🌸 Dharmabuddhi and Pappabuddhi
Long back in the village of Madhavpur, there used to be two friends, Dharmabuddhi and Pappabuddhi. Dharma-buddi was an honest man with a kind heart. But Pappabuddhi was dishonest and cunning.
Pappabuddhi was very poor and wanted to get rich fast. “I have to find a way to earn money fast,” thought. “I will go to the town and try my luck there.”
But then Pappabuddhi didn’t know how to go about it. So he decided to take Dharmabuddhi along with him.
“My friend,” he told Dharmabuddhi, “What is life without exploring new things? Let us go to the town and try to earn money. When we grow old we will have enough to spend on our children?
Then one fine day, they worshipped the sun god and set forth. With hard work and diligence they earned enough money. After a few years, they decided to return home with their large savings.
As they were nearing the village, Pappabuddhi had a wicked plan in his mind. He told Dharmabuddhi, “It won’t be wise to take the entire amount home.
“If people come to know about it, it will surely be stolen. I have a better and safer idea. We can bury the money under this big banyan tree and put a mark on the trunk, to recognize it. Whenever the need arises, we can take it from here.”
Dharmabuddhi agreed.
They did as they planned and headed for their home. Time passed by and they lived happily.
However Pappabuddhi’s mind was all the time occupied with the buried treasure. One night he went to the banyan tree alone and took away the entire treasure.
After a few days, both the friends set off for the woods to get some money. When they dug up they found the container empty.
“How could you do this?” Pappabuddhi blamed the innocent Dharmabuddhi, “I knew you had an eye on my money! You give my share or else, take you to the court.”
Dharmabuddhi was shocked. “My friend, trust me! I have no clue where our money has gone. You can’t accuse me like that.”
Unable to settle their dispute, they went to the court. The judge asked, “Do either of you have any witness?’
“Yes sir!” replied Pappabuddhi promptly, “The forest god will serve as my witness.”
Dharmabuddhi understood that Pappabuddhi had planned something wicked.
The next morning, Pappabuddhi along with Dharmabuddhi and the judges, went to the forest, Reaching the banyan tree, the judges asked, “Oh the god of the forest, you are the only witness who can solve this case. Reveal to us who the thief is so that we may punish him.”
Pappabuddhi’s father who was hiding in the trunk promptly replied, “Dharmabuddhi is the thief.”
The judges were shocked. They decided to punish him. Dharmabuddhi was surprised at the Injustice done to him. He had his doubt and while judges were discussing among themselves, Dharmabuddhi set the banyan tree on fire.
Unable to bear the heat and smoke, Pappabuddhi’s father jumped out of the trunk.
The judges were astonished to see him. “Who are you and what were you doing there?” the judges asked.
Pappabuddhi’s father confessed his son’s wicked plot and accepted his son’s guilt. Pappabuddhi was given his punishment and the judges praised Dharmabuddhi.
MORAL
🔥You cannot cheat somebody of what is rightfully theirs.
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🌸Emi and the Owl
Emi, a king-swan, lived by a lake in a dense forest. He spent his time looking for food and swimming in the clear blue and cool water of the lake. One day as it happens to all who are old, Death came to visit Emi in the guise of an owl. Emi saw the owl and enquired, “Oh wise one, what brings you to this dense forest ? Where do you come from?”
The owl replied. “Emi, I am here to meet you whose virtue I have heard of in my land.”
“You are welcome, 0 wise one, to stay with me by this beautiful lake as long as you feel like,” said Emi.
Thus Emi and the owl became best friends and spent their days together by the beautiful lakeside.
Then, one day, the owl addressed Emi, “Dear friend, I must now leave for my home in Lotus Grove. Do pay me a visit whenever you desire.” Saying this the owl left for his homeland.
After a few days Emi started feeling the absence of his friend, the owl. He thought to himself, “Now that I have grown old I realize I have not seen any place but this lakeside in this forest. I must see the world before I grow too old to move. I shall visit my friend, the owl, in Lotus Grove to start with. I am missing him terribly.” The next morning, Emi, the king-swan, flew to Lotus Grove to meet the owl. He looked for the owl everywhere but in vain. Soon he saw him in a tree hole. The owl was resting there as owls do in daytime, for all owls are blind by daytime. Emi called out, “dear owl, here I am Emi, your friend. Do come out to meet me.”
“Dear Emi, I am glad you have come but I shall meet you at sunset I can only see in the dark,” replied the owl.
At sunset the owl and the king-swan met each other and had a hearty meal and took account of their time apart. The weary swan then slept at the foot of the tree.
Unknown to the two friends, a caravan of gypsies had camped near by. At the break of dawn, the leader of the gypsies blew a conch-shell to rouse his sleepy friends. The owl replied to the conch-call with a harsh and loud owl-call — a piercing hoot. The owl flew away from its tree hole even as Emi was enjoying a sound sleep.
At the inauspicious owl-call the leader ordered the culprit to be shot down by an arrow. An expert archer, who could shoot an arrow at the source of a sound, soon drew and shot an arrow at the tree. The old king-swan who was sleeping there was hit by the arrow. Thus his end came by the inevitable visit of Death in the guise of the owl.
MORAL
🔥Death has no calendar
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🌸The Brahman’s Calves
Once a poor Brahman lived in a village. He performed small religious ceremonies for the rich and was paid food and clothings in return. As he grew old and feeble, he was not able to attend to many ceremonies and soon he became ill due to starvation. A rich merchant for whom he had performed a holy sacrifice remembered him and presented the Brahman with two calves. The calves were fed on the gross from the field behind the Brahman’s hut. Soon the calves grew up and yielded much milk. The brahman drank the milk to stay healthy and sold butter, curds and cheese made from the milk as his livelihood.
One day, a thief saw the two beautiful and healthy cows. He thought, “If I steal those cows I can keep one for myself and sell the other in the market. Then I will get some cash and a means of constant flow of money all my life.
So the thief hid behind a thick tree near the Brahman’s house and waited for nightfall to steal the cows.
A Ghost had come to dwell on that tree. He used to feed once a week. He had seen the Brahman who had grown healthy on the milk he fed on. This week the Ghost had decided to have him for his weekly feast. He too waited for the dark to pounce on the Brahman.
At midnight the Brahman was fast asleep. In the pitch dark night the thief approached the cowshed and there he saw an ugly and frightening creature yellow in appearance.
“Who are you?” the thief enquired.
“I am a Ghost who has come to kill and feed on the Brahman and what brings you here in the middle of the night?”
The thief answered, “Oh! I am here to steal the Brahman’s cows. So, I understand we two are on the same side.”
Then, the thief grew thoughtful and said, “You must let me first steal the cows before you kill the Brahman.”
“Why, that would be utterly foolish,” said the Ghost. ‘The racket you’ll create will disturb the Brahman’s sleep and he will wake up, so you must allow me to kill the Brahman first.”
Then a fierce argument ensued with each of them saying “Me first! Me first!” The commotion woke the Brahman. He approached both of them and asked what the argument was about.
At this the thief said, “He is a Ghost and he wishes to eat you up.”
Promptly the Ghost butted in, “He is a thief and he intends to steal your cows?
The clever Brahman understood the situation well. He quickly muttered a prayer on hearing which the Ghost fled from the place. Then the Brahman picked up a heavy club and as he raised it to hit the thief, he ran away to save his skin.
MORAL
🔥Third person gains when two quarrel.
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🌸The Brahmin and the Crooks
In a village, there lived a poor Brahmin priest.He was pious, dutiful and very superstitious.
One day, the Brahmin left for a neighbouring Village to collect a gift that he had been promised from a rich landlord. Finishing his job in the neighbouring village, he was on his way back carrying his gift-a fat and healthy goat on his shoulders.
Three hungry crooks crossed his path. They saw the healthy goat on the Brahmin’s shoulders and whispered, “That is a very plump goat. Let us trick the Brahmin and take the goat away. We can then make a tasty dish out of it”
They soon made a plan. The three of them went in separate ways.
The first one stopped the Brahmin and exclaimed in horror, “Oh my god! Such a respected priest and carrying a dog on his shoulders? Don’t you know that it is a sin to touch a dog, or a rooster, or a donkey?”
The Brahmin lost his temper. “You stupid fellow, are you blind? Can’t you see it is a goat, not a dog?”
“Don’t be angry,” replied the first crook. “If you think it is not a dog, then please carry on. But isn’t it ridiculous that you are carrying a dog?”
The Brahmin hardly walked a few more yards when the second crook stopped the Brahmin and looked at him in shock.
`How can a reputed priest like you carry a dead calf on the shoulder?” exclaimed the crook.
The Brahmin yelled, “Are you blind too? This is a healthy and live goat and you say he is a dead calf. You are an ignorant fool!”
“All right, sir,” said the second crook. “Please forgive me. Do as you please.”
“What’s wrong with everyone?” wondered the furious Brahmin as he hurried towards his home. “The whole world has gone mad?”
Now it was the turn of the third crook to the Brahmin’s path. “Sir, why are you carrying a donkey on your shoulders? It is going to bring you misfortune.”
Now the Brahmin was confused. Three people have said that the goat was something else. “Have I been given a ghost that keeps changing into a dog, a dead calf or a donkey!” he wondered. “I don’t want this creature.”
“Before it turns into something else, I better get rid of it.” Confused and scared, he threw the goat to the ground and took to his heels.
Coming out of their hiding place, the crooks took the goat and laughed at the stupidity of the Brahmin. Listening to others blindly, he got duped.
MORAL
🔥Have faith in yourself. Don’t believe others blindly.
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🌸The clever Rabbit and the Elephant
A herd of elephants lived in a forest. They fed on the leaves of the wild trees and drank the cool water from the stream that flowed through the forest. One year, drought hit the area where the forest was located. Many animals fled the forest to other places which had no lack of water or food. The leader of the elephants was worried. He was called Iravat and he took good care of his herd. He sent his brothers to look for water. After a long search, they located a lake at the far end of the forest. They decided to quench their thirst and take their baths there very morning.
Now, everyday the herd would go to the lake to bathe and drink the sweet water of the lake. On the way, they would pass a colony of rabbits. They would not pay attention to rabbits on the ground. So, everyday some rabbits would be injured or crushed to death. As their number grew less, the leader of the rabbits called a meeting.
“Dear brothers and sisters,” he addressed his fellow companions, “We are all aware of how we are being killed by the unthinking elephants everyday. We must think of a way to save ourselves.”
Mikkoo was a young and intelligent rabbit. He said, “Sir, don’t worry. go as your messenger and ask the elephants to change the path they take to the lake.”
So with the leader’s permission Mikkoo went as a messenger. He spotted the elephant herd approaching and stood on the top of a large, high rock to save himself.
When the Iravat, the elephant leader came near, he said, “Respected sir, I am Mikkoo, a messenger from the Moon himself. The almighty Moon has sent mc to you with a private message, so please step aside.”
When Iravat came near, Mikkoo said, ‘The lake where you go to bathe and quench your thirst belongs to the Moon. He is very upset as you crush many rabbits on the way. As we are his close friends and guides, our sad plight has saddened and angered the Moon. He wishes to speak to you privately. If you would be kind enough I will escort you to the lake of the Moon for a meeting.”
iravat readily agreed for the meeting. When Iravat and Mikkoo reached the lake, the Moon was reflected in its still water.
“let me offer my greetings to the moon,” said Iravat and just as he dipped his trunk in the lake thewater stirred and so did the Moon’s reflection.
“Oh! See how the mighty Moon shakes in anger,” said Mikkoo.
But why is it so?” asked Iravat.
“You have angered him even more by touching the holy water of the lake at night,” replied Shweta.
At this Iravat said in a mournful voice, “Please ask the Moon to forgive us. We shall never come again to this lake nor we will ever harm the rabbits, loved so much by the Moon.”
Thus Iravat left with a promise never to visit the lake of the Moon and the rabbits lived safely and happily ever after.
MORAL
🔥A lie that saves many lives is worth a thousand truths.
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🌸A Perfect Person
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration.
All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony. The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black suit.
Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife comes to the husband with a proposal:
“I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage.” she offered. “Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband agreed, so each of them went to a separate room
in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.
They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list.
It had many items on it enough to fill 3 pages, in fact. As she started reading thelist of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband’s eyes. “What’s wrong?” she asked.
“Nothing” the husband replied, “keep reading your lists.”The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over top of it.
“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said happily.
Quietly the husband stated,
“I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.”
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
🔥—– Some True Messages from this ——
In life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them.
We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disappointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wondrous things before us?
I believe that
WE ARE HAPPIEST WHEN WE SEE & PRAISE
THE GOOD AND TRY OUR BEST TO FORGET THE BAD.
Always Remember:
Nobody’s PERFECT but we can findPERFECTNESS in them to change the way we see them.
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🌸The Day Dreamer
In a small village there lived a lazy Brahmin Ramdas. He would do nothing but daydream whole day. Whenever he was hungry, he would out, beg for food, come back and laze.
One sunny afternoon, Ramdas was very hungry. With great difficulty, he got up and stretched his arms. Stepping out of his hut, he exclaimed, “What a beautiful day. How I wish I could go back to sleep. But then, I will have to go out and get my food.”
After bathing, Ramdas took out a bowl and out to beg.
“Knock! Knock! Is anybody at home?”
“Who is there?”
“Give me something to eat, good lady of the house and God will fulfill all your dreams!”
By begging the whole day he managed to get a pot full of milk. He hung this pot on the ceiling above, lay down on his bed and started day dreaming again.
“It is this pot of milk that is going to make me rich,” he thought. “I will churn the curds and make butter. From the butter, I will be able to make ghee. I really am clever!”
“I will then go to the market and sell the ghee ” his dream continued. “With the money I get, I will buy a pair of goats. They will have kids after six months. Soon I would have an entire herd of goats.”
“Then I will continue my business. I will barter the goats for cattle. I will buy some more cows and own a farmhouse. I will start a dairy farm. Once I earn a handsome amount I will employ people in my farm. I can also open a sweet shop in the middle of the village. I will make sweets out of the cow’s milk.” The Brahmin kept smiling to himself.
“How smart I am,” he thought. “The day I become a rich businessman I will build a big house right in the middle of the village. There will be a splendid garden and a swimming pool in front of the house. Early morning I will bathe in the blue waters of the pool. Seeing such a lavish lifestyle, the village headman will come to my house and plead for my hand for his beautiful daughter.” “After I get married,” Ramdas continued dreaming. “I’ll make her work throughout the day.
If she fights with me, I will jump up and give her a kick!”
Engrossed in his thoughts, he struck out with his foot, breaking the pot, and drenched himself with the milk.
He saw the broken pot and cried. He lost whatever he had because of his laziness and day dreaming.
MORAL
🔥To achieve your ambitions in life, it is best to work
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🌸The Enemy’s Advice
It is well known that crabs and herons have been enemies since ages but sometimes grief and sudden loss does affect one’s power of thinking wisely. Thus, a heron fell prey to a crab’s wicked trick.
A heron once stood by a lake with a grim face. From a distance a crab had been watching him for along. So he enquired.
“Dear Uncle, what ails you so see you are very sad and grief-stricken today?”
“Dear, Dear, what do I tell you?” cried the heron. “We have been living happily on the nearby tree for years. All our previous generations have grown up on it but alas there would be no more herons on this tree I”
“Why is it so, Uncle Ps questioned the crab.
“It is because a snake has come to live in the tree-hole and he eats up our chicks each time they hatch. I have no way of getting rid of the devil.”
“Uncle, I have a remedy for you,” suggested the crab. “A mongoose lives in a hole on a nearby tree. All you have to do is put a trail of fresh fish from the mongoose’s hole to the snake’s tree-hole. The mongoose will follow the trail feeding on the fish and when he reaches the snake’s hole they will surely fight. The snake will be killed by the mongoose and you would be free from all troubles.”
The heron thanked the crab profusely for his advice and soon set out to carry out the plan.
The plan did work but after killing the snake the mongoose ate up the heron’s chicks too.
MORAL
🔥Think before you act.
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🌸The Farmer’s Wife
A poor and old farmer lived in a village. He had a beautiful and young wife.. The young wife always yearned to enjoy life by going to fairs and by spending a lot of money on finery. But due to his old age arid feeble health, the old farmer hardly left his house and did not earn more than that which was necessary. So the young wife often felt sad. The couple often fought each other.
One day, a rogue overheard their quarrel and saw the young wife running out of the house in tears. He followed her and then approached her to talk.
“Dear, I overheard your quarrel with your old husband. You are very beautiful and young and the old man cannot fulfil your desires for fun and finery. I am a widower looking for a wife. I have a lot of money but no one to spend it on. So, why don’t you leave the old man and accompany me to the city ? We will start a new, blissful life
together ?”
To his suggestion, the young wife readily agreed. That night she gathered all her fine clothes and a substantial amount of jewellery and money and left with the rogue for the city.
