A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing

 A Little Learning is Dangerous

There lived a man in the village. He had a great attraction to English and so he went to a teacher. The teacher began to teach him, but the man was dull-headed. His teacher tried his best to teach him English but the man could not understand the rules of grammar. The teacher realized that English would not be learned by him. However, the man grasped Only three English words. He learned 'yes', 'no', and 'very good'. But the man did not know their meanings.

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 He returned to his own village and told the villagers that he was well-versed in English. He used those three words while speaking with any man. If anybody asked him any question or discussed a thing with him, he used to say either 'yes' or 'no' or 'very good'.

One night, a theft took place in a house of the village and the police were informed of it. A police officer came to that place for investigation. He asked everybody if they knew anything about the theft. But the villagers told him that they did not know who did it and how. At last, the police officer said to the man, "Do you know anything about the theft? I think you have done it. The man said 'Yes'. The police officer again inquired, " Have you any objection if we take you under the custody of the police?" He answered, ' No'. Then the police officer said to him, "We will arrest you now". Then the man proudly said, " Very good". Thus he was arrested and put into jail.

From the story noted above we learn the moral that the man with a little learning in English brought ruin on himself. He courted his own disaster.