THE POWER OF WRONG THOUGHTS STORY

An idle monkey was resting on top of a coconut tree gazing the cloud. Nurturing a thought of doom. He said to himself “What would happen to me, if the earth will break? “. Suddenly, he heard a crack as if something was about to crumble."I  just said it and its happening, the earth is breaking up”. He said to himself and hopped on another tree screeching and alerting other monkeys.

THE THREE FOOLISH ROBBERS

 Three robbers snatched a box of money from a rich traveler who lost his way. They ran deep into the forest where nobody could trail them. Soon after the excitement the three became very hungry but there was no food in the forest. One of them  suggested he goes look for what they would eat and went to a nearby village to buy food. The other two remained in the forest to take care of the box of money.

THE DROWNING BOY

   A little  boy was bathing in a river and got out of his depth, and was in great danger of being drowned.
 A man who was passing along a road heard his cries for help, and went to the riverside and began to scold him for being so careless as to get into deep water, but made no attempt to help him.

   "Please sir  help me first and scold me afterwards." cried the little boy. But the complainant insisted till the little boy was gone.
Moral
  Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.

THE FOX AND THE VILLAGERS

A terrible fox that had long been  a threat to the  village poultry yard was one day found lying breathless in a field. 

THE LION IN LOVE

A Lion betrothed the daughter of a woodcutter and asked her hand in marriage.The Father, unwilling to grant, and yet afraid to refuse his request, hit upon this expedient to rid himself of his importunity. 

LION IN THE MIDST OF SHEEP

Once upon a time, there was a lion cub who found herself grew up in midst of the sheep. She has every look of a lion but the traits of a sheep because she mingles with the family.

THE 17 CAMEL STORY

long ago, an old man who lived  with his three sons passed away. He had 17 camels he rents out for shipping in the desert as a means of livelihood for his family. before his demise he shared his will, amongst his three sons.

After all the funeral rites, the three sons read the will. While he divided all the properties he had into three equal parts, he divided the 17 camels in a different way. It wasn’t shared equally among the three as ‘17’ is an odd number and prime number, which cannot be divided.
The deceased old man stated that the eldest son will own half of the 17 camels and the middle one will get the one third of the 17 camels and the youngest one will get his share of camel as one ninth!

All of them were stunned to read the will and questioned how to divide 17 camels as mentioned in the will.
It is neither possible to divide 17 camels and give the half of the 17 camels to the eldest one nor able to divide the camels to the other two sons. They spent several days to divide the camel as mentioned in the will, but none could find the answer.

They finally took this issue to the wise man in their village. The wise man heard the problem and instantly found a solution. He asked them to bring all 17 camels to divide them as intended by their father.

The sons brought the camels to the place. The wise man added a camel owned by him and made it count 18.
Now, he asked the first son to read the will, he get half the camels, which now counts to 18 / 2 – 9 camels! The eldest one got 9 camels as his share.
Remaining camels left – 9 camels
The wise man asked the second son to read the will – he was assigned a share of 1 / 3 of the total camels.

It comes to 18 / 3 – 6 camels. Second son got 6 camels as his share.
Total camels shared by the elder sons – 9 + 6 = 15 camels.
The third son read his share of camel – 1 / 9th of total camels – 18 / 9 = 2 camels.
The youngest one got 2 camels as his share.
Totally there were 9 + 6 + 2 camels shared by the brothers, which counts to 17 camels.
One camel brought by the wise man was taken back.

The wise man solved this problem smartly with this intelligence.

lesson;

In every problem lies a solution. Intelligence is nothing but finding a common ground to solve an issue. 

THE MILLER WHO PLEASED EVERYONE BUT HIMSELF

A Miller and his wife were driving their Ass to a neighboring village. They had not gone far when two gossip women tongue-lashed "Look there,"said one of them, "did you ever see such fellows, to be trudging along the road on foot when they might ride?” The old man hearing this, quickly change the tide and allowed his wife mount the Ass while he goes on foot, as they continued the journey.

AN ACT OF KINDNESS

A jobless man had for long been seeking for a paid employment but to no avail, for more than ten years. No sure means for livelihood .
 One day  he entered in a restaurant and bought food with the last one dollar he had. After saying prayers so that he began to eat. Three hungry and skinny men emerged and stood right in his front asking him for the food, he had compassion on them and gave them the food.
They wanted to pray for him but he told them that they need the prayer more than him.
As he was about to leave, one of them they gave him an old coin.
He went and lay down under the bridge, shortly  the weather changed as if it want to rain and the wind blow an old newspaper down to where he was taking cover of the breeze. He picked it and glanced, there was an adverts about an old coin that got lost in 1955. Anybody that brings it was to be payed billions of dollar.
As soon as he saw it he checked the coin and it was the same.  He rushed down to the address and  confirmed it. he was later issued the cheque of billions of dollar.
Later he went back to that restaurant to see those three men but he couldn't find them.
When he inquired from the waiters, they gave him a letter that the old men left behind and he opened it, and he read;
"The three strangers you show kindness to is the God of the father, the son and the holy spirit."

