Secret of treasure

Once upon a time an old man lived in varanasi.  He had a very intelligent friend.  The old man’s wife was a very young and a beautiful lady.  The old man had a son whom he loved more than his wife.  One day the old man thought, ‘I cannot trust my young wife.  If I am dead this lady would surely marry someone else.  They would spend all my hard earned money for their luxurious life.  My son would be left with nothing.  Therefore, it would be better if I bury all my wealth somewhere for my kid.’

He along with his loyal servant nandu went to the forest and buried all the wealth at a place.  Then the old man told his servant, ‘nandu! You are a very servant loyal.  After my death it is your duty to give away all this wealth to my son.  Tell my son to use this wealth wisely.’  Nandu agreed.  After very few days the old man died.  After few years his son completed his education and returned home.  His mother told him, ‘Dear son! As your father was suspicious about me he must have hidden all his wealth at some place.  I believe that nandu knows this.  You ask him about the details.  If you get that wealth, you can get married and live comfortably.’

The son asked nandu about his wealth.  Nandu revealed the truth that all the wealth was buried in the forest and that he knew that place.

Both of them went to the forest.  As soon as they reached the place where they buried all the wealth there was a sudden change in nandu’s attitude.  Though he was just a servant yet he felt proud, as he was the only person who knew about the place where all the wealth was buried.  He started saying, ‘your life is insignificant.  There is no point in you knowing this secret.’

The son felt insulted but he never said a word in return.  He was surprised at nangu’s behavior.  They returned empty handed. 

They went together to the forest twice again.  On both occasions nandu behaved in the same manner.  The son thought, nandu behaves normally at his place.  He would say that he would tell him about the secret.  But as soon as they go to the forest there he starts behaving weirdly.  ‘I would go and ask my father’s wise friend about this.’  Immediately he went and told that all happened to his father’s friend.

He listened and said, ‘You go to the forest along with nandu again.  When he starts abusing you make a note of the place where he is standing.  Then tell him that he has no right to abuse you that way and send him away.  Then you dig at that place.  You would certainly find the wealth there.  There is a psychological weakness in nandu.  Therefore he turns proud when he reminds himself of his importance.

The son did the same thing.  He got the wealth and utilized the wealth wisely as said by his father’s friend.

Moral of the story: There is no use of giving power to one who actually does not deserve it.

The cobra’s arrogance

The moral of the story is “Arrogance and price go before a fall.”  There is a short story behind this moral. 

Once upon a time there lived a king cobra.  This cobra had a voracious appetite and fed on frogs, lizards, snails, mice and even rabbits.  As he grew bigger he became bolder and began to eat other snakes.  All the creatures of the forest began to dread his presence.

Now this puffed up his pride and he began to think of himself as the king of the forest.  But unfortunately his home was only a small hole in the ground.

“A king like me cannot live in such a miserable hole,” he said to himself.  “I must find a dwelling that is in keeping with my royal status.”

And so he went off in search of a new home.  After searching for many hours he came upon a tree with a hollow around roots.

“Ah! This will do for me,” he said.  But as he looked around he saw an anthill very close to this new home.

“This ugly anthill spoils the appearance of my new royal home,” he growled to himself and slithering up to the anthill ordered the ants to go away.  But there was no reply.

He became furious and struck at the anthill.  Suddenly the place began to swarm with ants as the tiny creatures emerged in their thousands from the anthill.  Soon they were swarming all over the cobra and fermenting him with thousands of bites.

The cobra could not bear the pain.  So he fled leaving his new home behind and away into the neighboring forest.

The moral of the story is “Arrogance and price go before a fall.”

The ant and the grasshopper

The ant and the grasshopper

Whatever savings you are doing today will be the savings for tomorrow. For this there is a story of the ant and the grasshopper.  If you read the story of this article you can learn how to save for tomorrow.

One bright summer day a grasshopper was dancing and singing happily.  The sun was shining brightly and there was plenty of food to be had.  The grasshopper felt that he has nothing to worry about and he leaped about joyously.

Suddenly he was an ant trying hard to drag food into his hole.  The grasshopper felt like teasing the ant and said mockingly, “Hey. There! Is not it a pity you have to work so hard?  You are missing all the fun of life.”

“We are storing food for the winter, my friend” said the ant.  “If you are wise so will you!”  But the grasshopper ignored this sound advice and continued to have fun.

Soon winter arrived and it became bitterly cold.  There was no food to be had too.  The grasshopper began to starve and he was forced to go to the ant to beg for some food.  But he got no sympathy from the ant.  “It serves you right, you lazy rascal,” said the ant.  “All summer you danced and sang.  Go and dance now.  You will get no food from me.”

The grasshopper walked away, bitterly regretting that he had not prepared himself for the winter.

The moral of this story is “Savings made today will save tomorrow.”

Test of friendship

Test of friendship

Once upon a time there lived a hare that was very friendly with all the animals of the forest.  The hare had a generous nature and would always lend a helping hand and so he was popular and well beloved.

One day as hare was resting in a hollow tree, a pack of hounds picked up his scent and began running towards his hiding place.  The hare heard the hounds baying and fled from the scene.  The hare ran and ran till he could run no more.  So he sat by the roadside to rest.

Suddenly he saw his friend, the horse, coming towards him and hope filled his heart.

“My friend,” said the hare, “the hounds are after me and I am so tired.  Please carry me away from here on your back.”

But the horse became afraid when he heard of the hounds and said,” I am in a hurry.  But, look, there is your friend, the bull ask him to help you.”

