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 An Old Man Lived in the Village The Wise Man

An old man lived in the village. He was one of the most

unfortunate people in the world. The whole village was tired of
him; he was always gloomy, he constantly complained and was
always in a bad mood.

he longer he lived, the more bile he was becoming and the more
poisonous were his words. People avoided him, because his
misfortune became contagious. It was even unnatural and
insulting to be happy next to him.

He created the feeling of unhappiness in others. People have been coming to the wise man, complaining about
the same problems every time. One day he told them a joke and
But one day, when he turned eighty years old, an incredible everyone roared in laughter.
thing happened. Instantly everyone started hearing the rumour:
After a couple of minutes, he told them the same joke and only
“An Old Man is happy today, he doesn’t a few of them smiled.
complain about anything, smiles, and even
his face is freshened up.” When he told the same joke for the third time no one laughed
  anymore.
The whole village gathered together. The old man was asked: The wise man smiled and said:
 
Villager: What happened to you?
  “You can’t laugh at the same joke over and
over. So why are you always crying about
“Nothing special. Eighty years I’ve been the same problem?”
chasing happiness, and it was useless. And
then I decided to live without happiness Moral of the story:
and just enjoy life. That’s why I’m happy
Worrying won’t solve your problems, it’ll just waste your time
now.” – An Old Man
and energy.
 

Moral of the story:

Don’t chase happiness. Enjoy your life.
 The Foolish Donkey The Four Smart Students

One night four college students were out partying late night and
didn’t study for the test which was scheduled for the next day.
In the morning, they thought of a plan.

They made themselves look dirty with grease and dirt.

 salt seller used to carry the salt bag on his donkey to the
market every day.
Then they went to the Dean and said they had gone out to a
wedding last night and on their way back the tire of their car
On the way they had to cross a stream. One day the donkey
burst and they had to push the car all the way back. So they
suddenly tumbled down the stream and the salt bag also fell
were in no condition to take the test.
into the water. The salt dissolved in the water and hence the
bag became very light to carry. The donkey was happy.
The Dean thought for a minute and said they can have the re-
test after 3 days. They thanked him and said they will be ready
Then the donkey started to play the same trick every day.
by that time.
The salt seller came to understand the trick and decided to
On the third day, they appeared before the Dean. The Dean said
teach a lesson to it. The next day he loaded a cotton bag on the
that as this was a Special Condition Test, all four were required
donkey.
to sit in separate classrooms for the test. They all agreed as they
had prepared well in the last 3 days.
Again it played the same trick hoping that the cotton bag would
be still become lighter.
The Test consisted of only 2 questions with the total of 100
Points:
But the dampened cotton became very heavy to carry and the
donkey suffered. It learnt a lesson. It didn’t play the trick
1) Your Name? __________ (1 Points)
anymore after that day, and the seller was happy.
2) Which tire burst? __________ (99 Points)
Options – (a) Front Left (b) Front Right (c) Back Left (d) Back
 
Right
Moral of the story:
Moral of the story:
Take responsibility or you will learn your lesson.
Luck won’t favor always.
 The Greedy Lion Two Friends & The Bear

It was an incredibly hot day, and a lion was feeling very hungry.

He came out of his den and searched here and there. He could Vijay and Raju were friends. On a holiday they went walking
find only a small hare. He caught the hare with some into a forest, enjoying the beauty of nature. Suddenly they saw
hesitation. “This hare can’t fill my stomach” thought the a bear coming at them. They became frightened.
lion.
As the lion was about to kill the hare, a deer ran that way. The Raju, who knew all about climbing trees, ran up to a tree and
lion became greedy. He thought; climbed up quickly. He didn’t think of Vijay. Vijay had no idea
how to climb the tree.
 
Vijay thought for a second. He’d heard animals don’t prefer
“Instead of eating this small hare, let me dead bodies, so he fell to the ground and held his breath. The
eat the big deer.” bear sniffed him and thought he was dead. So, it went on its
  way.

He let the hare go and went behind the deer. But the deer had Raju asked Vijay;
vanished into the forest. The lion now felt sorry for letting the
hare off.  

  “What did the bear whisper into your ears?”

 
Moral of the story:
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Vijay replied, “The bear asked me to keep away from
friends like you” …and went on his way.
 

Moral of the story:

A friend in need is a friend indeed.
 He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off
The Struggles of Our Life the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a
smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

 

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans
had each faced the same adversity-the boiling water. However,
Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her
each one reacted differently. The potato went in strong, hard
life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going
and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.
to make it.
The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its
She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed
liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the
just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed
inside of the egg became hard.
Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots
However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were
with water and placed each on a high fire.
exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and
created something new.
Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot,
eggs in the second pot and ground coffee beans in the third pot.
“Which one are you?” he asked his daughter.
He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his
 
daughter.
“When adversity knocks on your door, how
The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what
do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg,
he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners.
or a coffee bean?”
 
