A grocer and a fruit seller
One day a grocer borrowed a
balance and some weights from a fruit seller. After a few days, the fruit
seller asked the grocer to return his balance with weights to him. The grocer
desired not to return his balance and weights. Rather he said to the fruit
seller that the mice had eaten into his things. The lame excuse of the
dishonest grocer made the fruit seller very angry. But he controlled his temper
and told him that it was his bad luck. But the fruit seller was thinking of a
plan to teach him a good lesson.
Once the fruit seller requested
the grocer to allow his son to go with him to the town for some shopping. The
grocer allowed his son to go with him. The next day the fruit seller returned
alone from the town. The grocer asked him about his son. The fruit seller
replied that a crow had carried his son away. At this the grocer grew very
angry and calling him a liar asked him how a crow can carry his son away. The
fruit seller instantly replied that it carried his son away in the same way as
mice could eat into his balance and weights. The grocer understood the whole
thing and requested the fruit seller to pardon him for telling lie. He returned the balance and weights to the
fruit seller. After that the fruit seller also sent the boy to his father.
Failures are the pillars of
success
Once there was a great king
Robert Bruce. He was sitting deject in a dark cave. He was thinking about his
lot. He loved his county and his subjects very dearly. His subjects had a great
love and respect for him. One day his enemies attacked his country and drove
him away from his kingdom. The king fought several battles to regain his
country but failed. One day he was sitting in his hiding place. He was upset
over his misfortune. Suddenly he noticed a spider trying to reach the ceiling.
The spider tried again and again to go up but dropped down every time. Bruce
observed the spider with keen interest and saw that the seventh attempt of the
spider succeeded. The perseverance of the spider encouraged Bruce. He saw a ray
of hope. Filled with new hope, he brought together his scattered forces and
faced his enemies once more time. This time he prevailed over his enemies and
succeeded in defeating them. Finally he regained his lost kingdom.
Money cannot bring
happiness
Once there lived a happy cobbler
who passed his days in working and singing. A rich businessman neighbour said
to him one day. How much a year do you earn? The cobbler replied, “I earn
enough to make both ends meet.” “I am sorry for that. You must be living in
great distress.” said the neighbour. “But I am used to this sort of life and I am
happy.” said the cobbler.
The next day the rich neighbour
again came to visit the cobbler. He came with ten thousand taka in a bag. He
said to him, “I’ve brought ten thousand taka for you. Keep this money and
remove your distress.
Now a new thinking took hold of
the cobbler. He said to himself, “Ten thousand taka a lot of money.” He could
not think where to keep the money. He did not find any safe place to keep the
bag. He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money. But he always thought that
his money could be stolen any time. He even could not devote himself to his
work. As a result, his life became more miserable. Peace and happiness vanished
from his life. The cobbler realized that he had money but no peace of mind.
Dress does not
make a man great
Sheikh was a great poet. He used
to lead a simple life. Once he took shelter in a rich man’s house. The rich man
could not recognize him and treated him as an ordinary man. At that time he had
a very simple dress on. The people of that house did not deal well with the
poet. Rather they showed disrespect and dishonour to him. The poet left the rich
man’s house in utter dismay. A few days later, he went there again with a rich
dress on. This time he was duly respected and honoured by the people of the
rich man’s house. They gave him rich food to eat. The poet did not eat the food
but began to put the food in his pocket. Seeing it, the rich man was
astonished. He asked the poet about his mysterious behaviour. Then the poet
said, “This food is for my dress but not for me.” Had it not been so I would
have been treated in the same manner when I was very poorly dressed? The rich
man was really sad for this. He begged forgiveness of the poet.
The fox
without a tail
There lived a very clever fox in
a jungle. One day, while walking the jungle, he fell into a trap. He struggled
hard and at last he was able to come out of the trap. But unfortunately he
could not come out unhurt because he lost his tail in the trap. So without the
trail the fox looked very odd and strange. The fox was very upset and ashamed
losing his tail. But the fox was very clever. He made a plan. He invited all
the foxes living in the jungle to a meeting. He told them that he had made a
great discovery.
All the foxes became very eager to
listen to him. He told them that their tail was of no use rather it looked ugly
and dirty. He told them that if they cut off their tail, they would look more
beautiful and more attractive. He also told them that he himself had cut off
his tail to prove it. The foxes were convinced. But among them there was an old
and wise fox. He realised the trick of the clever fox. He told the other foxes
that the clever fox had not cut off his tail, but he had lost his tail falling
in a trap. As he did not have tail, he wanted the other foxes to cut off their
tail. It was, in fact, an evil trick of the clever fox.
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