One day Krishna and his friends were playing as usual under a tree. Their cows and calves were grazing nearby. Slowly they had moved out of sight and entered a deep forest in search of green grass.

While they were busy eating in the midst of the forest, they found that a forest fire had begun to eat up the trees and plants. Huge flames were seen all around. The animals were caught in the fire. The fire was nearing them from all sides.

In the meantime, the boys noticed that the cows were missing. They started searching everywhere but could not find them. Krishna took his magic flute and played on it to attract the cows. The cows were overjoyed to hear their master's notes and lowed back loudly unable to move from their place due to fire on all sides. There was agony in their voices.

Krishna immediately understood that the cows were in danger. He went with his friends in the direction from where the mooing was coming. The fire in the meantime had spread. Tongues of flame were soaring to the skies and the air was hot. The cows and boys were panic-striken.

But Krishna consoled them and said, "Don't be afraid. Close your eyes, everyone and do not open them until I tell you."

The friends obeyed, putting their hands over their eyes. Krishna opened his mouth and took a deep breathe, swallowing up the whole fire.

Then he said to his friends, "You can open your eyes now".

When they opened their eyes, there was no sign of the fire. They returned home again, praising Krishna all the while.