Early next morning, they reached a river on the outskirts the city. Then the rogue addressed the young woman:
“Dear, please stay here on this bank while I swim to the other side and arrange for a boat to get you across. Hand over your jewellery and money to me, for seeing you alone, some bandit may try to take it away from you.”
The young woman handed over the parcel of jewellery and money to the rogue and he left her on the river bank. The rogue had got what he wanted so he did not come back.
Now, it was noon but there was no sign of the rogue and the young woman grew impatient as she sat waiting by the riverside. Just then a jackal came to the river bank with a large chunk of meat in his mouth. He spotted a large fish in the river water and in the greed of catching the fish he dropped the meat on the river bank. A hawk promptly swooped on the meat and flew away. The hawk’s movement alerted the fish and it too fled to the river bed. Thus, the jackal was left with nothing to eat.
Seeing this the young wife laughed and said, “You fool, now you have neither the fish nor the meat to fill
your hungry stomach.”
At this the Jackal sneered at the young woman and said, “I am no different than you, for you have lost more than me.”
“How is that?” enquired the perplexed woman.
“You have lost your husband, your lover and your money. No one is as pitiable as you.”
MORAL
🔥Desire for more may let you lose what you lose what you posses.
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🌸The Foolish Donkey
Simha, the Lion King, had grown old and feeble. Even in such a state he once fought an elephant and
sustained deep wounds all over his body. His faithful minister Chaturath, the Jackal, was by his side all
the time. Since Simha always gave the leftovers of his hunt to Chaturath, his inability to hunt for food
and the lack of proper food had rendered Chaturath weak. Chaturath addressed Simha,” “My Lord, I have
been hungry for days and my dry throat is troubling me, so I can hardly drag myself around,. Do something
for our food.
At this Simha said, “0 wise one, use your wisdom to trap an animal which I can hunt even in my feeble state.”
Chaturath set out for the nearby village where he spotted Gardabh, the washerman’s donkey.
“Uncle Gardabh, what a sorry state you are in,” said Chaturath. “I see bones sticking out of your body.
Are you not well?”
“Dear nephew,” replied Gardabh, “the washerman loads my back with heavy loads and gives me rioting
to eat. I am living on this dry grass and thorny bushes.”
“I did not know of your pitiable condition. If you shall come with me I will lead you to a grass field
near the forest. The lush green grass there would soon turn you into a vigorous, healthy youth”, the
wily jackal enticed Gardabh. At this Gardabh hesitated and then agreed. Soon Chaturath played
his last card, “What’s more there are three she- donkeys who live in the grassfields. They have grown
strong and healthy feeding on the luscious grass and now wish to marry a donkey from the village. So I am
here for the same purpose.”
This was enough to entice Gardabh, He happily followed Chaturath to the forest with dreams of
emerald green grass and beautiful brides she donkeys.
When Simha saw Chaturath guiding Gardabh to him, his hunger could not withstand it. He jumped
at Gardabh with full force and haste. His hasty jump made him plunge over the donkey’s back to the other
side. Gardabh was terrified at the sound of Simha’s fall and was even more horrified at his looks. He soon
ran away leaving Chaturath in a puzzled state.
“My Lord, impatience is no virtue. Now you have scared away a good catch. I will bring him back but please control yourself before you jump.” So saying this Chaturath left for renewed enticement for Gardabh.
On seeing Chaturath, Gardabh, exclaimed, “A fine grass-field you led me to and what was that ferocious and large creature I saw?”
`Oh, that was one of the she-donkeys who has grown healthy eating the delicious green grags. She had only attempted to embrace you and you ran away in panic. Now she has vowed to marry only you or she will fast till death.
This time Simha was ready to jump at Gardabh ccurately and his sharp claws and teeth killed the foolish donkey immediately.
Having killed Gardabh Simha felt like having a wash in the nearby stream before settling to a hearty meal. In his absence* Chaturath ate Gardabh’s ears and heart. On his return Simha was enraged to see the dead donkey with his missing ears and no heart. As he accused Chaturath of partaking of his hunt without his permission, Chaturath said, “My Lord, Gardabh was born with no ears nor any heart. That is why he came here, saw you with his own eyes, ran away in panic yet returned to meet his end.”
Simha was convinced by Chaturath’s argument and proceeded to have his meal.
Moral
Avarice is the root cause of all evil.
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🌸The Foolish Guard
Once there was a king who had a monkey as his friend and pet. He loved the monkey very much, fed him fresh fruits from the royal fruit orchards and even dressed him in finery. He, trusted the monkey- friend very much.
One day the king decided to keep the monkey as his personal guard so that he could have the monkey with him all the time. The king then took the monkey everywhere from the battleground to the court and every time he travelled out of the kingdom.
Now the monkey loved the king with the same intensity and was very proud and happy at having been appointed as the king’s personal guard. He had decided to carry out his duty with utmost devotion.
The king kept the monkey with him all the time so when the king slept the monkey would guard the bed-chamber. He would see that no one disturbed the king when he slept and used to fan the king as he slept.
As is known, the royal bed-chamber is bedecked with flower-pots and various perfumes and fragrances waft through its environs. Attracted by these a bee once buzzed in through an open window as the king took his afternoon nap. As usual, the monkey sat by the king’s bed fanning him. When the monkey spotted the bee, he tried to chase it away by using his fan. But the bee lingered on buzzing around the king’s face. When after continuous efforts the bee did not leave, the monkey was angered. Just then the bee settled itself on the king’s forehead. Angry as he was and in his devoted zeal to protect the king, the monkey drew out the king’s sword that lay on the table. He promptly lifted the sword and struck at the bee on the king’s forehead. Alas 1 the obvious impact split the king’s head in two and brought the king’s end.
🔥Moral
One should not make friends with a fool.
or
Sensible foes are better than foolish.
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🌸The Four Friends
Once in a dense forest lived four friends. The first was Mooshak, a mouse; the second Kak, a crow; the third Mantharak, a tortoise and the fourth Harini, a doe. The four friends used to meet every morning sharing jokes and discussing various matters.
One morning, Mooshak, Kak and Mantharak sat by the lake side waiting for Harini. She was late and they were getting worried.
Mantharak said, “Dear Kak, it is very late now, almost noon. Why don’t you fly around and locate Harini. I fear she is not in some danger?”
Kok promptly took flight and while flying he spotted Harini trapped in a hunter’s net.
“Oh dear Harini!”, exclaimed Kak, “Mantharak was right. Here you are trapped in the net while we waited for you.”
“Dear Kak, do find some help and set me free,” cried Harini.
Kak flew back to his friends and told of Harini’s plight. After thinking for some time Mantharak said, “Well, Kak, why not take Mooshak with you? He will gnaw at the hunter’s net and surely Harini would be free to join us.”
That is right”, agreed Mooshak but in a grim voice he said. “How can I reach such a long way off quickly before the hunter’s arrival?”
“Dont worry”, said Kak, “for I will carry you on my back.”
So Mooshak hopped on Kak’s back and Kak flew him to Harini. Mooshak promptly set to cutting the net and soon Harini was free. By that time Mantharak, the tortoise, had reached the spot crawling slowly.
Just as the friends embraced each other joyfully they heard the hunter’s approaching footsteps. Harini hid behind a. bush, Mooshak jumped into a treehole and Kak flew up to a tree. Mantharak scrambled towards a rock to hide beneath it.
The hunter saw his damaged net and exclaimed, “Oh the doe has escaped and my net is torn too. Oh ! what is this—a fat turtle—better take this than the doe for at least I will not be hungry.”
Thus, the hunter picked up the slow-moving tortoise and put it in his bag. Now Mooshak, Kak and Harini were worried about setting Mantharak free. They quickly made a plan. .
At a distance, the hunter again spotted Harini chewing on lush green. He thought, “What luck ! A tortoise and the deer too for dinner tonight.” So saying he dropped his bag and went to catch Harini. But Harini was a fast runner and she led him far away.
Meanwhile, Mooshak cut open the hunter’s bag and Mantharak was set free. As soon as Mantharak was safely hidden beneath a rock and Mooshak was in the tree-hole, Kak flew to Harini.
Harini bound away fast and the hunter, tired as he was decided to return to his small catch, the tortoise.
But was ! when he returned he found no tortoise and he had no doe for dinner either.
Moral
🔥True friends are cherished treasures.
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🌸The Ill informed Barber
Seth Rajrath was a wealthy merchant who lived in a small town in southern India. One day misfortune befell him and he became a panper. All his wealth and business were lost and Rajrath became a sad man. As a wealthy man Rajrath had not only enjoyed a luxurious life but also had been a good man at heart. He gave alms to the poor. One day he sat dejected thinking to himself, “Oh, I cannot take this anymore. Poverty has humiliated me in front of many. I shall starve myself to death and escape this state of poverty and day-to-day insults. With such thoughts in mind Rajrath fell asleep.
As he slept he had a strange dream. A monk appeared before him who said to Rajrath, “Look at me carefully. I am a trillion gold coins disguised as a monk. Tomorrow I will visit you in this guise. You must hit me on the head mith a cudgel. Soon I will turn into gold.”
Next morning when Rajrath woke up, he pondered over his strange dream. “Such a dream is nothing but my wishful thinking.No such monk will visit me,” thought Rajrath.
Just then the barber arrived to attend to Rajrath’s wife. She had summoned him for a manicure. A short while later Rajrath was taken aback when a monk arrived at his doorstep. He at once recognised him as the one whom he had dream of Rajrath was delighted and could not believe his luck. He soon ran into the house and got a cudgel. As soon as he hit the cudgel on the monk’s head, the monk turned into a trillion gold coins. Suddenly Rajrath became aware of the barber’s presence. He called the barber and said, “Here, take these two gold coins for yourself. Do not mention what you saw to anyone.” So saying he bid the barber a farewell.
The barber, greedy as he was and foolish too, thought, “If I can get some monks to visit me and I treat them the way Rajrath did then I too would become a wealthy man.” Little did he know about Rajrath’s dream.
The next day the barber rose early had a bath and in a pious mood visited the monastery. He went to the High Priest and said, “Sir, please pay me a visit with your disciples so that I can serve you with delicious food and receive your blessings.”
“You fool,” said the enraged Priest, “don’t you know that we do not go to people’s houses for food ? We have given up the luxuries of life.”
“But Sir, it was only a way to get you to visit me for I have some rare, holy manuscripts that I would give to the monastery. I shall also provide wrappings for the manuscripts which you have,” requested the barber.
Though the High Priest declined, some monks decided to visit the barber, enticed by the wrappings for their manuscripts. As soon as they entered the barber’s house the barber hit each of them on the head with a heavy cudgel. Soon all the monks lay moaning inflicted with head injuries. A passer-by who saw the sight in the barber’s courtyard informed the king’s soldiers who arrested the barber.
When the king enquired from the barber about the incident, he proceeded to narrate what he had witnessed at Rajrath’s house. Soon Rajrath too was summoned and was asked to present his story. Hearing the whole case the wise king commented.
“You acted without knowing. You were ill informed and you misjudged what you observed. I hope this incident stops you from committing further mistakes such as this.”
🔥Ill informed men get nothing but remorse.
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🌸The Balloon
Once there lived a little boy in a city. His name was Karan. He was very fond of playing with gas-filled balloons.
One day he was playing with his friends. They laid a bet. Each of them claimed that his balloon would go the highest in the sky. Karan purchased a blue colour balloon, thinking that it would travel the highest, since the sky was also blue.
At a given signal, each of them let go of their balloons. All the balloons started going up in the sky. But Karan was disappointed to see that his balloon did not go the highest. He returned home with a heavy heart.
The next day, the children laid another bet. Karan now thought of buying a red colour balloon because the previous day it was the red colour balloon that had gone up the highest.
When they all let go of their balloons, Karan was again disappointed, as his balloon did not travel the highest. He came back home in a sad mood.
On the third day, the children were playing the same game. Karan badly wanted to win this time. But he was confused. He didn’t know what colour of balloon to purchase. He didn’t know which would go highest.
Karan was puzzled; he approached the balloon seller. Unable to decide, Karan asked the balloon seller, “Tell me please, which balloon will go the highest in the sky? Is it the red, the yellow, the green or the blue one?”
The balloon seller smiled at Karan and said, “My dear child! It is not the colour of the balloon that decides how high it will go in the sky. What matters the most is what the balloon has inside it. The balloon, which is filled with more gas, and that too with the lightest gas, rises the highest.”
The balloon seller then gave Karan the balloon that had more gas than the other balloons. That day Karan won the game and came home with a smile on his face.
🌸THE MORAL
How high a person will rise in life depends not on his caste, colour or creed, but on his thoughts, confidence, values and character.
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🌸The Mouse Which Believed In Itself
One day a group of mice were playing in a jungle, when two of them fell into a pit full of water. The two mice didn’t know how to swim, so they began to jump in order to come out.
All the young mice gathered around the pit to watch what was happening. On seeing the two mice jumping for their lives, the naughty mice started clapping. The other mice started shouting, “Hey, you fools, you can never come out. The pit is very deep. Both of you are going to die soon.”
The two mice ignored the comments, and tried to jump up out of the pit. The other mice kept shouting, telling them to stop trying. Finally, one of the mice took its head out of water to hear what the other mice were saying. On hearing the crowd, he got discouraged and gave up. He sank further into the water, and within no time, died.
The other mouse kept jumping as hard as he could. The crowd of mice kept telling him to stop trying, as it was futile. But, the mouse jumped even harder and finally made it out.
When the mouse came out, the other mice wondered how he had survived. Why did he keep jumping, despite their discouragement? To their surprise they found that the second mouse was deaf, and could not hear their negative comments.
When the other mice were clapping and shouting at the two mice, the second mouse thought that they were encouraging him to try further to save himself. It was the positive belief of the second mouse that saved his life.
🔥THE MORAL
Never go by the negative comments of other people. Turn a deaf ear to the discouraging words of others. Believe in yourself.
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🌸The Wise Owl
A large group of owls came to settle in a jungle. The jungle was full of green and lively trees. They were free to pick a tree of their choice to build their homes.
The young owls chose a green and well-built tree for themselves. There was an old owl in their group, who was forced by others to choose an old and half-dead tree. The old owl had to remain satisfied with his share.
Days went by. The young owls would often feel proud at their selection of trees and would tease the old owl,” Oh, you poor guy! You could not find a lively and green tree. You have got a dry and half-dead tree. You are very unlucky indeed.” But the old owl was wise. He would silently smile at their remarks. At times lie would reply, “Who knows whether you are lucky or I am lucky!” The young owls would, however, merely laugh at him.
One day, a large number of woodcutters came to the jungle in search of wood. The lively and green trees fascinated them. So, they started felling them with their sharp axes.
The young owls all started malting a loud noise when they saw their homes getting destroyed. But, they could not do anything and kept watching helplessly.
When the woodcutters looked at the old and half-dead tree, they said, “Oh! This is a dry tree. It is of no use to us, as it won’t provide us enough wood. Why waste our time on it?” So, they went away, leaving the old and half- dead tree untouched.
The old owl’s nest was spared.
THE MORAL
🔥At times, a curse can be a blessing!
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🌸People – Good and Bad
There lived a villager. He made his living by selling seeds in the market. He had ten bags with him, which he would carry to another village to buy the seeds.
Of the ten bags, one was different from the rest. It had many holes and was torn at a few places. But, despite its poor condition, the villager would carry it regularly together with all other bags to get the seeds from another village.
One fine day, the torn bag started thinking, “I am but a torn bag. I have so many holes. I don’t understand why my master takes me along for bringing seeds. Why doesn’t he throw me out?” He decided to ask the villager.
“O my master, why don’t you just throw me away? You know I am no use. I don’t serve you honestly. I spill all the seeds you fill in me, all along the way. By the time you reach home I have no seeds left to offer you. Please, may I know why you don’t do away with me?” asked the bag.
The villager patiently listened to the torn bag. Then, he smiled and said, “My dear bag, who told you that you are bad? You don’t know how good you are! Come, I will tell you what good you have done to me, and to others as well.”
So saying, the villager took the torn bag into his arms and took it outside to show it something. The villager then said, “Do you see all these trees? These trees are there all along the way from this village to the next, from where I buy seeds. These trees have grown from the seeds you have been spilling along the way for so many years.”
The villager then paused for a second and continued, “These trees give a cool shade to the tired passers-by on hot sunny days. They also give oxygen to living beings and fruits to birds, animals and humans. Can’t you see of what great service you have been to the world?! ”
The torn bag was happy to learn all this. It had realized that everyone everywhere had something good to offer the world!
THE MORAL
🔥Accept all people the way they are. You never know what good they may be doing to you.
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🌸Think Twice Before You Act
Once upon a time two frogs lived in a marsh. They were very happy with their lot there.
But as the high summer approached the marsh began to dry up. And to ! it was all dry in a few days. So, the frogs were compelled to say good-bye to it. Looking for a new shelter for themselves, the frogs reached a deep well. They sat on its edge and looked inside. It had a lot of water in it.
