However the Spirit of Creation refused after hearing the words of the people. “I will not destroy something that I have created.” The Spirit of Creation thought for some time. “However, I will create something that will help you in this war with the rats.”
So the Spirit of Creation created cats.
The cats waged a war on the rats.
Overtime, the number of rats came down.
The people rejoiced and were happy again.
After this, a wise old man reminded the people of something important. “We should never speak bad about the rats. We should not talk evilly about anything created by the Spirit of Creation. You must remember that the Spirit of Creation punished the Evil One for speaking bad about his creations.”
The people nodded as the old man continued. “Besides everything that is created has some use. Even the rat bit off the tongue of the Evil One.”
Adapted from Japanese Folktales
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