MORAL LESSON:
If you share what you have, it has a way of replenishing
When giving becomes a priority, abundance becomes your experience

TWO FRIENDS ON A JOURNEY

Two friends were traveling on a desert,during some point of the journey they had an argument,and one friend slapped the other one in the face,the one who got slapped was hurt,but without saying a word,he wrote in the sand TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME. However, they continued their journey and shortly they found an oasis,where they decided to take a bath,the one who was slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning,but the friend saved him, after he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE,the one who had slapped and saved his best friend's life, asked; "after i hurt you you wrote on the sand

and now you wrote on the stone,why? can you explain?

The friend replied "if someone hurt us we should write it down in the sand where the wind of forgiveness can easily erase it away, but when someone does something good for us,we it's needful we engrave it in stone where no wind can erase it.

Moral
 learn how to write your hurts in sand where the wind of forgiveness can easily get it erased
and also engrave every good deed so as to always recall and give thanks.
count your blessings not your worries

Two arguing cats

 Two cats were prowling together. One of the cats saw a big cake and "mieued." The other unhesitatingly dived it.

The first cat said, “Give me the cake.  I first saw it after-all.”

The other cat said “You dare me, i will beat you. It is I who first picked it up.”

They  argued and shortly started fighting . But there was no solution. Just then, a monkey passed by. He thought “What foolish cats they must be! Let me make use of this chance.”

He approached the cats and said in a loud voice. “Stop the fight. Let me share the cake among you both”. The cake was handed over to the monkey.

The monkey split the cake into two unequal parts. He shook his head and said, “Oh! One is bigger. One is smaller”. He had a bit of the bigger and now said “Oh! This has become smaller now”. He ate from the other. And thus, he went on eating from part to part and finally finished the whole cake.

The two cats were disappointed.

Moral: 

Any time you give in to quarreling someone else gains.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

A  grasshopper plays lazy and scorned at a little ant as she was always busy gathering food.

"workaholic little ant, wont you give your self some rest and come join me chirping? you seem to be working too hard for my liking."why are you like this?" he asked.

"Oh never mind". She said, "I am gathering up food for the winter. Sunny days won't last for ever."

The grasshopper laughed and said"Winter is still far, you have all the time to do that."
Shortly after, stormed the winter, but the ant settled down in her snug house and eat satisfactorily. She had plenty of food to last the whole winter. The grasshopper had nothing to eat so, he went to the ant and begged her for a little corn.

"No", replied the ant, "you laughed at me when I worked and played lazily. Now its my turn to laugh because he who laugh last always laugh best".

MORAL : 
The best time to do the right thing is yesterday, not now. why? because you're already running behind time.

THE( EBOLA) MOUSE TRAP

One day, a mouse peeped through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What good might be this for the animals?" the mouse wondered. shortly he was disappointed to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said "Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and warned "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The pig though sympathized, but said "I am sorry, Mr.Mouse, there is nothing I can do about it as it's no business of me". 
The mouse turned to the cow and said "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow laughed loud and said "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose."
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap alone.
shortly after when it was dark, a sound was heard throughout the house - like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital and she returned home with a fever.
Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer's wife did not get well; she died. So many! people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.
The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness. So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you, remember: when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another. Each of us is a vital thread in another person's tapestry.

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Moral;
let's together join hands to kick EBOLA out finally

The king and the 10 dogs story

A story about a king was told that he once ordered for 10 dogs to be gathered so that every time a minister of his erred, he would be punished by being thrown to the dogs. One day, a minister voiced his opinion in which erred and it did not please the king, so he was ordered to be thrown to the dogs.
The minister said, "I have served you for 10 years, and is this is how you want to repay me? Give me 10 days before executing this command." The king said, "You shall have your request."
So the minister went to the caretaker of the dogs and said, "I want to look after these dogs for 10 days only." He said, "You shall have your request."
So the minister began looking after the dogs, feeding them, bathing them, and granting them all avenues of play and recreation. After 10 days came the day of sentencing, and the minister was thrown into the prison containing dogs by the king.
The king and all the people who had gathered looked through, to see how the dogs would devour and what an astonishment! The dogs had come to his feet, barking, panting and awaiting. "What have you done with the dogs?!" the king asked.
The minister replied, "I served these dogs for 10 days only, and they did not forget that kindness. But I served you for 10 years, and you have forgotten all of that."

Moral of the story:
 Always remember the acts of kindness and the good of people, and beware of forgetting he who served you even for one day.

story by Mahesh Taunk

TheStory of The Bonded Donkey

 

On upon a time, lived a potter. In a small village, He had a donkey. Everyday his donkey would carry soil from the field to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter would rest under a tree midway, tying his donkey nearby.

