioggia e diventa nervosa e a volte si nasconde.
    Buona sera cara Laleh❣

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    fulvialuna1
    November 7, 2020 • 12:43 pm

    L’umiltà! Che dono grande ormai dimenticato!

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    natuurfreak3
    November 12, 2020 • 3:27 pm

    Slimme hond en molenaar die zijn hond heel goed kende en verstond

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