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This too, shall pass!!

The current situation - covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in India reminds me of a story... The story of a pregnant deer, which I received as a forward message long time back. But the moral of this story is so relevant today, that I felt the urge to share it.  In a remote forest, a pregnant deer was about to give birth to a baby. It finds a remote grass field nearby a river and slowly goes there thinking it would be safe. As she moves slowly, she gets labor pain. At the same moment, dark clouds gather around that area and lightning starts a forest fire. Turning left she sees a hunter who is aiming an arrow from a distance. As she tries to move towards right, she spots a hungry lion approaching towards her..... What can the pregnant deer do .as she was already under labor pain ? What do you think will happen? Will the deer survive? Will it give birth to a fawn? Will the fawn survive? OR Will everything be burnt by the forest fire? That particular moment? Can the deer go left? Hunter’s ...