One of the frogs was so overjoyed to see the water that he at once said, “This well looks quite a fit place for us to live. It will be cool and safe inside it. Let’s jump in to settle there.”
But the other frog was far wiser. He replied, ” Not so soon, my friend ! we left the marsh when it had dried up. So, first think how we shall come out of this well if it goes dry.”
The first frog had no words to reply. He had realized the fact that one must think well before taking any step.
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🌸The Generous Snake
Bhola, a Brahmin lived in a village. He ploughed his field everyday but the land did not yield anything. He still kept ploughing the unproductive land.
One summer afternoon he sat to rest under a shady mango tree. He glanced at the far side of the field. To his amazement he saw a snake with a raised hood sitting upon an anthill that was the edge of his field. Bhola ran home and fetched milk from his home. He offered the milk in a saucer to the snake and said, “Surely, you are the guardian deity of my land. My inattentiveness has angered you and thus you have rendered my field unproductive. Please accept this offering. Saying this Bhoia left the saucer of milk near the anthill.
The next morning Bhola returned to the field, To his utter surprise and delight he found a shining gold coin which glittered in the saucer. He picked up the glittering coin and took it home. Thus every day Bhola brought milk for the snake and received a gold coin the next day.
One day Bhola left for an odd job in the nearby city. He asked his son to take the saucer of milk to the anthill. The next day Bhola’s son saw the glittering piece of gold in the saucer. Bhola’s son observed the same thing on the following day. He thought to himself.’ “If a single coin appears every day, it surely means that the anthill has a horde of such gold coins which is guarded by this snake. I will kill the snake and get all the coins at once.” So saying he proceeded to break down the anthill with a thick and strong stick. The snake escaped to save his life. Even the constant beating from the stick did not do much harm to the snake. In anger the snake struck his sharp and poisonous fangs into the boy’s hand. The boy soon died because of the snakebite and was duly cremated by the villagers.
🔥Greediness is the root cause of unhappiness.
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🌸The Hermit And The Mouse
Long time ago, in the jungle of Malkand, there lived a hermit named Shalakya. Everyday at dawn he would take a dip in the holy Ganges, chant mantras, and worship God.
One evening when he was sitting near the banks of Ganges, he saw a small mouse hiding from the piercing eyes of a hawk. “Oh poor mouse! If I don’t take it along with me, the hawk would carry it off.”
So, Shalakya took the mouse to his hermitage.
“I will change this mouse to a girl,” he thought. “Then she would stay with me as my daughter, and look after me.” He transformed the mouse to a girl. He named her Apsara. With the passing years, she became a beautiful damsel. She took care of the hermit, brought flowers from the forest, and arranged for the puja. Shalakya decided to look for a groom for Apsara. Seeing the radiant beauty of Apsara, the hermit thought the Sun God would be the perfect match for her. He invited the Sun God with his spiritual powers.
The Sun God was spellbound by her beauty. “Ah! Beautiful maiden, would you like to marry me?” he proposed.
“I cannot marry you,” said. Apsara. “Your heat would be unbearable for me.”
The hermit then asked the Sun God, “Is there anybody more powerful than you; who would be worthy of my daughter?”
“The Cloud would make a better pair with Apsara,” he replied. “He can overcast me with his power.”
Then the hermit invoked the Cloud.
“The Cloud is like a vagabond!” said Apsara. “So I am not willing to marry him also.”
The cloud advised, “Mountain is more powerful than me. It can block my way.”
Now Shalakya invoked the mountain.
Apsara expressed her unwillingness. “The mountain is too heavy! I will be crushed under his weight!”
The mountain said, “The mouse would be the ideal match for you. He can dig up holes through me.”
Then sillakya called a mouse.
Apsara was delighted to see the mouse and thought it to be the perfect match for her. Seeing the glow on Apsara’s face the hermit transformed Apsara to a mouse.
The hermit blessed the Mouse couple and realized that.
🔥Just by changing the outer appearance one cannot change one’s inner self.
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🌸The Girl and the Spider
Once, there lived a beautiful girl named Amelia.
One day, Amelia was climbing the stairs to the attic to play with her toys. Alas! Her frock, made out of muslin cloth, was torn by a sharp nail. When Amelia saw the torn hem of her favourite frock, she became very sad. She kept crying for a long time. Hearing her sobs, a Spider who was busy weaving his web, came out. He asked, “What makes this beautiful girl sad?”
Amelia looked at him and sobbed. She said, “My lovely frock is torn. I am very sad.”
The Spider smiled and said, “Look at me! I work so hard in weaving my web. It takes hours and hours to create my home and only a second for it to be destroyed. I had made my home only yesterday. It was ashed away by your maid this morning. I was also very sad. Then I thought that instead of being sad, I should start weaving my home, again. So, don’t cry now. Mend your frock, instead. That way, your precious tears won’t be wasted.”
🔥Do not waste time in thinking of what is lost.
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🌸The Hawk Pleaded for Mercy
Once a hawk was chasing a pigeon. But unluckily, he was caught in a net spread by a hunter.
the hawk tried his best to cut of the net. He tried very hard but it was of no use. He looked at the hunter and said” dear sir, why have you caught me? I haven’t done any harm to you. So, why don’t you leave me?”
the hunter looked at him and laughed. ”I wanted to tell the same thing to you”, he said,” what harm had the pigeon to you? i am not going to free you now. You must pay for your wrong doings
MORAL:
🔥 One must pay for ones wrong doings
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🌸Straying Away Is Always Risky
Crabs live in water which is their natural home. They, like turtles, may come out on land off and on. But they are safe in water only.
One day, a young crab came out of the water and strayed far into a meadow. The meadow was full of green grass and apparently looked a good place to live in.
Little did the crab know that it could be dangerous for him to stay in the meadow for long. So, he stayed on with a view to settling there.
Just then a hungry fox passed that way. Seeing the crab, the fox moved up to it and caught it in his mouth.
Now the young crab realized his folly and said to himself, “I deserve it well ; I left my natural home to be attracted by a place to which I didn’t belong.”
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🌸Believe In Yourself
Two cockroaches lived in a house. Both of them were young and full of energy. Each day, they would run, jump and chase each other while playing. Though they were equally strong, there was a difference. One cockroach was optimistic and always lived in hope, while the other was pessimistic and lived in despair.
One day, while playing, both cockroaches fell into a pot of milk. They swam around and tried to hop out, but, as there was no solid support under their feet, it was not possible for the cockroaches to hop out and escape from the pot.
After some struggle, the pessimistic cockroach said. to itself, “It is impossible to hop out. No doubt, I have strength but I can’t swim very long. I am already tired.” Thinking thus, the cockroach did become tired soon and could not swim any longer. It gave up its struggle and went down to the bottom of the pot. Finally, it was drowned.
On the other hand, the optimistic cockroach kept on struggling, saying to itself, “No doubt, it seems difficult but who knows! Maybe some miracle will occur. If I try a little longer, something good might happen. It is a question of only a few minutes more and then I will be out of here.”
Hoping for a miracle to happen, the second cockroach went on swimming. His constant leg movements churned the milk and turned it into a huge heap butter. Soon the cockroach was able to climb up the heap of butter and hopped out of the pot.
Positive thinking had saved the life of the cockroach.
THE MORAL
🔥Nothing is impossible as long as you don’t give up.
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🌸How Poor We Are?
One day, a rich dad took his son on a trip. Wanted to show him how poor someone can be. They spent time on the farm of a poor family. On the way home, dad asked, “Did you see how poor they are? What did you learn?”.
Son said, “We have one dog, they have four, we have pool, they have rivers, we have lanterns at night, they have stars, we buy foods, they grow theirs, we have walls to protect us, they have friends, we have encyclopedias, they have Bible.” Then they headed,”Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are.”
MORAL LESSON:
🔥It’s not about money that make us rich, it’s about simplicity of having God in our lives.
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🌸The Eagle Who Lived Like a Hen
In a forest an eagle lived on a tree. It had built a nest wherein to lay its eggs. There the eagle would hatch its eggs all through the day.
Under the same tree there lived a hen. The hen had also laid eggs during the same period when the eagle had laid its eggs.
One day, while the eagle had gone for hunting, a bear climbed up the tree to eat the eagle’s eggs. The bear had finished three of the eggs when the fourth one slipped off its hands and fell into the hen’s nest. On returning, the eagle could not find her eggs. Feeling terribly upset, she decided to leave the place.
The hen which lived under the tree saw the eagle’s egg by the side of her eggs. She felt eggs pity on the eagle’s egg, and decided to hatch it too. After a few days, the hen’s chicks hatched. The eagle’s chick hatched, too.
The hen would feed all the chicks, including the eagle’s chick, as if it were her own. Soon the chicks began to grow.
The young chicks would listen to their mother’s sounds and try to imitate her. The eagle’s chick also picked up the hen’s sounds. The chicks would all play together and make lots of noise.
Within no time the hen’s chicks as well as the eagle’s chick grew up to their full size. The eagle’s chick never realized that it was an eagle and not a hen. Considering itself a hen, the eagle would. eat hen’s food, would walk and run like other hens and would make sounds like hens. The eagle never learnt to fly like other eagles and lived its whole life like a hen only.
THE MORAL
🔥It is difficult to fly like eagles when you live with hens. The people with whom you associate have a great influence on how you think and behave. Choose your friends carefully.
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🌸When Villagers Saw the Heavens
There lived a fool in a village, whose name as Alas. Alas would do some foolish act every now and then, and, as a result suffer. Occasionally, he would break his leg or hurt
himself on account of his foolish deeds. One day, Alas pierced needles in both his eyes. As a result he became blind and was unable to see anything around. Soon he realized that he had once again performed a foolish act. He was now afraid that people would laugh at him and ridicule his folly. His mind began churning — “What shall I tell other people?” Very soon, he got an idea.
Next morning, unable to see anything, he was passing through the lanes holding a stick in his hand. Suddenly he was surrounded by a lot of people. ‘Alas, what happened, what happened?” everyone was questioning him.
An old person asked him, ‘Alas, have you become blind? Why are you moving with a stick in your hand?”
Alas, who was ready to answer the question, replied, “Oh, you see, I pierced needles in my eyes. It is not that I have become blind; now I can see the Heavens.”
“The Heavens? Now how is that possible,” asked someone from the crowd.
“Yes, I can see the Heavens now! Piercing needles through my eyes has given me that power,” came the reply from Alas.
People didn’t believe Alas. But, everyday Alas kept repeating the same words in order to avoid ridicule.
After a few days, a certain person began thinking, “Maybe, Alas is speaking the truth. What’s wrong in taking a chance? If I can also see the Heavens, it will be wonderful.”
So, he too pierced needles through his eyes and became blind. Unable to see the Heavens (and other things as well), the poor villager was terribly shocked. He immediately went to Alas and asked him, “Hey, you told me that if I pierce needles through my eyes, I will be able to see the Heavens. But, on the contrary, I can’t even see anything around me. What does all this mean?”
Alas replied smilingly, “My dear friend, you have become blind now. You won’t be able to see anything. But do not tell this to other people. If you do so, they all will laugh at you.
The person became sad on hearing this. After a while he spoke with a heavy heart, “Alas, you lied. You have cheated me. What shall I do now?”
Alas replied, “Now that you have become blind you should not speak the truth because people will laugh at you. So, the only alternative left is that you too can see the Heavens now”
The poor villager, in order to avoid being ridiculed by others, began telling the other villagers that it was a wonderful experience for him to have pierced needles through his eyes. And, he too could see the Heavens now. The poor villager continued, “Alas is a great scholar. He has done me a great favour.”
On listening to him, the villagers were astonished. Gradually, they began believing Alas and the other villager. Soon, others followed and, gradually, all the villagers became blind and kept saying that they too could see the Heavens so that other villagers would not laugh at their foolish act.
THE MORAL
🔥Never follow a fool’s advice.
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🔥The Tree That Lived For Others
Once upon a time, there were two trees in a forest. They grew side by side and were fast friends. In the course of time, both of them turned into fully-grown trees, laden with fruit.
In the same forest, there lived many birds and other small creatures, all of whom were very fond of eating fruits. They set their eyes on the two trees to feed themselves.
Though the two trees were fast friends, their nature was quite different from each other. One tree was very generous in sharing its fruits with birds and other creatures. It felt happy whenever any bird sat on its branches to enjoy its fruits. The tree would offer its fruits with love to others.
The other tree, being of the opposite nature, was very selfish. It never wanted to share its fruits and hated the birds and all other creatures. The tree used to think: “I have grown these fruits with so much of labour and pain. If I share these fruits with others, I will be left with no fruits. This way, I will cease to grow.” It thus, decided not to share any of its fruits with others.
The birds and other creatures, on seeing the unselfish and generous behaviour of the first tree, started visiting it to feed themselves. They would all come and sit on its branches and chat for hours together, leaving droppings all over, on the leaves and branches, and on the ground.
On seeing this, the selfish tree would laugh at the other tree and say, “What a fool you are! You share your fruits with these silly creatures and they leave droppings, all over you! They make your surroundings dirty. Look at me, I never share any of my fruits, and my surroundings are very clean.”
The generous tree would listen to all this and would just smile in reply. Mouths went by, and gradually, the selfish tree began to wither. Its fruits also reduced in number, day-by-day.the selfish tree was astonished to see what was happening to it. Finally, in a couple of years the selfish trees lost all of its leaves and became thin and weak. It become withered and sick.
The other tree, unselfish as ever, kept growing and bore fruit aplenty. This was because, the birds’ droppings were acting as manure for the tree, which made the tree bigger, healthier and more bountiful, as time passed.
By this time, the second tree had realized that the cause of its plight was its selfishness. It learnt that the other tree was getting much more in return for what it gave to the birds and other creatures. With this realization, the second tree decided to change itself. It soon became unselfish and began inviting birds and other creatures with a smile.
Soon, the birds and all the other creatures were attracted by its affectionate smile, and started sitting on its branches too. Before long, it grew in health and became bountiful like the other tree.
THE MORAL
🔥However capable or intelligent one may be, one grows only through and with others!
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Once upon a time, there were two trees in a forest. They grew side by side and were fast friends. In the course of time, both of them turned into fully-grown trees, laden with fruit.
In the same forest, there lived many birds and other small creatures, all of whom were very fond of eating fruits. They set their eyes on the two trees to feed themselves.
Though the two trees were fast friends, their nature was quite different from each other. One tree was very generous in sharing its fruits with birds and other creatures. It felt happy whenever any bird sat on its branches to enjoy its fruits. The tree would offer its fruits with love to others.
The other tree, being of the opposite nature, was very selfish. It never wanted to share its fruits and hated the birds and all other creatures. The tree used to think: “I have grown these fruits with so much of labour and pain. If I share these fruits with others, I will be left with no fruits. This way, I will cease to grow.” It thus, decided not to share any of its fruits with others.
The birds and other creatures, on seeing the unselfish and generous behaviour of the first tree, started visiting it to feed themselves. They would all come and sit on its branches and chat for hours together, leaving droppings all over, on the leaves and branches, and on the ground.
On seeing this, the selfish tree would laugh at the other tree and say, “What a fool you are! You share your fruits with these silly creatures and they leave droppings, all over you! They make your surroundings dirty. Look at me, I never share any of my fruits, and my surroundings are very clean.”
The generous tree would listen to all this and would just smile in reply. Mouths went by, and gradually, the selfish tree began to wither. Its fruits also reduced in number, day-by-day.the selfish tree was astonished to see what was happening to it. Finally, in a couple of years the selfish trees lost all of its leaves and became thin and weak. It become withered and sick.
The other tree, unselfish as ever, kept growing and bore fruit aplenty. This was because, the birds’ droppings were acting as manure for the tree, which made the tree bigger, healthier and more bountiful, as time passed.
By this time, the second tree had realized that the cause of its plight was its selfishness. It learnt that the other tree was getting much more in return for what it gave to the birds and other creatures. With this realization, the second tree decided to change itself. It soon became unselfish and began inviting birds and other creatures with a smile.
Soon, the birds and all the other creatures were attracted by its affectionate smile, and started sitting on its branches too. Before long, it grew in health and became bountiful like the other tree.
THE MORAL
🔥However capable or intelligent one may be, one grows only through and with others!
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🌸The Wise Investment
In a village, there lived two friends, Tom and Jerry. Tom was not very wise. Jerry possessed good wisdom.
One day, the two set out for the market in the nearby village to do some shopping. On reaching the market place, they were delighted to see the items for sale on display, There were sweets, clothes, utensils, toys, birds and pets on sale.
As they moved about, they caught sight of parrots. The two decided to buy some parrots, as they were very fond of birds.
They enquired about the price from the seller. The seller said, “These parrots are rupees fifty each, and those others are rupees five thousand each”.
The two friends asked the seller, “Why this difference in the prices?
