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Grasp all, lose all / The Greedy farmer and his goose

There lived a farmer in a village. He grew vegetables and sold them in the market. But the money he got was not enough.  He had a wonderful goose. The goose laid an egg of gold everyday. The farmer was very greedy. He thought that the womb of the goose might be full eggs of gold.  By selling these eggs he began to become richer day by day. But he was very greedy. He wanted to become rich overnight. He became impatient of waiting for the next day. He said to himself, “The stomach of the goose is full of golden eggs. If I cut open the belly of the goose. I shall get all the golden eggs at a time.” He told his plan to his wife. His wife was wise and advised him not to do such a foolish act. But the greedy man did not listen to her words.

One day his greed increased so much that he could not resist. He took a sharp knife and cut open the belly of the goose. He searched minutely for eggs. But to his sorrow he did not get any golden egg. He became repentant for his foolish act. He lost the goose that laid a golden egg everyday. Than he was poor again.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

There were two friends. They lived in a certain village. They promised that they would help each other at the time of danger. One day they were passing through a deep forest. Suddenly a bear came in front of them. So both of them were afraid and thought what to do.

One of the friends forgot his promise. He climbed up a tree nearby. He did not think what would happen to his friend. The other friend did not know how to climb up a tree. But he heard that a bear does not touch a dead body. So finding no other alternative way, he lay down on the ground.

He stopped breathing and pretended like a dead man. The bear came to him and smelt his mouth, ears and nose. He took the man for a dead man and left the place without doing him and harm. When the bear had gone away, the first friend got down from the tree and asked his friend, “What did the bear whisper into your ears?” The other friend replied, “The bear gave me a good advice. It told me, “Never trust a friend who leaves his friend in danger.”

So, we should bear in mind that “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”

Honesty is the best policy

There lived a wood cutter in a village. One day he was cutting wood near a river. Suddenly his axe fell into the river. The river was very deep. The wood cutter did not know how to swim or dive. So, he was sitting there sadly. Than a wonderful thing happened. A beautiful fairy appeared before the wood-cutter. She was the goddess of water. She asked him, “Why are you weeping?” The wood-cutter said, “My axe has fallen into the river. Now my family will starve if I can not cut wood. So I am weeping”.

The water goddess took pity on him. She dived into water and came back with a silver axe. She asked, “Is this your axe?” The wood-cutter another axe made of gold. She asked, “Is this the axe that you have lost?” The wood-cutter said, “No, it is also not mine. The water goddess again dived into water and brought up an iron axe. He showed it to the wood cutter and asked, “Is this yours?” The wood cutter became very pleased to see his axe. He said, “Yes, this axe is mine. Please give it to me.”

The water goddess became very pleased with honesty of the wood cutter. She gave him all the three axes. Then the wood-cutter became rich and began to live happily.

Slow and steady wins the race

Once there were a hare and a tortoise in a certain place. A hare is a speedy animal. So it felt proud. It always blamed the tortoise for its slowness. One day the hare invited the tortoise to run a race. The tortoise accepted the invitation.

All the animals of the jungle came to see the race. The race started. The hare ran very fast and was far ahead of the tortoise. He looked back and saw the tortoise lagging far behind. He thought. “The tortoise is too slow. He will take a long time to reach here. Let me have some rest”. So, he lay down in the shade of tree. He fell asleep. But the tortoise ran on and on. He never looked back. He began to run slowly but steadily. Soon he was about to reach the destination. All on a sudden the hare woke up and saw that the tortoise was about to reach the destination. The hare began to run as fast as he could. But he could not overtake the tortoise. The tortoise had already reached the destination.

Unity is strength

Once there was an old farmer in a certain village. He had four sons. They very fond of quarrelling and used to quarrel among themselves all the time. So, there was no peace in the house and this made the old man extremely anxious.

One day the old farmer fell seriously ill. He understood that he would die very soon. One day the sons were quarreling again and the old farmer heard them. Once again he said “Stop!”: But they did not listen to him. Then the old farmer hit upon a plan to teach his sons a good lesson. He called his sons to his bed. He asked them to bring some sticks and some rope. The sons brought sticks and rope for their father. The old man then tied the sticks into a bundle. He told them to break the bundle. They tried their best but could not break the bundle of sticks.

Then the farmer told them to untie the bundle and break the sticks one by one. This time they could break the sticks easily. The farmer then said, “You are like sticks. If you are united, nobody will be able to harm you. But if you are divided anybody can harm you. So live in peace. The sons understood their mistake and promised to follow their father’s advice.

