TRUTHFULNESS HAS ITS REWARD

Once there lived a poor wood-cutter. But he was very honest. Every day he went out to cut wood in the jungle. He earned his livelihood by selling wood in the market. One day while he was cutting wood beside a river, suddenly his axe slipped out his hand and fell into deep water. The axe was the only means of his livelihood and at this grave loss. He became very much grieved and begun to weep bitterly.

His bitter cry drew the attention of the water-goddess. She rose up and asked him, “Why do you weep, good man?” The woodcutter told her of his serious loss. The water-goddess took pity on him. She dived into the water and brought one golden axe and asked him. “Is this your axe?”

“No”, replied the woodcutter.

 Then the goddess again dived into the water and brought a silver axe. This time also the woodcutter said that it was not his axe. So the water goddess dived for the third time and brought the actual axe of the woodcutter. The wood cutter was very glad to get back his axe but his joy knew no bounds when the water goddess gave him all three axes.

HAPPINESS LIES IN CONTENTMENT

One there lived a happy cobbler who passed his days in working and singing from morning till night. A rich neighbor of his was a banker who one day said to him. “How much a year do you earn?” The cobbler laughed and said, “How much a year sir; I never reckoned in that way, living as I do from hand to mouth; each day some how brings its meal and I am happy.

 The banker said, “ I have resolved to place you above the fear of want. Take these thousand pounds, preserve them carefully and use them to time to need. “ The cobbler who had never seen so much money at a time in his life before, hurried home and buried his treasure in the earth, but alas! He buried his happiness with it too because at night he could not enjoy a sound sleep. He would remain alert whole night.

 He would think of the money. Thus he lost his sleep and happiness. One day he went to the banker and told him that this money had snatched away his sleep. So he told the banker to take his money back and finally the cobbler returned the money to the banker. Again he was able to enjoy sound sleep and mental peace and happiness.

 Thus it was proved that true happiness lies in contentment.

A LITTLE LEARNING IS A DANGEROUS BUT IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE!

There lived a man in a village. He had a great attraction to English and so he went to a teacher. The teacher begun to teach him, but the man was dull-headed. His teacher tried his best to teach him English but the man could not understand the rules of grammar.

 However, the teacher released him. The man grasped only three English words. He learned `yes no and very good`. But the man did not know their meaning. He came to his own village and told the villagers that he was well versed in English. He used three words while speaking with anyone. If anybody asked him any question or discussed a thing with him, he would say either `yes` or `no` or `very well`.

One night, a thief took place in a house of the village and the police was informed of it. A police officer went to that place for investigation. He asked everybody if he knew anything about the thief. But the villagers told him that they did not know who did and how. At last the police officer said to the man, “Do you know anything about the thief? I think you have done it”. The man them and there said, `yes`. The police officer again inquired. “Have you any objection if we take you under the custody of the police?” He answered no. Then the police officer said to him, “we will arrest you now”. The man proudly said, “very well”. Thus he was arrested and put the jail.

From the story noted above we learn the moral that the man with a little learning in English brought ruin on himself. He courted his own disaster.

BE WISE BEFORE LOSE

Once there lived two cats in a house. One day stole a piece of bread from their nearest house. But the problem arose how to divide it because each of the eats wanted larger part. When they failed to reach any conclusion, they went to a monkey who is considered to be the wisest of all the animals. They requested the monkey to divide the bread equally.

They monkey brought a pair of scales. He torn out the bread into two pieces and put them on the scales. He told the cats that one pieces was clearly heavier than the other. So, he bit off a part of the bigger piece. As a result the other piece became heavier. Than the monkey took a part from the heavier piece and put it on the scales. The monkey continued doing the same thing again and again until there remained only one piece of bread.

Now, the cats told the monkey to return that piece to them. They said that they would divide the bread equally. But the monkey said that he toiled much to divide the bread equally. So he wanted his fee. Saying the monkey ate up that piece also. The cat left the place in a very sad mood but the incident made them wise also.