The seller replied,” The ones the cost rupees fifty each are not Wise. They can’t be taught Or trained to do anything. The costlier ones are wise, and can learn many things.”
Tom, who was not very wise, decided to buy ten of the cheaper parrots , while Jerry, the wiser one, decided to buy just one parrot of the costlier variety.
Tom said to Jerry, “Don’t be a fool. This one parrot will cost you rupees five thousand, while ten of the cheaper parrots will cost you rupees five hundred only! If you buy the cheaper variety, you will not only have more parrots, but will also save some handsome amount of money!
Jerry listened to Tom patiently and simply smiled, without saying anything. The two, then, made their purchases and left.
The next day, Jerry started teaching his parrot. Soon, his parrot, a wise fellow, was well trained. On the other hand, Tom tried hard to teach his parrots, but they would not learn anything.
One day, Jerry let his parrot fly away. After a few hours, his parrot, the wise one, returned with the ten parrots of Tom. Tom had lost all his parrots.
Jerry had eleven parrots now, whereas Tom was left with none.
THE MORAL
🔥One wise investment is better than ten foolish investments. Wise investments fetch good fortune while unwise investments bring misfortune.
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🌸The Crow Which Hated the Mouse
A crow lived in a tree. It had built its nest on this tree on which there were plenty of fruits and a lot of greenery all around. The crow had everything needed for leading a good life. It had only one problem — it was very jealous.
One day, a mouse arrived and selected this tree for building its burrow. When the crow came to know about the mouse living in the same tree, it thought, “This is my tree. How has this mouse come to build its burrow here? I don’t like it. The mouse must leave this place at once.”
The next day, the crow advised the mouse to leave its tree, but the mouse refused to oblige. The crow, then, threatened the mouse, but the mouse still declined to leave the place. The mouse said, “You are living peacefully high up on the tree, where as my house is in the trunk of the tree. I don’t come in your way. So what is your problem?
The crow shouted with jealousy, I don’t like it! This is my place. You must leave immediately” The mouse, however, decided to stay put.
Days passed. An idea struck the crow. The crow collected the dry grass and twigs, placed it around the mouse’s burrow, and set the pile ablaze. Soon, unable to bear the heat, the mouse ran out. When the mouse saw that its house was on fire, it left the place, cursing the crow.
Enjoying its sadistic pleasure the crow followed the mouse for some distance gloating, “Good! Now, don’t ever come back.”
After some time, the crow decided to return to its nest. But, when it reached its nest, it got the shock of its life upon seeing that its nest was also on fire. Indeed, the whole tree was engulfed in flames. The crow had lost its beautiful house.
THE MORAL
🔥Jealousy is Pike a rifle with a plugged barrel —the backfire does greater harm than the shot.
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🌸The Woodpeckers Who Fought the Woodcutters
Once upon a time there was a group of woodpeckers, living in a jungle. They had built their homes in the trunks of trees and were living there happily with their families. They loved their babies and took great care of them.
One day, armed with axes, several woodcutters came to the jungle and started cutting down the trees.
Very soon, all the woodpeckers gathered around, shouting and crying. One woodpecker shouted aloud: “Stop! Please stop! Why are you cutting down these trees?”
The woodcutters replied, “We need wood to build our houses.”
“But, we have already built our houses in these trees,” came the reply from an old woodpecker.
The woodpecker continued, “If you want to build your houses, and then please do it with bricks and stones. Why are you destroying our houses? Let us all live peacefully, please!”
The woodcutters snapped back rudely, “We don’t care! We will build our houses with wood. And, you can’t stop us!
The woodcutters, then, continued felling the trees. In no time, all the trees were razed to the ground and the woodpeckers rendered homeless. The woodcutters carried the logs with them, and built their homes.
The woodpeckers were very angry with the woodcutters, and wanted to take revenge.
One day, the oldest woodpecker called a meeting and said, “If they have axes, we too have our beaks. We will destroy their houses. If they have made us homeless, we, too, will render them homeless.”
The next day, the woodpeckers started attacking the woodcutters’ houses, pecking away at the wood. All the woodcutters gathered and started shouting, – Stop! Please stop! Why are you destroying our houses? Where will our babies stay without these houses?”
But, the woodpeckers did not relent. Each day they would peck away more and more of the wood. Within a few days, the woodcutters’ houses were razed to the ground, and they were rendered homeless.
THE MORAL
🔥Tit for tat! Give a fitting reply to injustice.
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🌸The Ant Which Was Mightier Than the Elephant
There lived an elephant in a forest. It was big and powerful. The elephant was so strong that it could fell the trees. It could also kill lions, tigers and other wild animals. In course of time, due to its big size and great strength, its pride grew bigger and bigger.
One day, the elephant met an ant. Looking at the ant, the elephant laughed, “What a puny creature you are! You look so weak and tiny! I pity you. Look at me. I am the mightiest animal in the forest. I can do anything in this world.”
The ant listened to the elephant and smiled, without saying a word.
Very soon, dark clouds gathered in the sky. It began to drizzle. The elephant and the ant moved into a nearby cave to take shelter there.
The elephant, looking at the tiny ant, laughed again and said, “Look at my size. I can crush you under my foot. You won’t even know how to save yourself.”
Feeling proud of its size and strength, the elephant started dancing in the cave. Due to the thumping of its heavy feet, a big stone lying atop the cave fell in front of the cave, covering its mouth fully.
The elephant walked proudly towards the stone and tried to move it but could not. It tried with all its might, but all in vain. The elephant could not come out of the cave.
However, the ant, due to its tiny size, easily came out of the cave through a small opening. Now it was the ant’s turn to speak?”Look, you elephant! What I could do, you can’t! On account of your mighty size, you will have to remain in this cave for the rest of your life. What you considered to be your strength has proved to be your greatest problem.
The elephant remained locked up inside the cave and died a painful death.
THE MORAL
🔥What seems to be a disadvantage at one time proves to be advantageous at another time. Thank God for your odds, for these can prove to be a blessing for you.
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Times —Lucky and Unlucky
A stag, which lived in a jungle, decided to go for an outing with his family to another forest. The stag and his family enjoyed the new jungle, which had thick bushes and trees. There- was plenty to eat for all of them.
All of a sudden, the antlers of the stag got caught in the overhanging branches of a tree. The stag struggled hard, but could not free himself. His wife and baby kept on watching helplessly
The stag thought, “Everything was fine till now. Now, I am stuck. We won’t be able to reach our home until I have my antlers free. How unlucky I am! We came here for having a good time, but I think this is the worst period of my life.”
The stag struggled for some more time but i was exhausted. He finally gave up and kept standing there helplessly. The three of them had to spend the whole night like this. The stag kept cursing his fate.
The next morning, a woodcutter who came along saw the stag with his antlers entangled with the branches. He quickly understood the situation, and took pity on the stag. Soon, the woodcutter cut down the branches of the tree and set the stag free.
The stag thanked the woodcutter and rushed back home with his family on reaching home he was shocked to. Learn that a pack of lions had attacked their area, the previous day. Many lives were lost. Some of the dose friends of the stag were also killed.
Within the flash of a second, the stag realized that he and his family were saved because his antlers had got caught in the branches. The moments which he considered to be the life turned out to be the worst period of his life turned out to be the most fortunate for him. He thanked God for having saved his life.
THE MORAL
🔥Good luck and bad luck are creations of our mind. What we consider as “The worst period of our life” might turn out to be “The best period of our fife”. Welcome the adversities of life with a smile!
A stag, which lived in a jungle, decided to go for an outing with his family to another forest. The stag and his family enjoyed the new jungle, which had thick bushes and trees. There- was plenty to eat for all of them.
All of a sudden, the antlers of the stag got caught in the overhanging branches of a tree. The stag struggled hard, but could not free himself. His wife and baby kept on watching helplessly
The stag thought, “Everything was fine till now. Now, I am stuck. We won’t be able to reach our home until I have my antlers free. How unlucky I am! We came here for having a good time, but I think this is the worst period of my life.”
The stag struggled for some more time but i was exhausted. He finally gave up and kept standing there helplessly. The three of them had to spend the whole night like this. The stag kept cursing his fate.
The next morning, a woodcutter who came along saw the stag with his antlers entangled with the branches. He quickly understood the situation, and took pity on the stag. Soon, the woodcutter cut down the branches of the tree and set the stag free.
The stag thanked the woodcutter and rushed back home with his family on reaching home he was shocked to. Learn that a pack of lions had attacked their area, the previous day. Many lives were lost. Some of the dose friends of the stag were also killed.
Within the flash of a second, the stag realized that he and his family were saved because his antlers had got caught in the branches. The moments which he considered to be the life turned out to be the worst period of his life turned out to be the most fortunate for him. He thanked God for having saved his life.
THE MORAL
🔥Good luck and bad luck are creations of our mind. What we consider as “The worst period of our life” might turn out to be “The best period of our fife”. Welcome the adversities of life with a smile!
🌸The Mouse Which Saved the Eagle
In a jungle, there lived an eagle. The eagle had made his nest high up on a tree. At the foot of the tree, a mouse had built his small house.
The eagle had set his eyes on the mouse. One day, while the mouse was playing outside, the eagle swooped down from his nest and picked up the mouse from the earth. Then, he flew high up and returned to his nest.
When the eagle was about to bill the mouse and make a meal of him, the mouse pleaded, “Please spare my life. I want to live, just as you want to live. If you spare me, maybe, someday, I can save your life.”
After listening to the mouse’s pleading, the eagle started laughing, “Oh, what a joke! You tiny creature, how can you save my life?”
The mouse pleaded again, “Please give me a year’s time. If I haven’t saved your life on at least one occasion by then, you can kill me and eat me up.”
Somehow, the eagle was convinced. He dropped the mouse back on to the ground, and flew off in search of food again.
A few months passed. One day, a bird-catcher came to the jungle. The bird-catcher had spread his net where the mouse and the eagle lived.
Very soon, the eagle was caught in the net. He tried hard to free himself but couldn’t. Then, he shouted for help, “Save me please! If someone can hear me, please come and save me.”
The mouse heard the eagle’s cries, and came out running.
The bird-catcher was away for lunch.
The mouse, without wasting any time started cutting up the net with its sharp teeth. Within no time, the eagle was freed.
The eagle thanked the mouse for having saved his life. The eagle realized that no creature, however tiny, can be considered weak. Each one is blessed with its own unique strength.
THE MORAL
🔥Don’t be deceived by the looks or size of others; however silly or small they may appear to be. Never underestimate others.
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🌸A Bought Comfort Isn't A Blessing
One winter day, a wild ass was wandering aimlessly about. Suddenly he came to the edge of the forest and saw a donkey lying in the warm sun at full length. Quite care-free as the donkey looked, the wild ass envied him a lot.
Going up to the donkey the wild ass said, “How lucky you are indeed ! Your sleek skin shows how well you live. I am not as lucky as you are. OK ; so long.” Even after leaving the place, the wild ass kept thinking about the donkey.
A few days later, the wild ass came again to see the donkey. But this time the donkey had a heavy load on his back. His master was following him with a rod in hand. Off and on he hit the donkey to keep him moving at a steady pace.
“Ah ! what a miserable life you have ! I no longer envy you. I never knew that you have to buy your comfort at this price,” said the wild ass from a distance and went his way.
🌸 One's Nature Seldom Changes
You may be surprised to know that all ants were human-beings to begin with. They lived by tilling soil and raising crops just as farmers do even now.
But not content with what they got through their labour, these farmers always had their eyes on the crops of their neighbours. Not only this, they even stole their crops whenever they got a chance. Thus they used to add to their own store.
These acts offended the gods a lot and they complained against the thieving farmers to their chief—Jupiter. He was so angry that he changed these farmers into ants.
But though these farmers had changed their form, yet their habit of thieving remained as it had been and it is the same even today. The ants go about corn-fields to gather grains which do not belong to them. Like customs, habits also die very hard.
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🌸Affectation Seldom Works
Once upon a time there was a jackdaw who lived near a farm-house. The owner of the farm had kept some pigeons and he fed them with grains regularly. The jackdaw looked at the pigeons and envied them everyday.
Deciding to share the feed, the jackdaw painted his body like that of a pigeon. Then he joined the pigeons as one of them. Thus he was able to enjoy the feed daily. The pigeons never suspected anything foul. But one day after the feed, the jackdaw could not control himself. He started crying and the pigeons came to know that he was not one of them. They pecked at his body so mercilessly that he began to bleed.
The jackdaw flew away to save his life and went straight . to his own brethren—the jackdaws. But because of his painted body, they refused to own him. So, he was forced to flee in order to save himself. He became a homeless wanderer which he till today is. Never pose to be what you are not.
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🌸Most Men Go By Gain, Not By Moral
Once there was a farmer who owned a large garden with a number of fruit-trees. But one apple tree had gone barren. It no longer bore any fruit, though it provided shelter to many birds.
Now, seeing the apple-tree useless, the farmer made up his mind to fell it. He came to the garden with his axe and got ready to cut down the apple-tree.
But the birds living on that tree begged the farmer, “Spare this tree, sir. If you fell it, we shall have to go elsewhere. It will deprive you of our merry notes when you are at work here.”
But the farmer turned a deaf-ear to the plea and struck at the tree with his axe. A few strokes of the axe discovered a hollow in the tree-stem. It had a large honey-comb inside it.
Delighted at his find, the farmer threw his axe and said to himself, “This tree is really worth keeping. I must not fell it.”
Most men gauge things by their utility only.
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🌸Excess of Anything Is Bad
There was a pasture near the edge of a forest. Shepherds of the nearby villages came there with their flocks. While the flocks grazed, the shepherds spent their time playing games.
Now, there was a big old tree at the end of the pasture. It had a big hollow but with a narrow opening to get in. The shepherds put their lunch-packets in the hollow. At noon, they took them out and enjoyed their mid-day meals together.
One day a hungry fox happened to come that way. He got the flavour of the lunch-packets and followed it to reach the hollow. His belly was sunk inside owing to hunger. So, he was able to get into.the hollow without much difficulty.
The fox ate up the contents of all the lunch-packets. His belly puffed up on both sides. So, when he tried to come out of the hollow, he couldn’t. Soon the shepherds came there for their lunch-packets. They found the fox there and gave him a sound beating. Never take a thing far more than your need.
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🌸 Beware Of Hypocrites
Once upon a time a fox was roaming in a forest in search of food. Unfortunately he was caught up in a trap. He tried his best to get free. Heaving to get out of the trap, he was able to do so but lost his tail in the struggle. The fox felt very small. He knew that every fox would laugh at him. He was so sad that he thought of killing himself. But then he said to himself, “It is cowardice to kill oneself. I should do something else.”
At last the fox planned to persuade all the foxes to part with their tails. It was sure to divert their attention from his tail less appearance. So, the fox called a meeting of the foxes and advised them to do away with their tails. He said, “They are ugly, heavy and tiresome. We must get rid of them.”
But one clever fox said, “Good,sir ! you wouldn’t be so keen to give us that advice, if you were not tail less. Isn’t it ?”
Hypocrisy seldom works.
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🌸Blaming Needs Wisdom
Once upon a time a ship was caught in a violent
storm. It wrecked and the waves cast its wrecks on the sands of the shore. Among them was a sailor who lay senseless on the beach. When he came to himself, he cursed the sea. He said, “The sea is a cheat indeed. It attracts men with its cool and calm waters. But once they are in its grips, it turns furious and destroys them.”
The sea heard the reproach of the sailor and felt pinched. But it didn’t want to trouble him anymore. So, it came to the sailor in the form of a beautiful damsel.
“Who are you, 0 lovely lady ?” asked the sailor.
“I am the sea and am indeed as lovely as you see me now. You are cursing me for the wreck. But it isn’t just.”
“What is just then ?” asked the sailor in surprise.
“That the wreck was caused by cruel winds that blew into gusts and gales over me and created stormy waves in my calm waters,” argued the sea. The sailor couldn’t but feel sorry.
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🌸 Be Ever-Ready for The Worst
One day a fox was roaming about in a thick forest in search of food. Suddenly he caught sight of a wild boar. The boar was rubbing his tusks against the trunk of a tree.
The fox looked about carefully but he couldn’t see any danger for the boar anywhere. Despite his wisdom, he couldn’t follow why, after all, the boar was doing that.
Unable to control himself, the fox went to the boar and asked, “Why are you doing that, Mr Boar ? The hunters are not out today and I see no other danger as well.”
“You are perfectly right my friend ;” replied the boar, “but will it be wise to dig a well when a fire has broken out ? We are living in a forest where enemies are there at every step. Who knows when I’ll have to face an enemy and use my tusks against him ? If I don’t do it now, I may not get any time to sharpen my tusks when I need them most ?”
Always be prepared for the worst that can happen.
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🌸Only Others Can Tell your Worth
Once upon a time, Mercury, god of skill, was tickled by a strange idea. He became curious to know how men estimated his worth in comparison to other gods.
