The Donkey and The Load of Salt: The Blind Man With A Lamp

The Donkey and the Load of Salt
Long ago there lived a merchant. He used to deal in salt. He had a donkey to carry load. He used
to sell his salt loaded on the donkey. He had to cross a stream to go to other village.
Once his donkey fell into the stream and much of the salt was dissolved in water. The donkey
easily crossed the stream due to the light weight of salt on his back. The donkey was happy.
The donkey on his next trip knowingly fell into the stream. The merchant suspected the animal's
intention. On the other day too the donkey intentionally
repeated the same trick. His master was now sure about
the animal's evil intention.
The merchant next day loaded the donkey with a lot of
cotton. The donkey once again repeated the same trick.
He fell into the stream. This time his load became very
heavy.
The donkey carried the heavy load. It was very tiring for
him to move on. The donkey now realized his mistake.
He stopped falling down into the stream any more. He
thought that it was not good to play tricks. The merchant
had taught the donkey a good lesson.
Moral: You can befool a person a few times but not
always.
The Blind Man with a Lamp

Once there lived a blind man in a small town. He always carried a lighted lamp in his hand
whenever he went out at night.
On one dark night he was going with his lighted lamp in his hand.
A group of men were passing that way.
They saw the blind man and made fun of him. They said," O Blind
man why do you carry the lighted lamp. You are blind and cannot
see anything?
The blind man politely said, "This lamp is not for me, but for you
people who have eyes. You may not see a blind man coming and
push him. They felt ashamed and begged pardon.
Moral: Think twice before you speak.
The Dog and the Donkey
Once there lived a washerman in the town. He had two

pets- a dog and a donkey. The dog used to keep watch.
The donkey used to carry the washerman's clothes or
load.
One night a thief broke into the house. The washerman
was sleeping soundly. The dog too was fast asleep. So,
he did not bark at the thief.
The donkey saw the thief and wanted to awaken his
master h6 began to bray loudly. The thief took to his
heels (ran away).
The washerman could not sleep. He came out. Washerman could not understand why the donkey
brayed so loudly.
Therefore he beat the stupid but dutiful donkey very badly. But the washerman's house was saved
It was the duty of the dog to keep watch and not of the donkey.
Moral: Mind your own business.
The Patient Little Girl

Once a famine broke out in a country. Everyday the children of the city flocked at a rich man's
house to get loaves of bread.
As soon as the servants brought out loaves, they fought
among themselves and struggled hard to get them. One little
girl did not fight. She waited patiently for her turn and got
the smallest loaf last of all.
One day as usual, she brought the smallest loaf. When she
cut it, she found two rupees in it. She went back at once to
return the money.
The rich man was pleased at her honesty. He gave her not
only those two rupees, but two rupees more as a reward.
Moral: Patience brings its own reward.
The Arab and His Camel

An Arab had a camel. One cold night the Arab lay asleep inside the tent while the camel stood
outside.
At midnight the camel awoke his master and requested him to

allow him to put his head inside the tent as it was bitter cold
outside. The Arab allowed him to do so.
After a while, the camel asked the Arab if he might put his neck
inside the tent. The Arab did not object to do it.
Soon after the camel requested him again to allow him to bring
his legs inside. The Arab agreed. Now the camel stood completely
inside the twit. But as there was not space enough for both of
them he pushed the Arab outside to shiver in cold.
Moral:Nip the evil in the bud.
Bad Company
A rich man had only one son. The son fell into the bad company. He developed many bad habits.
The man was much worried about the habits of his son. He tried his best to mend his habits but
he could not succeed. One day he thought of a plan to teach his son a lesson.
He went to market and purchased some fresh apples and a rotten one. He came back to his home
and called his son. He asked his son to put all the apples along with the rotten one in the almirah.
The son did the same. After some days father asked his son to bring the apples. As he opened the
door of almirah he was surprised to note that all the
apples had become rotten. He felt sad.
At this his father told him to see how one rotten apple
had spoiled all the rest. In the same way one bad
companion could spoil all others. The father's advice had
the desired effect. The boy gave up bad company and
became good again.
Moral:Better alone than in bad company.
The Dishonest Doctor

Once an old lady lost her eyesight and became blind. She called a doctor and agreed to pay him a
very big amount if he cured her.
But she will not give a single penny if she is not cured. Doctor daily came to her house for
treatment.
He started stealing lady's furniture and other
valuable things from the house. He took away
everyday one thing from lady's house.
So he delayed curing the lady. He cured the
lady after he had removed all the furniture and
valuable articles from the lady's house.
Now doctor demanded his fee from the lady.
But she refused to pay the fees and said that
she is not fully cured.
Doctor registered a case against her in the
court. On being asked by the judge why she was not paying the fee, she told the court that her eye
sight is not fully restored.
She could not see her furniture and other articles in the house. The judge was very clever. He
understood the matter and punished the doctor.
Moral: Dishonesty never wins.
The Milk Maid

A milk maid was carrying a pail of milk on her head and was to market to sell it. As she went
along she fell into day dreaming.
She thought that she would buy eggs with the money she got
by selling milk After the eggs were hatched, she would have a
large number of chickens.
They would fetch her high price. She would then buy fine silk
dress for herself and look more beautiful. Princes would come
to marry her, but she would toss her head and refuse them.
While thinking so, she did really toss her head in false pride.
Down fell the pail on the ground. The whole milk was split and
all her plans came to naught.
Moral:Count not your chickens before they are hatched.

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