We should solve our won problem.

RESULTS OF FOOLISHNESS

Pinky works in a big factory. There are more than 5 hundred workers in the factory. One day as usual she was busy at her work. Suddenly a sound came to her ear that there was a break out of fire from the sort circuit. As ill news runs fast, the news spread very fast among the workers.

 But no one noticed whether there was actually any fire. The workers began to run away fast. They began to move to and fro. They were at a loss. They left their job. There was a single gate. All were trying to come out at a time. So there was a heavy rush at the gate. 

There was much jostling. Many fell down and could not get up. Some of them injured. In a word a chaotic situation had been prevailing in the factory. After observing this situation, the authority of the factory took steps to pacify the workers.

 The authority announced through loud speaker that the news was false and no fire had broken out. Actually a pipe containing color had burst out in the dying section but it caused no casualties. As a result many died on the spot. At last the workers realized the result of their foolishness. 

RESULT OF GREED

You should remain this in every step of life.

There was a king called Midas. He was extremely fond of gold. Although he had a lot of it, he wanted more. He thought if he had the golden touch, he would be the happiest man. 

A wise God granted his wish promptly. Half an hour, as the king was sitting under a apple tree in his garden, suddenly a ripe apple fell beside him. He picked it up. As he touched it, the apple turned into gold.

 As he entered his house, his little daughter ran up to him and he took her in his arms. She turned into gold. The king was struck with horror. The king cried out in anguish. Immediately the wise god took the golden touch away and the girl became human again.

                           GREED BRINGS IN DISASTER

Once upon a time there was a greedy dog in a village. He was very hungry and finding food here and there. That time he saw a house and entered the kitchen. He took a piece of meat from kitchen and holding it in his mouth, he begun to cross the river over a narrow bridge. 

While doing so he chanced to look down and saw his own shadow reflected in the clear water of the river. He mistook it for another living dog with a bigger piece of meat. He decided to snatch that away from that dog and thought to make feast with the two. But while he tried to do that, he dropped down his own piece of meat, which was swiftly carried away by the current of the river. Thus he lost his own.

Moral: Greed brings in disaster.

                  GRASP ALL,LOSE ALL

There was a farmer and he had an amazing goose. It used to lay a golden egg every night. Farmer take care this goose every day for this golden egg.   The farmer used to sell them in the market. For this reason a short time he became quite solvent. But his wife very greedy and she wanted to be rich overnight. She told herself “surely, there is a good number of golden egg in goose stomach”. 

So, there is no use of getting one egg a day. She told the farmer we can get all the eggs at a time. Farmer said how it possible. She explained to that by cutting the belly of the goose. She suggested her husband to do so. But the farmer was very intelligent. He did not agree with her proposal. He told his wife that impossible.

 One day when the farmer went to his farm near his house, his greedy wife caught the amazing goose. She took a sharp knife and cut the belly of the goose. She did not found any egg in the belly. Rather the goose died. She was very disappointed to see this. In the evening when the farmer returned home, he saw everything and became at a loss for his wife foolishness. His wife said to him to forgive her. At his kind the farmer forgave him. Thus it is for her greed she lost all hopes of becoming prosperous.

From this story we learn that greed brings downfall.

UNITY IS STRENTH

You should obey your father order

You should obey your father order

Once upon a time there was an old man. He lived with his wife and three sons in a small village. The three sons always quarreled with each other. One day the sons were quarreling again and the old farmer heard them.

 In order to teach them value of unity he called his sons beside him and told them to bring him three sticks and some rope. The three boys went to brought three sticks and rope for their father. The old then tied the sticks together with the rope.

 Then he asked his sons to break the bundle of sticks. The three boys tried and tried but they could not break the bundle of sticks. Then their father untied the bundle of sticks and gave one stick to each of his sons. He told to break the sticks. Thus time they all break their sticks easily. Then the old farmer told his sons that nobody could do any harm to them if they remained untied.