The Story of the River

Once upon a time there was a small village on the edge of a river. The people there were good and the village was good.

One day a villager noticed a baby floating down the river. The villager swam out to save the baby from drowning.

The next day this same villager noticed two babies in the river. He called for help and both babies were rescued from the swift waters.

And then the following day four babies were seen caught in the turbulent current. He called for help, and both babies were rescued from the swift waters.

The villagers organized themselves quickly, setting up watchtowers and training team of swimmers who could resist the swift waters and rescue babies. Rescue squads were soon working 24 hours a day. And each day the number of helpless babies floating down the river increased. 

  The villager organized themselves efficiently. The rescue squads were now snatching many children each day. Well not all the babies, now very numerous, could be saved. The vilagger felt that they are doing well as many as they could each day.

Indeed the village pries blessed them in their good work. And life in the village continued on that basis.

One day however, someone raised the question "but where are all this baby coming from? Let's organize team to head upstream to find out who's throwing all of these babies into the river in the first place!"