Bell

�Krishna, the mischievous, along with His friends, was planning for another loot of butter! The gopikas, who were wary of Krishna's pranks, were thinking of ingenious ways of protecting their assets and planning to catch the Thief to report to Yasoda!
�One gopika kept the butter pot on top of other pots and hung those in a 'uri'. She also placed a bell in such a way that the bell would toll when the pot was touched. Poor gopika! She did not realize the capabilities of her Adversary!!
�Lord Krishna entered the house of the gopika and saw the arrangement. He climbed on the shoulders of His friends and reached the top. He ordered the bell not to ring when he was removing the butter. The bell had to agree. Krishna removed the butter from the pot and gave it to his friends and the monkeys that came along. He then put some butter into His mouth. Lo! The bell started ringing!!
�Lord started questioning the bell.
�Hi bell! I opened the lid of the pot. You did not ring. I distributed the butter to the gopalas and yet you did not ring. I distributed the butter to the monkeys; you did not bother to ring. When I took one mouthful of butter, you started ringing. Why was that?
�The bell, with all humility said; My Lord. I obeyed your command and did not ring when you opened the lid, removed the butter, distributed to your friends and monkeys. However, when the Bhagavan is taking Bhog (Nivedhyam), is it not my duty to ring?