So, Mercury disguised himself as a man and came to the earth. Roaming about, he came to the house of a sculptor who was famous for making idols. Mercury saw the idols of various gods, including his own, in the sculptor’s house.
Then approaching the sculptor, Mercury said, ” What price would you charge for the idol of Jupiter, chief of gods ?”
“One pound,” replied the sculptor.”
“And what for the idol of Juno, goddess of marriage ?” “Half a pound,” said the sculptor.
“And how much for that statue of Mercury ?” asked the god.
“Oh that ! I shall give it free if you buy the other two,” pat came the reply. Mercury was cut to the quick and disappeared.
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🌸 Appearance Is Often Deceptive
One day a strong hefty stag went to a pool
to quench his thirst. The water of the pool was very clear and still. So, the stag could see his reflection in it quite vividly. He looked at the image of his antlers and felt proud of their beauty.
But suddenly the stag’s eyes fell on the reflection of his fore-legs. Though slender to look at, they gave him his high speed. But the stag felt sad to see them. With a heavy heart, he quenched his thirst. Hardly had he raised his head when he saw a lion heading for him. So, he took to his heels and the lion was left far behind.
The stag heaved a sigh of relief. But unluckily, his antlers were caught in a thicket. He tried his best to be free but could not. The lion, in the meantime, had come quite near again.
The stag now cursed himself for condemning his legs and praising his horns. But what could he do now. The lion overtook him and tore him to pieces.
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🌸Never Be Ungrateful
Once two travellers were going along a dusty road that had no trees along its sides. High summer as it was, the sun was scorchingly hot. The travellers looked for some shelter from the hot sun. Suddenly they saw a tree with big leaves and branches spread like an umbrella. It had a thick shade that could be a fine shelter. So, the travellers made for the tree.
Placing their wares on the ground, the travellers sat in the cool thick shade of the tree. They heaved a sigh of relief and decided to rest there for quite a while. After some time, one of the travellers said to his companion, “What a useless tree it is ! It bears no fruit at all.”
The tree felt pinched to hear the traveller’s words and burst out “You ungrateful soul ! you are taking shelter in my cool shade from the burning heat of the sun and calling me a useless tree as well. Can there be a more wicked creature than you on this earth ? Be up and leave the place at once to be scorched again.”
Ingratitude earns others’ wrath.
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🌸The Behaviour Counts
Once upon a time a flea saw an ox who was grazing in a pasture. He knew that oxen work for men on their farms. But he didn’t like it. He was proud that he fed on men’s blood and yet didn’t do anything for them.
Approaching the ox, the flea said, “How is it that you work for men though you are quite big and strong ? Look at me, I never do anything for them and yet feed on their blood though I am very, very small.”
The ox was surprised to hear what the flea had said. But he replied, “Mr Flea ! If I work for men, they are very kind to me. They feed me, shelter me and look after me in every way. Not only this, they pat me on my back, head and neck too out of love. As for you, you sting them and feed on their blood. But with what result ? They are always up to destroy you.”
As you sow, so shall you reap.
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🌸 Learn To Fix Your Loyalty
Once a war broke out between the birds and the beasts. Many battles were fought one after the other. If now the birds got the upper hand, the next time beasts were successful.
The bats played a very treacherous role in this war. They never threw their lot with either of the two sides. They followed the policy of swimming with the flowing tide. They sided with whichever side got the better of the other. Thus they were changing their loyalty from side to side.
Neither side paid any attention to the bats till the war lasted. But when it was over, the bats didn’t know which side to go. At first, they went to the birds. But they refused to own them as many birds had seen them fight for the beasts.
Again, the bats went to the beasts. But there also, they met with the same fate. The beasts refused to own them as many beasts had seen them fight for the birds.
So, the bats were left alone and they still continue to be so.
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🌸 One On Two Stools Surely Falls
Once upon a time there was a man who was around fifty in age. His hair was turning grey. But he had a very romantic nature. He loved to be in the company of beautiful women.
Now, the man had two beloveds—one about his own age while the other quite youthful. He tried to look as attractive as he could. But the behaviour of his beloveds were skies apart.
The older beloved didn’t like the man to look younger to her. So, whenever he came to her, she pulled out some dark hairs out of his head to make him look older.
On the other hand, the young beloved didn’t like her lover to look older. So, whenever he came to her, she pulled out some grey hairs out of his head to make him look youthful.
It went on for quite some time and a day came when no hair was left on the man’s head. He had become perfectly bald. As a result, both the ladies rejected him. How sad indeed ! Learn to be guided by your own self
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🌸Never Heed Your Enemy's Advice
Once a wolf saw a lamb at a distance and decided to eat it up. So, he moved light-footedly towards it. He had a mind to fall upon his prey suddenly after getting near it.
But as the wolf moved, the poor animal saw him and ran for its life. The wolf gave it a hot chase but couldn’t catch it. The lamb had gone into a temple and was quite safe there.
The wolf felt very disappointed and called out to the lamb. Putting on a loving look, he said, “It is not safe for you to stay inside the temple. Come out at once otherwise the priest will catch and sacrifice you before the gods.”
“Many thanks for your advice, Mr Wolf. I would prefer to stay here and be sacrificed on the altar. It is sure to make me enter heaven. But what will I get, if you eat me up ?”
Having no words to reply, the wolf went away sad and disappointed.
🌸Foolish Friends Are Foes Indeed
Once upon a time, a stag fell ill. So, he
came to a clear grassy patch of land and lay down there. In a day or two, he became too weak to move his body even.
Soon the news of the stag’s illness spread and a number of his friends came to enquire after his health. Evidently, they were all grass-eating animals. They stayed with the stag to nurse him. In a few days, they grazed all the grass of the patch and
not a blade of it was left there now.
In a few days, the stag began to be well. Seeing this, his friends left one by one and he was left all alone. But he was still
too feeble to get up and move about.
As al I the grass of the patch had been grazed by the stag’s friends and he was too weak to go grazing, he starved to death. Had his friends not grazed the grass in the patch, he would have fed on it and lived. A silly friend is worse than a foe even.
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🌸 A Brute Can Also See Reason
Once there was a wolf who was very cruel indeed. One day he was able to kill a lamb and enjoy a good meal. So, he was in a jovial mood. Walking around merrily, the wolf caught sight of a boy lying on the ground. He moved towards the boy who got frightened and tried to turn his face away. The wolf realized that the boy was much terrified.
The wolf went up to the boy and said, “Aha ! I have caught you at last. But I shall spare your life if you say three things which cannot be challenged in regard to their truth.”
The boy, though terrified, composed himself and thought for a while. Then he said, “First, it is a pity that you saw me second, I was a fool to let myself be seen by you and third, everyone hates wolves for their unprovoked attacks.”
“Perfectly correct all the three things are true to the letter and so I am leaving. Be quite at ease.”
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🌸 A Wilful Person Ever Suffers
Once upon a time a man was going with his
donkey down a hill-road. He was following the donkey with a rod in his hand. The donkey jogged down carefully over some distance. But then suddenly it left the track and strayed aside. Its owner tried his best to drive it back to the track but the wilful beast didn’t obey. As a result, it reached the edge of a cliff that overlooked a deep gorge.
The owner felt worried to see the danger for the donkey. He was at a loss to understand what to do. So, he caught hold of its tail when it was just about to leap over the edge of the cliff.
The man heaved a lot to check the donkey from moving ahead but all in vain. It didn’t budge even an inch backwards. So, the man let it go saying, “All right ; go your way to meet with your death. What else can I do ?”
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🌸The Lion and the Hare
Once a lion was on his usual evening prowl in search of prey. Luckily, it caught sight of a hare sleeping fast under a bush. How happy he was to get a meal without any effort !
The lion was just going to spring at the sleeping hare when he saw a stag passing by. He said to himself, “I had better go in for the bigger prey ; It is sure to make a much nicer meal.”
So, the lion gave a hot chase to the stag but he failed to overtake it. He gave up the attempt and returned to the place where the hare was sleeping.
Reaching there, the lion saw that the hare was no longer there. The small animal had woken up and moved to safety by then. It was quite dark now. So, the lion had to remain hungry.
“I have been served right. Had I contented myself with the hare, I would not have starved at least,” murmurred the lion.
Greed for more causes one to lose what one already has.
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🌸 Traitors Meet With A Sad End Traitors Meet With A Sad End
Some dogs were guarding a flock of sheep when a wolf appeared on the scene. They became alert and began to bark at him. The wolf could not dare to go further. But he was very clever and cunning. He approached the dogs and said, “We belong to the same family. That is why we are very much like each other. The only difference between us is that we wolves are free while you are slaves to your masters. Let us forget our enmity and become friends.”
The dogs looked at each other and nodded. Seeing his clever idea work well, the wolf further said, “Accompany me to the forest ; all the wolves will welcome you warmly.”
Leaving the flock unguarded, the dogs accompanied the wolf who took them to a den of wolves. No sooner did the dogs get in than the wolves fell upon them and tore them to pieces. Soon they reached where the unguarded flock was grazing. They killed the sheep and ate them up. Unfaithfulness never pays.
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🌸Respect the Wisdom of Elders
Once there was a bull. He had a strong hefty body—so much so that he had to struggle a lot to get through the door of the cow-shed where he used to stay.
It was beyond the bull’s control to mend matters. His body was indeed huge and bulky. The cows of the shed daily saw him struggling to force himself through door and smiled.
One day a young calf happened to come that way. At that time, the bull was struggling to force himself inside the shed. The calf saw him do so and couldn’t control himself. He said, “If you step aside for a moment, I’ll show you how to get in.”
The bull was amused to hear the words of the young calf and said, “I knew the way even before you were born.”
The young calf had no words to say. He realized his folly and said to himself, “I mustn’t have advised the bull who is far older than I.”
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🌸 No Use Repenting When It 'S Too Late
Once a farmer procured honey from a honey-comb after smoking away all the bees of the comb. He put the honey in a pot and made for his house. As ill luck would have it, he stumbled against a stone on the way. As a result, the pot of the honey fell down and was broken. All the honey was spilt on the ground.
A sticky fluid as honey is, it would not leave the spot where it was spilt. So, finding it difficult to recover the honey, the farmer went away cursing his lot.
Just then a swarm of flies came there. Getting the flavour of the honey, they descended upon it. They never thought that the honey would catch them fatally. Having had their fill, they tried to fly away. But the honey would not let them be free at all. Their feet and wings had got fast stuck into it.
“How stupid of us all ! For a short pleasure we have to die an untimely death,” cried the flies. But it was too late now.
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🌸 Fury Doesn't Pay At All
North Wind is very, very cold as it comes from ice-capped mountains. When it blows, people shiver all over even in the warm sun. Seeing the people shivering hard, the North Wind came to have a false pride of his strength so much so that he challenged the strength of the sun even.
But the sun is SUN after all. He tried to smile away the Wind’s challenge but the Wind insisted on a trial of strength. So, he had to agree. The trial was to be upon a traveller. He who could strip the man of his cloak was to be the winner.
The Wind was the first to try. Gathering all his force and fury, he came down upon the man trying to blow his cloak off his body. But the man wrapped it even harder round himself.
Now it was the Sun’s turn. He beamed at first gently. Feeling the cosy warmth, the traveller unwrapped his cloak and hung it from his shoulder. As the sun shone bright, he threw it off. So, the sun emerged a winner.
🌸 Example Is Better Than Precept
Have you ever seen a crab walking on
land ? It walks as if tilted to one side. Its body is such that it cannot walk straight. And it is a fact that is true of all the crabs on the earth.
One day a mother-crab was sitting on the bank of a river. Her young son was playing nearby. The mother was feeling very happy to see him move about.
Suddenly the mother noticed one thing. She saw that her son walked tilting his body side-ways—not straight. She felt worried about it and wanted him to walk straight.
“You ought to walk straight, not sideways, my son,” advised the mother-crab.
“Show me, dear mother, how to walk straight. I shall follow your example,” retorted the young crab.
The mother-crab tried her best to walk straight but could not. So, she realized her folly. Never find fault with others.
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🌸 The Hidden Treasure
Once there was a farmer who was very hard-working. He had developed a grapery which gave a rich crop of grapes every year. Unluckily his sons were very easy-going young men. They seldom cared to help their father in his work. So, the farmer was much worried about their future.
Reaching a ripe old age, the farmer fell ill. It looked as if his end were near. So, he called his sons and said to them, “Dear sons ! my days are numbered. Before dying I want to tell you that in my grapery lies a hidden treasure. Dig it out after my death’ Saying so, the old farmer died.
After performing the last rites of their father, the sons began digging the vine-yard. They dug every inch of it but found nothing.
But the digging led to such a rich crop as had never been there before even in their father’s life-time. So, the sons came to know what their father meant by the hidden treasure. They had learnt that hard-work is the key to a gold mine.
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🌸 A High Rank Needs High Sense
One day all the animals of a forest had a
gathering to choose their king. The monkey danced with such gay abandon there that everyone felt delighted. So, his name was proposed for kingship. Everyone voted for him and he was made king.
But the fox couldn’t tolerate the monkey’s rise to the high position. He felt jealous of him and decided to humiliate him. One day the fox, roaming in search of food, saw a trap laid by some hunter. It had a piece of meat in it as a bait. The fox was sensible enough to keep away from the trap. But he was sure that the monkey wouldn’t. So, he approached the king and brought him to the trap.
“Here is a dainty piece of meat, sir. I, as a true subject of yours, didn’t touch it. So, enjoy it Your Honour !”
As the monkey extended his hand for the meat, it was caught in the trap. The fox laughed aloud and said, “Kingship needs a lot of wisdom, sir.”
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🌸 Keep Your Eyes Open
A lion had grown so old that he was no longer able to
kill any prey for his food. So, he said to himself, “I must do something to stay my stomach otherwise I am sure to die of starvation.”
The lion thought and thought and at last an idea struck him. He decided to resort to cunning and lie in his cave pretending to be ill. Whoever came to enquire after his health was to be his prey. The old lion put his wicked plan into practice and it worked. Many of his well-wishers were killed. But evil has a very short life.
One day a fox came to visit the ailing lion. Clever as foxes are, he stood at the mouth of the cave and looked about. His sixth sense worked and he came to know the reality. So, he called out to the lion from outside and said, “How do you feel, sir ?”
“Really bad,” said the lion, “but why don’t you come in ?”
“I would love to come in, sir, if I should not see that all foot-marks point into your cave and none points out of it.”
Saying so, the fox went away to alert other animals too.
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🌸 Unwise Start Leads To A Sad End
A mouse had his hole near a pool in a thick forest. A frog often came out to bask in the sun. As luck would have it, both of them became fast friends.
But the friendship of a frog and a mouse was not desirable at all, because the frog had his home in water while the mouse on land. It was the unwise start of something tragic.
One day the frog said to the mouse, “Let’s bind ourselves together with a string so that we may never be separate.”
“A splendid idea indeed,” replied the mouse.
So, both the friends tied themselves together leg-to-leg. Though on land, it went quite well, yet in the pool, it was tragic for the mouse. The frog swam about delightfully in the pool dragging the mouse with him. Soon the mouse was drowned and his dead body floated on the surface of the pool.
A kite hovering in the sky saw the dead mouse. It swooped down to carry it off. Up went the frog as well to be the kite’s meal.
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🌸Face The Dangers Boldly
Once upon a time a boy in early teens went about
playing near some hedges laden with berries that looked ripe and juicy. The boy’s mouth watered and he licked his chops.
At once the young boy started gathering berries. He was thinking of enjoying them at leisure. Just then he was stung sharply by a nettle. Feeling pinched, he smarted under acute pain. Soon a rash appeared on his hand.
Leaving the collection of berries, the boy ran home and told his mother everything with tearful eyes. Sobbing hard, he said “Mom, I only touched them lightly but they stung me hard.”
The mother smiled and caressing her son, replied, “They stung you because you only touched them lightly. Had you held them firmly, they won’t have hurt you. You cannot get anything without facing dangers. Every rose has some thorns to protect it. So, learn to grasp the nettles, if you want berries.”
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🌸 Speak the Truth But Not Hurtfully
Jupiter, the chief of gods, was going to marry. He decided to celebrate the happy event by hosting a reception. He invited all the animals living on land and in water to participate in the banquet.
All the animals came to attend the feast but the tortoise didn’t come. Jupiter was much too surprised at his absence.
After a few days, Jupiter came across the tortoise. He asked him, “How was it that you were not present at the banquet held in honour of my marriage? Were you all right?”
“I am a stay-at-home type lf animal and never care to attend petty affairs. Why should trouble myself when there is no place like home?” retorted the tortoise.
No doubt, the tortoise had said something very true. But the way of saying it was very hurtful. It pinched the chief of gods and he uttered a curse, “So, you will always carry your home on your back. You will never be able to unload it.”
And every tortoise carries his home with him till today.
