A stupid man

A stupid man was sent by his
father to sell salt. He first went to a
mining area but nobody there wanted
his salt. When he returned home, his
father told him that if he had helped
the miners to dig, they would have
bought his salt.
The man next went to a house
where a wedding was taking place.
There he dug a huge hole. This made
the people angry and they chased him
away. When he returned home, his
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father told him that if he had beaten a
drum and danced instead, the people
there would have bought salt from
him.
Then, he went to a village where
there happened to be a fire. Rushing
to the place, he started drumming and
dancing, only to be thrown out by the
people. His father told him that he
should have poured water on the fire
instead, if he wanted to sell salt there.
In the next place he went to, a
couple were fighting with each other.
The foolish man poured a bucketful
of water on them, again to be chased
away. His father later told him that he
should have tried to settle the quarrel,
in which case they would have bought
salt from him.
In the final event, the man saw
two bulls fighting with each other. He
stepped in to stop the fight and was
gored to death by angry bulls.
Taken from English Bestseller 12, 2001