So saying the horse trotted away and the hare ran towards the bull.  “Please help me, dear bull,” said the hare.  Take me on your back and help me get away from the hounds.

“I cannot, friend hare,” said the bull.  “I am off to join my herd. But there is your friend, the goat.  Ask him to help you.”

Saying thus the bull fled from the scene and the hare ran up to the goat.

“Help! Help! Brother goat,” pleaded the hare, help me get away the hounds.

But the goat was just as reluctant to help and giving some excuses he too went away.

Next the hare went to his friend, the sheep, who was lolling nearby and asked him to help.

“My friend, I am sorry,” said the sheep.  “But right now I am feeling very weak and would only be a hindrance and not a help to you.  But I am sure you will be able to save yourself from those hounds,” said the sheep and he too ran away.

The hare now heard the pack of hounds closing in and he knew that the end was near.  “What sort of friends are they?” he said to himself.  In times they scatter like autumn leaves in a breeze.

To get good friends is very difficult.  You should think thoroughly the person whether he is good or bad twice or thrice before making friendship.  Without thinking if you make friendship it may harm you.  You should see everything of the person such as his behavior, character, etc. 

A friend should be in such a way that he or she should help in any situation.  If he or she takes help from us and disappointing you, it is waste. He or she is not called as a good friendship.  We can also say that a friend in need is a friend in deed. 

You should be aware of good friends and bad friends before making friendship.  Once you get a good decision of the person, you begin friendship with that person.  Do not become fool while making friendship.  A good friendship will last forever.  Remember this and make friendship with anyone. 

     

The moral of this story is “Beware of false friends and friendships.”

The jealous donkey

The story is about the jealous donkey.  To know about the story and the moral of the story read the article briefly.  It gives you very good moral and you should not be jealous upon others.

Once upon a time there lived a farmer who owned two animals.  One was a dog which used to guard his house and his property, while the other was a donkey which carried loads of grain to the market.

The farmer was very fond of his dog and whenever he came home after a day’s work in the fields, the dog would run up to him and jump onto his lap.  The farmer would pet the dog and give him some tidbits to eat. 

The donkey became jealous and watched the dog’s antics with anger in his heart.  “What an easy life that dog leads”, he said to himself angrily.  “He never does a stroke of work, yet gets so much love and affection.  Whereas I carry heavy loads and all I get it is heard blows and leftovers.

Now the donkey too decided to behave like the dog.  So the next day when the farmer sat on his chair in the courtyard of his house, the donkey ran up to him braying loudly and then jumped on to the farmer’s lap.

The farmer became furious.  He threw off the donkey and picking up his stick rained blows on it till it fled braying with pain. 

The moral of the story is “No good can ever come out of jealousy.”

The cunning fox

The moral theme of the story “The cunning fox” is “A truly wise person can see through a trick.”  The story in detail given in this article, how a truly wise person can see through a trick. 

Once upon a time, all the animals of the forest decided to elect a king.  There were several candidates for the post but the choice fell on the ape because he was a happy-go-lucky sort who kept the animals amused all the time.

So the ape became the king and all the animals lived happily under their new monarch who they thought was very clever and wise all, except the fox who realized that the ape was in reality a big fool, and he decided to prove this news to the other animals.

One day the fox happened to see a trap which some hunters has laid on one of the jungle tracks.  As bait the hunters had kept a branch of bananas.  The fox knew that the ape loved bananas, so he went to the royal court, bowed to the ape and said: “Sir, on my way here, I saw a most delicious branch of bananas.  Do please come with me and eat your fill.”  The ape’s mouth watered at the mention of the word “bananas” and he agreed to accompany the fox.

The fox quickly led the ape to the bananas.  But no sooner had the ape taken the bananas, than the trap swung shut and the ape was caught.  “Help me, dear fox,” shouted the ape “Please help me.”

But the fox only laughed and this made the ape very angry.  “I am your king,” he roared.” I shall punish you most severely when I get out.”

“But how will you get out?” taunted the fox.  “You are trapped.  A fine king you turned out to be.  If you cannot save yourself from danger, how will you save your subjects?”  So saying, the fox dashed away leaving the ape to the mercy of the hunters.

The moral of this story is “A truly wise person can see through a trick.”

The quarrel

The moral of the story “The quarrel between a traveler and guide” is “A small quarrel can lead to a big loss.”  Read the article and you can know how the quarrel leads to big loss. 

Once a traveler wished to cross a wide desert, so he engaged the services of a guide and his camel.  The traveler sat on the camel with all his baggage and the guide led the camel out into the desert.

The hot sun beat down mercilessly on the wayfarers and after a few hours of travel for some time and he got down from the camel. 

The weary camel sat down and the traveler sat in its shadow since there was no other shady spot available.

The guide walked up to the traveler and said, “Get up! I want to sit in the shade too”.

“There is place in the shade for one person only,” replied the traveler. 

“Besides I hired the camel and that means the shadow belongs to me for the duration of the journey.”

“Not at all!” argues the guide, “you hired only the camel.  If you want its shadow too you will have to pay more.”

‘No! I will not!” shouted the traveler.

They began to quarrel loudly.  Scared by the noise of their quarrel the camel got up suddenly and then bolted.  The two men gaped at the sight of the fleeing camel then they ran after it shouting for it to stop.  But it was to no avail.  The camel ran away into the desert and was never found.  Thus the guide lost his camel and the traveler all his baggage.

The moral of this story is “A small quarrel can lead to a big loss.” Never quarrel for the small thing.  You should learn how to adjust with small problems.