One day, the potter forgot to take the rope along with which he used in tying the donkey. When he reached the tree, he thought, “How do I tie this donkey today? He might run away if I sleep. “The potter decided to tie down holding the donkey’s ears so that the donkey would not run away.

But this way neither the donkey was comfortable nor the potter was able to take rest. A saint, who happened to be passing by, saw the potter holding on to the donkey’s ears. Then the saint wanted to know what the problem of the potter was. When the potter told the saint what the problem was, the wise saint said, “Take the donkey to the place where you tie him every day. Pretend to tie him using an imaginary rope. I assure you he won’t run away.” The potter did what the saint had said.

He left the donkey and went to take a nap. When he woke up, to his surprise and relief, he found the donkey standing in the same place.

Soon the potter prepared to leave for home. But the donkey did not move. “What is wrong with this donkey!” exclaimed the potter in frustration.

Luckily, the potter saw the wise saint again. He ran up to the saint and told him about the donkey’s strange behavior. The saint said, “You tied up the donkey, but did you untie him?” Go and pretend to untie the rope with which you had tied the donkey.” The potter followed the saint’s advice.

Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter understood that donkey was the bonded donkey. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home happily with his donkey.

Moral

You may remain in a situation until you .rise up to the occasion
You need to think outside the box and take drastic step.

two fighting travellers

                          

Once upon a time, two closed friends; Habiba and Muiba embarked on a distant  journey on a camels’ ride. They rode to a point, got tired and decided to have some rest. While they sat under the sun, the camel too decided to take a rest and lay on the floor. As the camel lay, the two friends began to strive on who would rest under the little shade of this camel’s shadow. Too soon they started fighting over this trivial issue. While still on that, the camel stood and walked away living them behind to realize their stupidity. In the midst of the fight a smuggler came and made away with their luggage. Later, when the fight was amicably resolved by a goodly passerby who got to know the bone of contention, he made them realize their mistake and they became ashamed of their folly and regretted their action.

Moral;

Sometimes we constantly fight over issues that are not weighty and fail to realize the cost.

Always think the aftermath of your action before you act.

Belling the Cat

 A family of mice were living in fear of a cat that hunts them all day and night. Tired of fearing for their lives every now and then, they decided to try and think up a plan to help their situation. After some time, one of the younger mice comes up with a brilliant idea. she  suggested that they tie a bell around the cat's neck, so they can hear it approach and always be able to hide in time. All the mice agree, except one: the oldest, wisest mouse who scorned the idea. Although he agreed  that it's a good plan in theory, but asks "who will be the one to bell the cat?"

 lesson;

 Ideas are essential to solving problems, but even more to it is knowing how to execute the idea and carrying out your plans. 

one good step to take is better than a thousand intention.

The wise smuggler

A Tale from the Middle East

A clever smuggler came to the border with a donkey. The donkey's back was heavily laden with straw. The official at the border was suspicious and pulled apart the man's bundles till there was straw all around, but not a valuable thing in the straw was found. "But I'm certain you're smuggling something," the official said, as the man crossed the border.

Now each day for ten years the man came to the border with a donkey. Although the official searched and searched the straw bundles on the donkey's back, he never could find anything valuable hidden in them.

Many years later, after the official had retired, he happened to meet that same smuggler in a marketplace and said, "Please tell me, I beg you. Tell me, what were you smuggling? Tell me, if you can."

"Donkeys," said the man.

moral
don't air your views.
don't always be quick to announce your intentions, let your work speak for you.

The little milkmaid

A little  girl was going to the market to sell some filtered cow milk she carried in a pail on her head for her mother.while going on the way she began calculating the extra gain she would get for herself from the milk she had barely sold and the things she would do with the money . "I'll buy some fowls from the poultry said she,"and they will lay eggs each morning, which I will sell to mom's friend.With the money that I get from the sale of these eggs I'll buy myself a beautiful attire and a pair of black sandals; and when I go to market, won't all the young men come up and speak to me? Even wakamma my former friend would be that jealous, this i know; but I don't care. I shall just look at her and toss my head like this. As she spoke she tossed her head back, the Pail fell off her head, and all the milk was spilt. So she had to cry back home and tell her mother what had occurred.

"Oh, my child," said the mother,

"how could you have been so foolish."

Moral:

Do not count your chickens yet while they are still in the egg.

The Smuggler

A Tale from the Middle East

A clever smuggler came to the border with a donkey. The donkey's back was heavily laden with straw. The official at the border was suspicious and pulled apart the man's bundles till there was straw all around, but not a valuable thing in the straw was found. "But I'm certain you're smuggling something," the official said, as the man crossed the border.

Now each day for ten years the man came to the border with a donkey. Although the official searched and searched the straw bundles on the donkey's back, he never could find anything valuable hidden in them.

Many years later, after the official had retired, he happened to meet that same smuggler in a marketplace and said, "Please tell me, I beg you. Tell me, what were you smuggling? Tell me, if you can."

"Donkeys," said the smuggler.