( 2 ) Storing Milk for Later Use

1. 1. A fool intended to hold a feast for his friends. He had to get enough milk for the banquet.
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3. 3. Now if I were to milk the cow everyday, I would run out of storage space in no time. Besides, the milk would turn sour.
4. 4. I wouldn’t milk until the time of the feast, only then will I start milking the cow.
5. 5. Yeah! Yeah! What a smart man I am! I am going to have a grand banquet. All my friends will like me.
6. 6. He then separated the cow from the calf and tied them up apart.  
7. 7. After one month, his guests came for the feast.
8. 8. He brought the cow for milking. Over the days, the cow lactated and had no more milk.
9. 9. You fool! When are you to start the feast?
10. 10. You are such a fool!
    We don’t want to be friend a fool.

Explanation:
So are the idiotic people who wanted to give alms at once but prefer to wait until they have possessed great wealth. It usually happens that, before they can scrape together enough money, it has already been seized by the country officers or stolen by robbers and thieves, or by fire and flood. It also happened that, due to their sudden demise, they would have missed the opportunity to give alms. This is just like the story of the stupid man who refused to store up milk.

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With kind approval from KL Dhamma Mitta Buddhist Society
Editor：Ven. Dhammapala
Publisher︰Dhamma Mitta Buddhist Society Kuala Lumpur, Dhammapala Buddhist Lodge, Nilai