Singh was traveling in a crowded bus. He was carrying the passport-size photograph of his son for college admission.
Accidentally, the photograph dropped down from his pocket.
He started searching for it frantically & found it on the floor below the ends of a woman's saree.
He asked her, "Can you lift your saree? I wanna take photograph"....
... THE REST IS HISTORY....
He was beaten so badly that he had to be admitted to hospital. He was surprised to see Jaswan Singh on the next bed to him in a worse condition.
Jaswan explained what happened to him.
He had gone to a remote village to work. He finished late & missed the last bus. He couldn't find any hotel nearby.
So he approached a nearby house & asked the owner whether he can stay there for a night.
The owner replied "I have 2 grown-up daughters. Sorry, you can't stay here."
Then he approached the next house and asked the owner whether he can stay there for a night.
The owner too replied "I have 3 grown-up daughters. Sorry u can't stay here."
So he went to the next house & asked "Do you have grown-up daughters?"
The owner asked "Why?"and Jaswan replied, "I want to stay for a night."
THE REST IS HISTORY... boommmmmmmmmmmmm..!!!
The moral of the story is :
WORDS CAN SOMETIMES GET YOU INTO DEEP-SET TROUBLE IF YOU DON'T USE THEM WISELY SO AS TO BE UNDERSTOOD BY THE LISTENER..............
It is not what the speaker meant but what the listener understood
Sri Maal Samaraweera