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🌸The Man and The Elephant
A man sat on an elephant. He was going to the river for a bath. On the way he felt hungry. There was a coconut in his bag. “I shall eat the coconut,” said the man.
The man opened his bag. He took out the coconut. “But how shall I break it open?” he said. “It is so hard.”
The man looked around. “I know what to do,” he said. “The elephant’s head is hard too. I shall break open the coconut on the elephant’s head.”
The man lifted the coconut. He hit it hard on the elephant’s head. The coconut broke. The man ate the coconut. He was happy.
But the elephant was not happy. He was very angry. He did not like to be hit with a coconut. It had hurt him. He said, “I shall teach this selfish man a lesson.”
They came to the river. The man got down from the elephant. He had a bath in the river. Then he put on clean white clothes.
The elephant too had a bath in the river. Then he filled his trunk with muddy water. He went to the man. `Whoosh!’ He threw all the muddy water on the man. All his nice and new clothes were spoilt.
“Oh what shall I do? The man said. “All my clothes are spoilt. I am sorry I hurt the elephant. I shall never hurt him again.”
The man went to the elephant. He put his hand on the elephant’s trunk. He said, “Sorry, my friend. I shall never hurt you again.”
The elephant sat down. The man got on the elephant’s back. Then the elephant took the man home.
The elephant was not angry any more. He and the man were friends again.
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🌸Much Wants More but Loses All
Once upon a time there lived a couple in a
village. They had a beautiful goose that laid a golden egg everyday. They were indeed quite well-off. But the man was not happy with what he got daily. He was a get-rich-quick type of man.
The man wanted to get all the golden eggs from his goose at one single go. So, he thought hard and at last hit upon a plan. He decided to kill the goose and get all the eggs together.
So, the next morning when the goose laid one golden egg, he caught hold of it. Taking a sharp knife, he chopped off its neck and cut its body open.
Untold was his sorrow indeed, when he got nothing—no more golden eggs. On the other hand, he stopped getting even the one golden egg everyday.
So, the man went on getting poorer and poorer day after day. And at last, he was a pauper. How unlucky and how silly in fact.
Greed is a big curse indeed.
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🌸Never Grumble Over Your Lot
It was a fine day during the rainy season. A
peacock was dancing happily in a forest. Suddenly he was reminded of ugly rough voice. His face fell and tears welled up in his eyes.
Suddenly he saw a night-in-gale sitting in a nearby tree. “What a sweet voice she has got ! Everybody loves and praises it. But when I utter a sound, everyone laughs at me. Ho unlucky indeed !” lamented the peacock.
Just then appeared Juno wife of Jupiter, chief of gods. “What makes you so sad, Mr peacock ?” asked she.
“I have got such a beautiful body that all praise it. But my voice —how ugly and rough ! It is no use having this beauty,” sobbed out the peacock.
“Never grumble over your lot. God has given various gifts to several creatures—to you beauty, to the eagle strength, to the night-in-gale song, and so on. Nobody except you is unhappy.
🔥Learn to live with what you have got.”
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🌸United We Stand : Divided We Fall
Once upon a time there lived three bulls
in a forest. All of them were strong and hefty. They were good friends and kept almost always together. Wherever one of them went, the other two followed too. Thus they were very safe from enemies. Seeing them together, none—not even the lion himself dared come near them.
A leopard too lived in a lair in that forest. He often saw the bulls and licked his chops. How he wanted to make them his meal indeed ! But he was afraid to go near them.
The leopard thought hard and hit upon a plan. He decided to divide them against one another. He took help from a jackal and created bad blood among the bulls. As a result, they moved away from one another.
Seeing this, the leopard attacked one bull and feasted on his flesh. Thus he was able to kill the other two as well one by one.
🔥 Disunity always leads to ruin.
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🌸Mercy Never Goes Unrewarded
One hot summer day, a lion was fast asleep in
the cool shade of a big tree. A mouse lived in a nearby hole. Suddenly it came out of its hole and saw the sleeping lion.
Unmindful of the lion’s strength, the mouse was tickled by an idea. It thought of waking the lion by running over his body for fun only.
But to his bad luck, the lion seized it in his strong paw. He was going to kill it when it begged, “Spare me, sir ; I may repay your mercy some day.”
The lion was amused to hear the words of the mouse and let it go with a smile. But a few days later, the lion was caught in a hunter’s net under that very tree. So, he roared aloud.
The mouse came out of its hole to hear the roar. It was time to repay the lion’s mercy. So, it set about nibbling the cords of the net and set the lion free in no time.
🔥Even small things can do big jobs for you, remember !
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🔥Look Before You Leap
Once a fox was roaming in the dark. As ill luck would have it, he fell into a well. He tried his best to come out but all to no use. So, he had to remain there till the next morning.
At about fore-noon the next day, a goat came that way. She peeped into the well and saw the fox there.
“What are you doing there, Mr Fox ?” asked the goat.
“I came here to drink water. It is the best I have ever tasted. Come and see for yourself,” replied the sly fox.
Without thinking even a bit, the goat jumped into the well. She quenched her thirst and looked for a way to get out.
The fox said, “I’ve an idea. Stand on your hind legs. I’ll climb on your head and get out. Then I shall help you out too.” The silly goat did so and the fox got out of the well.
While walking away, he said, ” Had you been wise, you would never have got in without seeing how to get out.”
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Once a fox was roaming in the dark. As ill luck would have it, he fell into a well. He tried his best to come out but all to no use. So, he had to remain there till the next morning.
At about fore-noon the next day, a goat came that way. She peeped into the well and saw the fox there.
“What are you doing there, Mr Fox ?” asked the goat.
“I came here to drink water. It is the best I have ever tasted. Come and see for yourself,” replied the sly fox.
Without thinking even a bit, the goat jumped into the well. She quenched her thirst and looked for a way to get out.
The fox said, “I’ve an idea. Stand on your hind legs. I’ll climb on your head and get out. Then I shall help you out too.” The silly goat did so and the fox got out of the well.
While walking away, he said, ” Had you been wise, you would never have got in without seeing how to get out.”
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🌸One In-Hand Is Worth Two In-Bush
One day a fisherman went fishing to a river as usual. He cast his net into the river and sat waiting for the fish to get into it. He expected a very good catch.
After some time, the fisherman drew the net up and saw one single tiny fish into it. Taking the fish out, he put it into his basket. He was going to cast his net again into the river when the tiny fish begged him, “Please, sir, put me back into the river otherwise I shall die.”
“Why after all ?” asked the fisherman.
“I am only very small now. So, I am of little use for you. But after a few days, I shall grow fairly big. You can catch me again then I shall be more useful at that time,” replied the fish.
“Oh no ! I won’t leave you now that I have caught you. Because if I put you back into the river, I may never catch you again. But I am not going to be that foolish in any case. It is said that the certain must never be given up for the uncertain.”
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🌸Slow and Steady Wins The Race
Once a hare went to a pool to quench his
thirst. There he chanced to see a slow-moving tortoise and mocked at it. The tortoise felt pinched and challenged the hare to a race.
The hare accepted the challenge with a smile and a day was fixed for it. On the fixed day, the race began early in the morning. As expected, the hare left the tortoise far behind.
Soon the hare felt bored. So, he stopped and began eating blades of green grass. Having had his fill, he felt sleepy. Seeing a shady bush nearby, he lay down under it. As the tortoise was quite away behind, he had no worry from his side.
As for the tortoise, he plugged along at his slow place and overtook the sleeping hare. Passing by him silently, he got to the winning point.
When the hare awoke, it was fairly late. He feared that the tortoise might have passed by him. So, he ran at break-neck speed but only to find his rival already there as a winner.
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🦋 People Hate What They Can't Get
Once upon a time a hungry fox was roaming in search of food. He was feeling weak and tired due to hunger. Luckily he came to a garden. There he saw a grape-vine laden with bunches of grapes. They looked quite ripe and juicy.
The fox looked at the grapes with longing eyes and licked his chops. He was sure that he would eat them up and appease his hunger. But he was feeling weak.
So, the fox sat down for a while to take rest. Then feeling refreshed he jumped as high as he could to get at the grapes. But alas ! the bunches were too high for him.
The fox once again rested for a while and made another bold attempt. But he failed to reach the grapes this time too. Forced to give up trying anymore, he walked away. Instead of owning his failure, he remarked with an air of dignity, “I thought those grapes to be ripe and juicy. But now I see that they must be quite sour.”
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Once upon a time a hungry fox was roaming in search of food. He was feeling weak and tired due to hunger. Luckily he came to a garden. There he saw a grape-vine laden with bunches of grapes. They looked quite ripe and juicy.
The fox looked at the grapes with longing eyes and licked his chops. He was sure that he would eat them up and appease his hunger. But he was feeling weak.
So, the fox sat down for a while to take rest. Then feeling refreshed he jumped as high as he could to get at the grapes. But alas ! the bunches were too high for him.
The fox once again rested for a while and made another bold attempt. But he failed to reach the grapes this time too. Forced to give up trying anymore, he walked away. Instead of owning his failure, he remarked with an air of dignity, “I thought those grapes to be ripe and juicy. But now I see that they must be quite sour.”
🌸Nobody Believes a Liar
Once a shepherd boy lived in a village that stood in the feet of a hill. He took his flock to the hill-side for grazing every day. The sheep kept grazing but the boy felt bored. One day he thought of having fun at the cost of his fellow-villagers.
Standing on a high rock, the boy shouted at the top of his voice, “Wolf ! Wolf ! come to save me and my sheep.”
The villagers heard the shouts and ran to help him. But the boy laughed at them saying, “No wolf ; I did it for fun only.”
The villagers felt peeved and came back with an air of anger. They decided not to be fooled by him anymore.
One day as the shepherd boy was tending his sheep, a wolf really came there. Now the boy shouted—”Wolf ! Wolf !” as loudly as he could. But nobody came to help him.
The wolf killed many a sheep and when the boy tried to attack him with his stick, the beast killed him too.
Work Is Real Worship
It was a fine sunny day in winter. A cricket was basking in the warm sun. But he was very hungry as he had not eaten anything since previous night.
The cricket looked about to find something to eat. All of sudden, he saw a few ants carrying grains into their hole.
The cricket went up to the ants and said in a humble tone, “Would you, please, spare a few grains for me. I haven’t eaten anything since yesterday. I am almost starving to death .”
The ants stopped for a moment though it was against their habit. One of them said to the cricket, “What were you doing all the summer ? Why didn’t you store up food for the cold winter season ?”
“Truly speaking, I spent all the summer singing songs. So, I couldn’t store anything.”
“Then dance the winter away,” remarked the ant chuckling a smile. The cricket pulled a long face and went away.
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🌸The Wise Are Seldom Taken In
There were a large number of birds in an aviary. They were well protected there. Unluckily, an infectious disease broke out in the aviary. As a result, most of the birds fell ill.
The keeper felt anxious and went looking for a doctor. While he was enquiring about a doctor, a cat overheard his talk. Thus she came to know that the birds in the aviary were unwell.
Wicked as she was, the cat started making plans to reach the aviary somehow or other. Once inside, she could easily kill many of the birds and eat them up. Thinking hard, she decided to gain entry into the aviary as a doctor and do her job. So, she disguised herself as a doctor. Taking a chest of medicines, she approached the aviary door.
“How are you all, friends? I have come to cure you. Here are the medicines for your treatment,” said the wicked cat.
“We are quite OK, Miss, and need no nursing at all. Be kind enough to leave us alone,” said the birds.
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🌸A Tyrant Can Invent Any Excuse
Once a wolf was drinking water at the head
of a stream. Suddenly he caught sight of a little lamb. It was drinking water at a distance downstream.
Having seen the lamb, the wolf licked his chops and decided to eat it up. So, he walked towards the lamb. While going, he kept thinking of some excuse for his action. Getting near the lamb, the wolf looked at him with blood-shot eyes and thundered, “How dare you spoil the water for me ?”
“How can I do that, sir ? The water is flowing from you to me,” replied the lamb trembling all over in fear.
The wolf had no words to say. But then suddenly he burst out, “Why did you abuse me last year ?”
“How is it possible, sir ? I was not even born then,” retorted the lamb meekly.
“Well, if it wasn’t you, it must have been your father.” Saying so, the wolf fell upon the lamb and tore it to pieces.
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🌸Avoid Strong Neighbours
Once upon a time it rained cats and dogs for several days. As a result, there were floods. Many houses collapsed and household articles were carried away by the flood-waters.
It was only by chance that two pitchers were also carried away by the flowing tide. One of them was made of brass while the other of baked clay.
The brass-pitcher was strong enough to be tossed against anything. But the clay-pitcher was in an ever-present danger of being broken if it struck against something.
The brass-pitcher looked at the clay-pitcher on whose face, fear was writ large. So, he said, “Brother ! keep close to me ; I shall protect you in every way.’
“But that is even more dangerous for me, brother. If I keep at a distance from you, I may float to safety. But should we come together, it would surely be worse for me,” retorted the clay-pitcher.
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🌸Wickedness Brings In Ruin
Once a wolf was roaming in search of prey in a forest. He came near a village that stood at the edge of the forest. There he saw a flock of sheep grazing in a pasture.
While the wolf was planning to kill a sheep, he found a sheep-skin lying by the foot-path. It was of a sheep that must have been killed by some fierce animal some days before.
Seeing the sheep-skin, a wicked idea struck the wolf. He thought of wearing it and slipping into the flock. He was sure that it would be an easy way to get a prey.
As soon as the wolf got into the flock, the shepherd drove it to the village. Reaching there he enclosed it in the pen and shut the door fast. Just then his wife came and said, “I have nothing to cook for dinner. So, kill one sheep for me.”
The shepherd went into the pen and looked for a fat sheep. Mistaking the disguised wolf for a meaty sheep, he killed him with his axe. The wickedness is its own punishment.
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🌸Fishermen story…..
Two men went fishing. One was an experienced fisherman,
the other wasn’t. Every time the experienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put it in his ice chest to keep it fresh. Whenever the inexperienced fisherman caught a big fish, he threw it back.
The experienced fisherman watched this go on all day and finally got tired of seeing the man waste good fish. “Why do you keep throwing back all the big fish you catch?” he asked.
The inexperienced fisherman replied, “I only have a small frying pan.”
Sometimes, like that fisherman,
we throw back the big plans, big dreams, big jobs, big opportunities that God gives us.
Our faith is too small.
We laugh at that fisherman who didn’t figure out that all he needed was a bigger frying pan,
yet how ready are we to increase the size of our faith?
Whether it’s a problem or a possibility,
God will never give you anything bigger than you can handle.
That means we can confidently walk into anything God brings our way.
🔥REMEMBER:
Stop telling God you’ve got big problems.
Tell your problems you’ve got a BIG GOD!
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🌸The Three Brothers
A rich merchant had three sons. He wondered how to divide his huge mansion among his three sons, who wished to acquire his wealth upon his death. After much thought on the subject he came up with a plan.
One day, he called the three brothers and told them, “I will give my wealth to the person who can master a trade.” The three brothers were happy with this condition and rushed to learn a job. The eldest became a blacksmith, the second a barber and the third a fencing master.
After each became skilled at their craft they returned home. Their father asked them to give proof of their skills.
The eldest stopped a horse-drawn carriage, took out the horseshoes and quickly made new ones. The father was impressed with his son’s achievement. The eldest son thought he was the best and the deserved the property.
Then the merchant called his second son. He lifted a rabbit, lathered him up with soap and then shaved off his whiskers and fur with the skill of an expert barber. Seeing his father’s happy face he thought that he would get the wealth.
When it was time to test his third son, the rains set in. Skillfully brandishing his sword above his head, the youngest son, stopped all the raindrops from pouring onto his body. The father, who had not seen anything like this before, was astonished. He immediately gave the entire property to his youngest son. The other two brothers stood stupefied; they agreed that this indeed was a masterpiece.
After the merchant’s death all the sons lived happily in the huge mansion.
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🌸The Cabbage
One day, two boys, Tom and Harry, were passing by a garden. They saw a big cabbage and Tom boasted, “I once saw a cabbage bigger than this.” Harry promptly replied, “That must have been huge. Once I made a pot bigger than the church.” Tom was puzzled. “Why?” he asked. “To boil your cabbage,” replied Harry. Tom was ashamed and realised that he must not tell lies.
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🌸 The Basket of Mangoes
Judith was a very untidy girl. “Judith, you must keep your room tidy,” her mother was tired of telling her.
One day, her friend brought a basket of mangoes for her as Judith loved mangoes. Since her room was in a mess as usual, Judith kept the mangoes on a chair.
She returned tired to her room after her evening play. Not finding any empty place to sit, she sat down on the nearest chair. “Squash! Squelch!” She jumped up and gave a cry of shock. She realised that she had sat on the mangoes! Her mother came running to her room on hearing her shout.
To her dismay, she saw that all the mangoes were crushed. “Oh, my favourite dress is spoilt! Mummy, what shall I do?” “That is why I always tell you to keep your room clean,” said Mummy.