Nobody believes a liar/ The liar shepherd

There was a shepherd boy in a village. He used to tend a flock of sheep near a forest. Wild animals like wolf lived in the forest. The shepherd was a great liar. He enjoys himself making fun with villagers. He would often cry out, “Wolf, Wolf!!! Help me! Help me!”

At first the villagers believed him. When the villagers did not find any wolf, the boy laughed and made fun with them. He made the same fun on several times. Each time the villagers would come to help him and the shepherd laughed at them. He befooled the villagers in this way. The villagers were shocked at his behaviour. They decided that they would not come further. One day a wolf really came. The shepherd got frightened and shouted at the top of his voice, “Wolf! Wolf! Help! Help!.”

But this time there was no response. The villagers were working in a nearby field. They thought that he was making fun as usual with them. So they did not come to help him. The wolf found the shepherd alone and killed him and his sheep. The liar shepherd was thus punished for his falsehood.

The Monkey and the cats / Dividing the Bread

One day two cats stole a piece of bread. They failed to divide it in equal parts as both of them wanted the larger part. They fought for that. Lastly, they agreed to put up their problem to the monkey. All the animals of the forest knew him as the wise animal. They went to the monkey and asked him to divide the bread into two equal parts.

The monkey was very clever. He brought scales to divide the bread into two equal parts. Then he tore the bread into two pieces. He put the pieces of bread on the scales. But one piece was heavier than the other. Then the monkey took a bite from the bigger one to reduce its weight. He intentionally took a bigger bite. Again the other scale became heavier. Then the monkey took a bigger bite on the heavier scale. The monkey did the same thing again and again. At last there remained only one small piece of bread. The cats understood the evil motive of the monkey. Then the cats said, Stop! Divide this piece equally and we shall be glad.” The monkey said, “That can’t be. I must have my share as judge.” So saying, the monkey put the piece of bread in his month and went away joyfully.

Grapes are sour

One hot day a fox was walking though a field by a bush. He was very hungry and was searching for something to eat. After a long walk he came to a vineyard. The vines in it were laden with fine ripe grapes, which were hanging in bunches from tall poles. The fox thought, “I shall have a good dinner now.” “If I can jump high enough, I shall have a good many of them.” Thinking so, the fox began to jump but could not manage to reach the grapes. He jumped over and over again, but the more he jumped the more he became tired. But he did not have a rest. Being frustrated, he kept looking at the grapes with greedy eyes. After some time he began to jump again but the grapes were out of his reach. When he saw that it was useless to try any longer, he stopped making attempt. As he went away he said to himself, “Grapes are sour and not worth eating.”

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The Lion and the mouse

Once a lion was sleeping in a cave. A mouse was playing nearby. Suddenly the mouse jumped on the lion’s nose. For this it broke through the lion’s sleep. The lion became very angry.

He caught hold of the mouse and said, “How dare! You have broken my sleep. I will kill you.” The mouse began to tremble in fear. The mouse begged for its life. He said, “My Lord, I am a small creature. Save my life for this time. One day I may help you.” The lion laughed and said, “You will help me!” Out of pity the lion set the mouse go. Some days after the lion was caught in a hunter’s net. The lion tried hard but could not get out of the net. He began to roar. The mouse heard the roaring of the lion. He came to the lion and said, “Lie down in the trap. I will cut the net into pieces.” At once it came to the net and cut the net into pieces with its teeth and set the lion free. The lion said, “Dear little friend, you have saved my life. Now I understood that even a little creature should not be neglected. It might come to help to a mighty animal. Than the lion was very grateful to the mouse and said, “Thank you very much”.

The Devotion of Bayazid to his mother

Bayazid was a small boy. His mother was ill. One night he was studying by the side of the bed of his ailing mother. All on a sudden his mother woke up, raised her head and asked her son to gave her a glass of water. Bayazid went to the kitched to bring water.

But he found that the pitcher in the kitchen was empty. The boy was in a fix. He thought and thought. Suddenly he remembered a well and it was at the other end of the locality. It was midnight.

He left the home with a small pot in his hand. He went to the well and came back with water. But returning home he found his mother in deep sleep. He did not call his mother as it would disturb her sleep. So, he kept sitting beside her bed with the glass of water in hand. It was morning when his mother woke up. She saw her son sitting beside her bed with a glass of water in his hand. She asked, “Why are you sitting here with the glass of water?” Bayazid told her mother the whole incident. Tears rolled down from her cheeks. She kissed on his forehead and said, “My son! Allah might bless you.”

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