The Mink

Mink is a small rabbit like animal that lives in burrows. Its skin is covered with beautiful purer white fur. At no cost would the animal dirty its fur. It would always keep its fur pure and white. Hunters hunt this animal for its skin which is expensive. It is used to make the collars of mink coats which only the rich can buy.

Hunters can’t shoot the animal or use javelin because that would puncture the skin. So what they do is hiding in the forest near the minks burrows. Once the minks get out of their burrows and wander off in search of food, the hunters would spread filthy dirt around the mouth of the burrows. Then they would wait for the animals to return.

When the minks return to the burrows they find filth and back out. But hunters converge on them from outside. They see the hunters and run to their burrows. They see the filth and run towards the hunters. Thus they run to and fro and finally fall into the hands of the hunters rather than dirty their coats.

What a lesson the minks teach us!