From that day, Judith learnt to keep her things in order.
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🌸The Wolf and the Man
Once a fox was telling a wolf how strong man was and how difficult it was for an animal to overcome him. But the wolf boasted that if he could see a man, he would attack him at once and kill him.
The next day, the fox showed the wolf a hunter who was carrying a gun and a sword. The wolf attacked the hunter, but the hunter took his gun and fired back at him. The boastful wolf faced him bravely. Then the hunter fired another shot at the wolf. Though in pain, the wolf continued to fight with the hunter. This time the hunter used his sword and gave the wolf a few blows. Bleeding and howling, the wolf ran back to the fox and told him what had happened.
The fox gently told the wolf that he was boastful and that was why he was suffering now. The wolf had learnt his lesson.
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🌸King Midas
King Midas was a very greedy king. Even though he was very rich he always craved for more and more.
One day, he called his court magician and commanded, Find me a spell that can get me more treasures than I already have.” The magician said, “Your majesty, I can give you a power that no one else in this world has. Anything that you touch will turn into gold’- The king was delighted with his good fortune. Everything he touched turned into gold. He turned trees, grass, tables, chairs, flowers, and vases into gold. He thought that he must be the richest man in the world.
But in the evening, when he sat down for supper, King Midas was dismayed. His food turned into gold the moment he touched it and he had to go to bed without any food! However, King Midas was too greedy to be sad about it.
The next morning, the king’s daughter ran to hug her father. But alas! The minute she kissed him, she turned into a gold statue! King Midas, who loved his daughter very much. was very sad and he ran to the magician for help. He cried, “Please help me, 0 Magician! I don’t want to be rich anymore. I only want my beloved daughter back.” The magician changed everything back to normal.
King Midas had learnt his lesson and was never greedy again.
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🌸The Ungrateful Master
There once lived a donkey, which was very faithful to its master. Although it was under-fed and weak it still carried the entire load its master put on him each day. The donkey was moving about one day, when it fell into a big ditch where people threw garbage. The donkey couldn’t come out. The master felt the animal was old and useless and left it to its fate. But, the donkey thrived on the food that people threw in the ditch.
One morning, the master and his son were walking by, when they heard the donkey braying. The master tired to peep into the ditch and in the process lost his footing. He called out to his son for help, but the stench was so bad, that the young boy left his father, telling him that he did not want to fall in too. The master realized his mistake. A few rag-pickers nearby, happened to hear the man’s cry for help. Soon they pulled him out. He requested them to help him pull out the donkey too. In no time both master and the donkey were on their way back home.
My Prayer: Lord, let me never be an ungrateful person.
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🌸 The Two Friends
Two friends talked and sang merrily as they walked through the forest. Suddenly a bear appeared. The first friend quickly climbed a tree. The second one wanted help but his friend had already left him. He was very scared because the bear was big and strong and could easily kill him. He thought hard and when the bear came near, he lay very still on the ground and controlled his breath. The bear came close to him and sniffed and smelt his body all over. Now, bears do not attack the dead. The bear walked away thinking that the man was dead. The first friend then came down from the tree when the bear went away. He asked his friend mockingly, “What did the bear tell you?”
The second friend thought for a while. “The bear told me never to trust a friend who escapes and leaves you alone when you need him most,” he said. The first friend realised his mistake and was ashamed of his behaviour.
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🌸The Jay and the Peacocks
One day, a jay entered a yard where peacocks roamed.
There he found lovely peacock feathers on the ground. The jay thought that he would look very pretty if he tied the feathers to his body. So he tied all the feathers to his tail and flew towards the peacocks who were dancing in merriment. They were angry at what the jay had done and called him a cheat.
They decided to teach him a lesson. They pecked him and plucked away his plumes. The jay felt embarrassed at what he had done. The other birds were also looking at him and laughing.
He went back to the other jays who were very annoyed with him for his silly behaviour. They said that he had brought disgrace to all other the jays and advised him, “Only by having pretty feathers you can’t be a fine bird.”
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🌸The Tiger and the Woodpecker
One day a bone got stuck in a tiger’s teeth while he was eating some flesh. He tried hard to remove it but could not. Helpless, he started roaring in pain.
A woodpecker sitting nearby saw the tiger’s discomfort and asked what the matter was. The tiger pointed to the bone stuck in his teeth. The woodpecker promised to remove the bone from his teeth on the condition that the tiger would always give him a portion of his food. The tiger agreed and the woodpecker took out the bone with its sharp beak.
One day, the tiger had caught a fat prey and the woodpecker asked for his share. The tiger refused and said, “You should be thankful that I did not kill you when you entered my mouth.” The woodpecker was enraged at the ungrateful tiger. He struck the tiger in one eye with his beak. The tiger roared with pain and the woodpecker said, “You should be thankful that I didn’t blind both your eyes.”
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🌸King Thrushbeard
A king had a very beautiful daughter who was very arrogant. She thought that no man was good enough for her.
Once she ridiculed one of her suitors saying, “His chin is like a thrush’s beak.” From that day the poor suitor was called Thrushbeard.
The king was very angry with his daughter. “You are not fit be a princess. As a punishment you will marry a beggar.” The beggar sent her to work as a maid in the king’s kitchen. At the ceremony of the prince’s wedding, she stood watching all the people gaily dancing. The princess felt sad alone.
Suddenly, the prince asked her to dance with him. He told her that he was Thrushbeard, the same suitor whom she had ridiculed in the past. He also told her that he had disguised himself as the beggar to teach her a lesson. “Please forgive me. Now I know I was wrong,” begged the princess. Thrush-beard was kind. He forgave her and they lived happily ever after.
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🌸The Spaniel and the Mastiff
One day, a good-natured Spaniel and a grumpy Mastiff were travelling on the same road.
The Spaniel, although an entire stranger to the Mastiff, very politely approached him and asked, “May I please walk with you on this journey?”
The Mastiff replied, “I have no problem, you may walk along with me.”
Both the dogs started walking together, chatting with each other.
Mastiffs are huge and by nature protective, but very ferocious dogs. Soon the two reached the next village. The Mastiff began to show his nasty nature. He growled at everyone he met, without any reason. He started leaping and snapping at them.
The annoyed villagers ran out with great sticks. They wanted to protect their own dogs. Then, they struck both the dogs mercilessly. The poor Spaniel was also not spared. He got badly beaten just for being found in the company of the nasty Mastiff.
The Spaniel said, “Alas, I was never beaten in this manner before. Now, I know that quick friendships with strangers can be bad. One’s good or bad fortune depends upon the type of friends one makes!”
🔥Avoid bad company, as it brings ruin.
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🌸The Elephant and the Animals
The animals in Happy Valley were sad. They were all troubled that some creatures were unkind to the others. The strong, kind Elephant was their leader, so the animals ran to him and told him all.
The Elephant wanted to know which animals were bad. So, he called the animals for a meeting and told them to stop their bad habits. Being lazy, cruel, selfish or jealous would spoil the happiness of the whole forest.
All the gentle animals like the Dog, Camel, Sheep, Dove, Ant and Bee, listened carefully to the Elephant’s words. They nodded in agreement. However, animals like the Tiger, Wolf, Snake, Wasp, Hornet, Fly, Grasshopper and Ape became very angry with the Elephant’s words. These animals were cruel and mean to the weaker animals. They grumbled and murmured loudly.
The Elephant trumpeted for silence.
Then he continued, “I gave my advice to everyone here, but only some of you were happy to hear me!” He explained that those who agreed with his advice were the good animals, but the ones who were angry with his words were the real troublemakers!
🔥Good advice hurts those who do wrong things.
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🌸The Rope Dancer
Rope dancing is lovely to watch, but very hard to Hearn! A young Boy was learning this art from an old, wise Teacher.
The Teacher told the Boy to carry a long heavy pole while he learnt to dance on the rope. It would keep him steady on the rope. Otherwise, he could fall and hurt himself.
The Boy was smart and quickly learnt the art of rope dancing.
One day, the Boy complained to his Teacher, “Oh, dancing would be much easier if I did not have to carry the long, heavy pole.”
The Teacher replied, “No Son, it will help you balance better.”
However, the Boy threw the pole away and started dancing on the rope.
The Teacher watched worriedly as the Boy slipped and fell to the ground! He ran to the Boy. “Oh, you silly child! This is what happens when you disobey me.”
The Boy got up and dusted himself. He realized his mistake. He was grateful that he had not broken his neck while falling.
The Teacher said, “If you listen to me, you will never fall again.” The Boy happily agreed.
🔥Always follow the good advice given by teachers and elders.
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🌸The Parrot
An Old Man was very lonely because his wife had died. He missed her very much, especially their meal-time talk and laughter.
One day, the Old Man decided to buy a Parrot. He thought a Parrot would be the best pet to have, because it could actually talk to him.
The next morning, the Old Man visited the Pet Shop. The shop owner showed him several Parrots. One called for a coach, another asked for a drink and one just made noises! Only one Parrot sat quietly.
The Old Man wondered why it was silent. The Parrot replied, “I think more!” The Old Man thought happily, Ah! What a wise bird!’ Then, he bought the silent Parrot.
Now every day, the Old Man tried to teach his new pet to talk, sing or make a new sound. Sadly, the Parrot refused to learn anything new It would only repeat, “I think more!”
The disappointed Old Man angrily said, “Oh Parrot, you are a fool! Alas, I am a bigger fool than you, because I believed that you were wise, simply because you pretended to think more!”
🔥Do not be fooled by those who pretend to be wise.
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🌸The Dogs
One morning, a Hunter was following an animal. He tied his Dogs in pairs, so that they would hunt in an orderly way, and not pull in different directions.
Jowler and Vixen were tied together as a couple. They were both young and new to hunting. The two Dogs were good friends and always played together. They took each other’s sides in a quarrel. The other Dogs thought that they would be good partners.
However, they acted strangely when tied together. They both liked to go in opposite directions and walk in a different manner. Both of them would pull the other in different directions and soon this would end in a quarrel. Jowler, the male, treated Vixen, the female, badly.
He did not take care to lead Vixen properly or kindly.
An old Dog watching the two Dogs fight with each other, scolded them, “Silly Puppies, why are you always fighting with each other? Why don’t you ask what the other wants? Then you can both be at peace! I realized this when I was in the similar situation as you.”
🔥Joint agreement is necessary for a good partnership.
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🌸The Mice who Travelled
A Mouse, tired of living in constant fear, said to her neighbour, “I read about a place called Indies where Mice are safer. The people there believe that the soul of a Mouse has been in the body of a great person. After the Mouse dies, it will re-enter the body of another great person. That’s why Mice are treated affectionately there. Even hospitals are built for them. Let us go to this country and live happily.”
The neighbour replied, “Don’t Cats enter these hospitals? If they do, then the Mice would be dying, quickly and in great numbers.”
“Fear not,” said the first Mouse. “The Cats have their houses and hospitals far away from ours.”
The Mice then crept into a ship, which was set to sail. After a long journey, they reached Indies.
There, the Mice entered a house, expecting a warm welcome. However, the Indian Mice fought with the newly arrived Mice. Instead of being eaten up by Cats, they were killed by their own kind.
🔥Be wise and stay away from danger.
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🌸Anger and Love – Emotional Mistake
While a man was polishing his new car, his 6 yr old son picked up a stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child’s hand and hit it many times; not realizing he was using a wrench.
At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father…..with painful eyes he asked, ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’ The man was so hurt and speechless; he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times. Devastated by his own actions…….sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches; the child had written
‘LOVE YOU DAD’.
Anger and Love have no limits; choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely life….. Things are to be used and people are to be loved. But the problem in today’s world is that, People are used and things are loved….Let’s be careful to keep this thought in mind: Things are to be used, but People are to be loved.
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits they become character;Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
I’m glad a friend forwarded this to me as a reminder. God bless you. If you don’t share this on nothing bad will happen; if you do, you might change someones life
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🌸Anger and Love – Emotional Mistake
While a man was polishing his new car, his 6 yr old son picked up a stone and scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child’s hand and hit it many times; not realizing he was using a wrench.
At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father…..with painful eyes he asked, ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’ The man was so hurt and speechless; he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times. Devastated by his own actions…….sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches; the child had written
‘LOVE YOU DAD’.
Anger and Love have no limits; choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely life….. Things are to be used and people are to be loved. But the problem in today’s world is that, People are used and things are loved….Let’s be careful to keep this thought in mind: Things are to be used, but People are to be loved.
Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits they become character;Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
I’m glad a friend forwarded this to me as a reminder. God bless you. If you don’t share this on nothing bad will happen; if you do, you might change someones life
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🌸Happiness
Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each one a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room.
Now these delegates were let in that room and asked to find the balloon which had their name written, within 5 minutes. Everyone was frantically searching for their name, colliding with each other, pushing around others and there was utter chaos.
At the end of 5 minutes no one could find their own balloon.
Now each one was asked to randomly collect a balloon and give it to the person whose name was written on it. Within minutes everyone had their own balloon.
The speaker began— exactly this is happening in our lives. Everyone is frantically looking for happiness all around, not knowing where it is.
Our happiness lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness; you will get your own happiness.
🔥And this is the purpose of human life.
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🌸The Clever Thief
One day, a Thief saw an Old Man counting his money. The Thief wished to snatch his money by making some excuse.
The Thief decided to fool the Old Man and take away his money.
“Why are you stealing fruit from my orchard?” the Thief shouted in anger at the Old Man.
“You must be mistaken,” said the Old Man. “I do not like fruits, so why should I steal from your orchard?”
“Oh stop it!” growled the Thief. Then he thought for a while and said, “Ah! Last year, you spoke bad things about me to your neighbour.”
“No! That cannot be true. I did not live in this house last year,” replied the Old Man.
“Well then, if it was not you, it certainly must have been your brother,” shouted the Thief.
“It cannot have been, for my brother died two years ago, answered the Old Man.
“Never mind, I know it was definitely an Old Man like you, I will not accept excuses anymore,” said the Thief. Then, he snatched the Old Man’s money and ran away with it.
🔥Bad people will find any excuse to do bad things.
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🌸The Peacock
Before he got his beautiful tail, the Peacock was an ordinary bird, with a small bunch of feathers.
One day, the Peacock visited Juno, the Goddess of Protection. The Peacock told her that he wished to look grand and beautiful. Juno smiled. He was a good bird and she liked him.
The Peacock then described the long train of brightly coloured feathers that he wanted to trail behind him. He also wished to be the loveliest of all the birds!
To his great joy, Juno agreed.
What a wonderful tail he got! Blue and green with a jewel-like pattern, opening up like a fan when he raised it. Now the Peacock decided to walk like a king! So he held his head high and walked with style!
The common birds looked at him in surprise! Even the pretty long tailed pheasants were jealous!
After showing off his tail, the Peacock decided to fly.
The Peacock was shocked! He simply could not fly. He could take a few flying steps, but nothing more! He sadly realised that had lost a wonderful ability, simply because he had wanted to look good!
🔥Think well before you choose what you want in life.
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🌸The Farmer and the Dog
One evening, a Farmer returned home from his farm. He had left his baby asleep in the cradle. His faithful Dog was watching over the child.
When the Farmer reached the room, he saw the baby’s cradle turned upside down and blood everywhere. The baby was missing.
The Farmer understood that a beast had killed his baby. Now he was very sad and upset.
Then he saw that his Dog was lying quietly with blood on his mouth and body. The Farmer was so angry that he picked up a an axe and hit the Dog. The poor Dog cried out in pain and died.
The Farmer now rushed to the turned cradle and lifted it. His little son was perfectly safe and sleeping, peacefully!
A big, ugly Snake lay dead near the cradle.
The Farmer was shocked. He was happy that his baby was safe, but very sad that his beloved Dog was dead.
Now he understood that his Dog had fought and killed the Snake to save the baby. He realised his mistake.
He had killed his loyal Dog without thinking. Sadly, he picked up his baby.
🔥Do not make any decision when you are angry.
🌸The Ape and the Bee
Once, an Ape saw thick syrup under a tree. The syrup looked golden in the sunshine. The Ape saw more drops of the syrup falling from a branch of the tree.
The Ape thought, ‘Oh! That must be honey!’
The Ape looked up. He saw high above him, a hive. He also saw that the Bees were buzzing and working together to make honey.
The Ape wished that he could climb up, break off a piece of the hive, chew it and enjoy the fresh honey! But he did not move at all. He sadly remembered, Just last week, I had tried to steal honey from the hive and the angry Bees had stung me! It was so painful!’
The Ape sighed!
A Bee flying up to the hive looked at him. The Ape asked the Bee, “How are you able to make such a sweet wonderful liquid like honey, and at the same time, carry such a horribly painful sting?”
The Bee nodded wisely and agreed, “Yes, you know our good work tastes sweet; but you must also know that when someone tries to steal it, our anger can be just as bitter!”
🔥If you learn from your mistakes, you will not get hurt again.
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🌸The Young Girl and the Hen
A Young Girl lived on a farm with her parents. She loved to play with the farm animals.
One day, while she was playing with the Hens and their Chicks, a Hen pecked her finger and bit it.
“Oh, Papa!” the Young Girl ran to her father, crying and holding out her hand.
The Young Girl’s father asked her, “My bonny little girl! What happened?”
The Young Girl said, “Oh Papa! The Hen hurt me! I am so kind to them, yet one of them bites my fingers every time I go to play with them. They are not nice!”
The Young Girl’s father took her small hand in his own large one. “The poor Hens think you have come to harm them or their little children. So they are scared of you and bite in fear. You should he careful. First play with them from a distance.
When you become friends, then they will never bite you” .
Her father continued, “My dear girl. You should try to understand and respect each creature. Even if they are not like us, they also have feelings and fears!”
🔥First understand people or animals and then get close to them.
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🌸The Village Jester
A young man, who did not do any work, lived in the countryside. He used to just amuse the townsfolk and make them laugh. So, he was very popular among the people as a jester.
In those days, the only mode of transport was carriages drawn by horses.
One day, the Jester wanted to play a trick on his simple friends and neighbours. He also wanted to make a little money from the show.
The Jester advertised that, on a certain day, he would show everyone a wheel-carriage. This was a special wheel- carriage which did not need horses. All the country folk could not think beyond their simple imagination. The people were very curious and wanted to find out what this could be.
On the day of the show, all the country folk lined up to take turns to see this marvellous wheel-carriage without a horse.
Alas! They saw that the Jester had a wheelbarrow before him, The people were very embarrassed. They whispered to each other that they had seen a wheelbarrow! They were very annoyed that they had been so easily fooled!
🔥Use your common sense or you will be fooled.
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🌸The Dolphins, the Whales and the Sprat
In a sea, there lived Dolphins, Whales and many other small colourful fishes.
One day, the Whales harmed the fishes, who were friends of the Dolphins. The Dolphins got angry and started fighting with the Whales.
All the Dolphins gathered to fight against the huge Whales. The Whales said that they were big and strong. The Dolphins said that they were superior to the Whales. It looked like the fight would never stop.
When the fight became ‘rery serious, a Sprat lifted his head out of the sea and said, “I will solve the matter. I can stop the fight, only if you all accept me as your king.”
One of the Dolphins was very wise. He understood that the Sprat was taking advantage of the fight between the Whales and the Dolphins.
He replied, “We might get killed in our fight with each other, but will not let anybody interfere in our matter.”
The Sprat’s idea of ruling over the fishes failed. He understood that the Dolphins were very wise. They knew the interference of a third person would be harmful for everyone.
🔥Never involve an outsider in your internal matters.
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🌸The Ant and the Fly
Once, an Ant and a Fly were fighting over who was more important.
The Fly said, “Ant! What do you think you are? How can you even think about comparing yourself to me? Look at me! You have to work hard but I pass my time with the rich and the learned. I fly into the temples and taste the offerings. I can sit on the King’s crown and kiss the Queen’s forehead. I do not work, yet have the best life!”
The Ant replied, “Don’t be so proud! You are always hated when you enter the temples. You are driven away as soon as you sit on the King’s crown or the Queen’s forehead. You do not have anything left for the difficult times as you are lazy. In winters, you feed yourself on a pile of cow dung. Look at me! I work hard and gather a store of grain for the winter. Later on, when you shiver in the cold, I am safe and at peace in my cosy home. I am prepared to live in any season of the year.”
🔥Look at your own faults, before finding faults in others.
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🌸The Ass and the Gardener
Once, an Ass had an accident and lost his tail. He was very saddened by this loss. He cried the whole day and missed his tail. He thought, ‘I miss having my tail. I think I should go out and search for it!’
The Ass went all around the meadow searching for his tail. He was weeping, when he entered a garden. He crushed the plants under his feet as he was lost in his own thoughts. The Gardener saw the Ass and became alert. He thought, ‘This Ass has come to my garden to spoil my plants and eat my vegetables. I will have to save my garden from him!’
The Gardener went inside his cottage and brought a pair of scissors. When he saw the Ass walking over his vegetables and plants, he got angry. He shouted at the Ass, but the Ass did not listen to him.
The Gardener ran towards the Ass and cut off both his ears. The Ass was shocked and cried in pain. Now, besides his tail, he also cried out for the loss of his ears!
🔥We should not lose our senses in difficult times, for we may then face more losses.
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🌸The Ape and the Carpenter
Once, an Ape was watching a Carpenter cut a wooden log into two. First the Carpenter put a small wedge into the crack of the log, to keep it open. When the crack was wide enough, he hammered in a large wedge and pulled the first one out.
At noon, the Carpenter went home for lunch. The Ape thought, ‘If the Carpenter can cut the wooden log, so can I!’
The Ape jumped and sat on the Carpenter’s bench. When he got ready to cut the log, his long tail slipped into the crack in the log.
The Ape did not notice this, but set to work. He put the first wedge in exactly as he had seen the Carpenter do it. But then he pulled it out before he had driven in the second one. The two sides of the log instantly sprang together. The Ape’s tail was caught between them.
The poor Ape cried out in pain. The Carpenter returned and laughed at the Ape. He said, “I am sure you now know what happens when you interfere in other people’s work.”
🔥We should not interfere in other people’s work.
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🌸The Goat and the Goatherd
There was once an adventurous Goat. He was young, frisky and curious. He would ask, “What lies on the other side?” The other Goats just bleated and ate more grass.
The Goatherd would try very hard to bring this Goat back in time. The Goat would try his best to be free as long as possible.
One day, as usual, the Goat went exploring.
“Oh, no! That naughty Goat is missing again! Where has he gone now?” cried the angry Goatherd.
The Goatherd whistled till his throat dried up. He blew his horn till he was red in the face.
Tired of everything and wanting to get home to a warm supper and fire, the Goatherd threw a stone at the distant Goat.
This stone hit the Goat’s horn, which broke into two pieces.
The Goatherd was scared that the Master would shout at him for breaking the horn. So, he said to the Goat, “I beg you, do not tell the Master that I broke your horn.”
The Goat said, “You silly fellow, I won’t have to say a thing. The broken horn will tell its own story!”
🔥Do not attempt to hide things, which cannot be hidden.
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🌸The Clever Wife
There lived a Woman whose Husband had a bad habit. The man would drink a lot every day. This caused him to lose his normal senses for most of the time.
The Woman tried many times to help him get out of this habit. But all her efforts went in vain!
Every night, someone else would have to bring him back home. One such night when he was brought home, the Woman had him carried to a grave in the neighbourhood. She thought she could teach him a good lesson by frightening him and then he would stop his bad habit.
Then she dressed herself in a dark-coloured dress. She wore a mask upon her face. She waited for him to wake up.
When the Woman saw her Husband returning to his senses, she moved towards him with a serious face. Then, she gave him some food to eat and spoke loudly, “Get up and eat, it is my job to bring food for the dead.”
The Husband was very scared. He ran home at once. From that day onwards, he gave up his bad habit.
🔥We must leave our bad habits.
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🌸The Hodge and the Crow
A Crow built her nest in a forest. It was on a high branch of a sturdy tree. One morning, she laid five eggs in it. She sat over her newly laid eggs to hatch them.
One day, when the weather was sunny, the Crow was thinking about her soon-to-be-hatched chicks.
Suddenly, a strong wind swept across the forest.
The branch, on which the Crow was sitting, shookwildly. She got scared and thought that the wind might break the branch on which she had built her nest. So, the Crow carefully carried her nest to a lower branch. Now the Crow was happy as her eggs were safe.
By evening, the weather calmed down.
In that neighbourhood, lived a Hodge. He had been watching the Crow’s eggs for many days. He often thought about climbing the tree, but knew that the nest was too high for him.
Then, to his surprise, he saw the Crow’s nest on a low branch. When the Crow left the nest, the greedy Hodge quickly climbed the tree. He carried the eggs away and ate them. The Crow lost her babies by being too careful!
🔥Being too careful can also be be dangerous.
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🌸The Proud Lady and the Caterpillar
A young Lady had a wonderful garden. She took great care of it. One day, she was walking in her beautiful garden and admiring the colourful flowers. She saw the trees laden with juicy fruits and clapped her hands with joy.
Suddenly, the Lady saw a Caterpillar on her dress. She was horrified.
The Lady shook him off her dress, saying angrily, “Go away, you ugly Caterpillar! You eat all the leaves, flowers and fruits and ruin my lovely garden. I work so hard to keep my garden beautiful. You spoil it by being here.”
The Caterpillar looked at her and said calmly, “Proud Lady, I am ugly to look at now Soon, I shall turn into a beautiful Butterfly. The lovely silk of your dress has come from insects like me, so, do not insult me.”
“You will be jealous of me, when I become a Butterfly! Since, then I shall be more colourful and beautiful than you.”
The Caterpillar continued, “We are greatly puzzled by you. Your beauty is temporary. Without your clothes, you look like a Caterpillar. Only when you dress up in colourful clothes do you become a Butterfly!”
🔥True beauty does not lie in clothes!
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🌸The Two Lizards
On a warm winter morning, two Lizards sat on a high wall of an old mill. They were enjoying the bright sunshine. One Lizard kept dreaming all the time and was unhappy. The other was older and wiser.
“How miserable is our situation!” cried the Unhappy Lizard. “No one notices us. We are small and have such dull lives. Look at the other bigger animals. They are so royal and majestic!”
The Unhappy Lizard sighed, “I wish I was born a deer. To be quick and have great, big horns! And live proudly in the royal forest.”
At that very moment, a pack of dogs ran past, chasing a deer. The deer was tired and the hungry dogs pounced on it.
The Lizards watched in horror.
The Wise Lizard said to his complaining friend, “You wanted to be in place of this poor deer!”
“You should learn from what you just saw. You are not beautifully coloured or quick on your feet. But, you are alive! Destiny is kind to you. You are small and safe from danger, unlike the bigger animals!”
🔥Be Happy With What You Are.
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🌸Hospital Window
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.
His bed was next to the room’s only window.
The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
The men talked for hours on end.
They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.
Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.
Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.
As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.
One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by.
Although the other man could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.
Days, weeks and months passed.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.
She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.
As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.
He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed.
It faced a blank wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.
The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.
She said, ‘Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.’
Epilogue:
There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.
Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.
If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can’t buy.
‘Today is a gift, that is why it is called The Present.’
The origin of this story is unknown, but it brings good luck to everyone who passes it on.
Do not keep this story.
Just forward it to your friends to whom you wish blessings.
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🌸The Paper Kite
A beautiful Paper Kite was flying high in the sky. It was brightly coloured, with long, curly tassels and a long string.
The Paper Kite was so high up, above all the trees and other kites, that it was giddy with excitement.
Admiring itself, it said loudly, “0 look at me flying so gracefully! If I were free, I could go far away.”
The Paper Kite tugged at its string, as it wanted to fly right through the clouds and above the eagles.
However, the string was strong and held it tight.
The Paper Kite impatiently tugged at its string again, and the string broke.
The Paper Kite was full of joy. It tried to fly higher but suddenly, it started falling. The Paper Kite tried with all its might to stay up, but it kept coming down. Free of its string, the Paper Kite had become too heavy and could not control itself. It drifted towards the sea and was washed away in the tide.
The Paper Kite cried, “O poor me! I wanted to fly higher and higher. Look what I got for being so proud.”
🔥The proud and careless always suffer.
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🌸The Lion Going to War
One day, the King of the Forest called for a meeting. He was preparing to go for war. He wanted to give each animal a responsibility.
To the Elephant, he said, “Elephant, you should carry all the weapons of war on your back and fight
with great strength.”
Then, the Lion told the Bear, “Be prepared to rush in while the war is on, we may need you if the enemy is pushing us over.”
He said to the Fox, “Your task is to fix all the secret plots.” Then, he called the Monkey and said, “Take care that the enemies should be amused by your tricks.”
While all the animals waited their turn, one of them said, “What
use are the Ass and the Hare? They are too cowardly to fight. Send them home.” “No,” said the King, “everyone has a part to play. Without their help we would be incomplete.”
Then the King said, “The Ass shall be our trumpeter, to scare our enemy. And then the lively Hare will carry home the report of our victory.”
In this way, the wise King got all the animals involved and ready for battle.
🔥Everyone is gifted with a talent different from another.
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🌸The Master and his Student
Once, a Master was walking on the banks of a river. Suddenly, he heard a cry. He ran to the riverside and saw his Student in the water. The Student was waving his arms and crying out loud. When he saw the Master, he shouted, “Master! Please help me. I will drown in the river.”
The Master asked his Student to stay calm. He said, “Son! Do not panic! I shall find a way to bring you out. But how did you fall into the river?”
The Student replied, “I was learning how to swim with the help of a log of wood. After a while, I felt I could swim without it. So, I left the log and started swimming without it. The force of the stream was very rough and I lost my balance.”
The Master looked around for another log of wood, and found one lying upon the bank. He threw it towards his Student and said, “Let this be a warning to you. In future, never throw away the log until you are quite sure you have learnt to swim without it.”
🔥Do not make rash and hasty decisions.
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🌸The Farmer's Wife and the Crow
A Farmer and his Wife lived in a village. The Farmer grew vegetables on his farm. His Wife sold them in the market.
One day, the Farmer’s Wife went to sell vegetables in the market. With the money earned from selling the vegetables, she bought some eggs.
Then she sat on her horse to go home and carried the basket, full of eggs, in her lap. She was very excited with the profits made during the day.
The Farmer’s Wife rode carelessly and dreamt of things she would buy with the money. Suddenly, all the eggs in the basket fell on the ground and broke.
The Farmer’s Wife was very unhappy. She blamed a Crow that sat on a tree branch, screeching loudly. She shouted, “Fool! Why did you make so much noise? I was surprised to hear your unpleasant voice and so all the eggs broke.”
The Crow replied, “Lady, you were not careful while riding, and were lost in your thoughts. You should not blame me for your fault!”
The Farmer’s Wife was ashamed of her behaviour. She realised her mistake and apologised to the Crow.
🔥One should not blame others for their own faults.
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🌸The Trooper and his Horse
Once, a Trooper lived in a country. He worked in the King’s army and was very famous for his bravery all over the kingdom.
The Trooper had a beautiful Horse, which was one of the best in the country. The Trooper loved his Horse le a lot.
One day, when all the soldiers were dressing their h, horses, the Trooper noticed that a nail on one of the le Horse’s shoe had fallen off.
Since, the Trooper was tired, he decided to repair t, the shoe nail later. His fellow soldiers advised him to end the shoe-nail soon, or it could become dangerous.
The Trooper did not listen to them.
After some time, the soldiers heard the sound of the trumpet.
The enemy had attacked the King’s palace, and all the soldiers went to fight. The Trooper also sat on his Horse and went to fight the enemy. On the way, the Horse’s loose shoe fell off. He stumbled and the Trooper fell on the ground. He was badly hurt and could not get up. An enemy soldier killed him with a sword, immediately.
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🌸The Old Man and the Three Young Men
Once, three strong Young Men lived in a village. They did not do any work at all and just roamed around the village, making fun of people.
One day, the three Young Men were walking on the road. At a farm, they saw an Old Man, with grey hair and a grey beard. They noticed that he was planting some fruit trees.
A Young Man laughed at him and said, `Why are you planting those trees?” The second Young Man said, “You are so old now You may not live to eat the fruit.” “Oh Young Men! My trees will give fruits, in some years. Maybe I do not live to eat any of these fruits but many others can enjoy them. This way they will remember me, as, through hard work, I will leave my mark even after I die. But what do you do? How will people remember you?”
The three Young Men understood that the Old Man was right. They knew that they would only be remembered as fools.
Thus, from that day onwards, they started working very hard.
🔥Good deeds are remembered even after death!
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🌸The Peasant
The Roman Kingdom was growing bigger. Roman soldiers controlled the cities that they won. Next, the Romans won a small village on River Danube. Seeing the cruelty of the Roman rulers, a poor villager decided to meet the Roman Ministers.
The Villager was an ugly, hairy man. He had thick eyebrows and lips. He had a crooked nose and a squint in his eye! But, he bravely, faced the Roman Ministers. Everyone wondered what this ugly Villager would say.
The Villager asked the Romans, “Why are you killing everyone and taking their lands? Why are you robbing the people and living in style? People were so afraid that they have left their homes and are hiding. The Romans are spoiling everything, instead of making life better.”
“Please go back! We do not like the way the Romans
treat us! We were happy before you Romans came!”
The Romans were amazed at his wonderful speech. The Villager was right!
They made the Villager, the Governor, and called the Roman soldiers back! They also wanted his speech written down for others to read.
The city on the River Danube was happy again.
🔥Do not judge anyone by the way he looks.
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