He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl.
He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then
Moral of the story: 
ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.
In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the
only thing that truly matters is how you choose to react to it
 
and what you make out of it. Life is all about leaning, adopting
and converting all the struggles that we experience into
Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”
something positive.
“Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily replied.
“Look closer” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and
noted that they were soft.
 The Fox & The Grapes The Lion & The Poor Slave

One afternoon a fox was walking through the forest and spotted
a bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch.
A slave, ill-treated by his master, runs away to the forest. There
“Just the thing to quench my thirst,” he thought. he comes across a lion in pain because of a thorn in his paw.
Taking a few steps back, the fox jumped and just missed the The slave bravely goes forward and removes the thorn gently.
hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces back and tried
to reach them but still failed. The lion without hurting him goes away.

Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and Some days later, the slave’s master comes hunting to the forest
said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and proceeded to walk and catches many animals and cages them. The slave is spotted
away. by the masters’ men who catch him and bring him to the cruel
  master.

Moral of the story:  The master asks for the slave to be thrown into the lion’s cage.
It’s easy to despise what you can’t have.
The slave is awaiting his death in the cage when he realizes that
it is the same lion that he had helped. The slave rescued the
lion and all other caged animals.

Moral of the story: 

One should help others in need, we get the rewards of our
helpful acts in return.
 The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Midas Touch

Once upon a time, there lived a shepherd boy who was bored In ancient Greek, there was a king named Midas. He had a lot of
watching his flock of sheep on the hill. To amuse himself, he gold and everything he needed. He also had a beautiful daughter.
shouted, “Wolf! Wolf! The sheep are being chased by the wolf!” Midas loved his gold very much, but he loved his daughter more
than his riches.
The villagers came running to help the boy and save the sheep.
They found nothing and the boy just laughed looking at their
One day, a satyr named Silenus got drunk and passed out in
angry faces.
Midas’ rose garden. Believing that Satyrs always bring good luck,
Midas lets Silenus rest in his palace until he is sober, against the
“Don’t cry ‘wolf’ when there’s no wolf boy!”, they said angrily wishes of his wife and daughter. Silenus is a friend of Dionysus,
and left. The boy just laughed at them. the god of wine and celebration. Upon learning Midas’ kindness
towards his friend, Dionysus decides to reward the keg.
After a while, he got bored and cried ‘wolf!’ again, fooling the
villagers a second time. The angry villagers warned the boy a When asked to wish for something, Midas says “I wish everything I
second time and left. The boy continued watching the flock. touch turns to gold”. Although Dionysus knew it was not a great
After a while, he saw a real wolf and cried loudly, “Wolf! Please idea, he granted Midas his wish.
help! The wolf is chasing the sheep. Help!”
Happy that his wish was granted, Midas went around touching
But this time, no one turned up to help. By evening, when the random things in the garden and his palace and turned them all
boy didn’t return home, the villagers wondered what happened into gold. He touched an apple, and it turned into a shiny gold
to him and went up the hill. The boy sat on the hill weeping. apple. His subjects were astonished but happy to see so much gold
“Why didn’t you come when I called out that there was a wolf?” in the palace.
he asked angrily. “The flock is scattered now”, he said.
In his happiness, Midas went and hugged his daughter, and before
An old villager approached him and said, “People won’t believe he realized, he turned her into a lifeless, golden statue! Aghast,
liars even when they tell the truth. We’ll look for your sheep Midas ran back to the garden and called for Dionysus. He begged
tomorrow morning. Let’s go home now”. the god to take away his power and save his daughter. Dionysus
gives Midas a solution to change everything back to how it was
before the wish. Midas learned his lesson and lived the rest of his
Moral life contended with what he had.
Lying breaks trust. Nobody trusts a liar, even when he is telling Moral
the truth. Do not get greedy. Be happy and content with what you have.
 The Golden Egg The Miser And His Gold

Once upon a time, a farmer had a goose that laid a golden egg An old miser lived in a house with a garden. The miser hid his
gold coins in a pit under some stones in the garden. Every day,
every day. The egg provided enough money for the farmer and before going to bed, the miser went to the stones where he hid
his wife for their day-to-day needs. The farmer and his wife were the gold and counted the coins. He continued this routine every
day, but not once did he spend the gold he saved.
happy for a long time. But one day, the farmer got an idea and
One day, a thief who knew the old miser’s routine, waited for
thought, “Why should I take just one egg a day? Why can’t I
the old man to go back into his house. After it was dark, the
take all of them at once and make a lot of money?” thief went to the hiding place and took the gold. The next day,
the old miser found that his treasure was missing and started
crying loudly.
The foolish farmer’s wife also agreed and decided to cut the
goose’s stomach for the eggs. As soon as they killed the bird His neighbor heard the miser’s cries and inquired about what
happened. On learning what happened, the neighbor asked,
and opened the goose’s stomach, to find nothing but guts and “Why didn’t you save the money inside the house? It would’ve
been easier to access the money when you had to buy
blood. The farmer, realizing his foolish mistake, cries over the
something!”
lost resource!
“Buy?”, said the miser. “I never used the gold to buy anything. I
was never going to spend it.”
The English idiom “kill not the goose that lays the golden egg”
was also derived from this classic story. On hearing this, the neighbor threw a stone into the pit and
said, “If that is the case, save the stone. It is as worthless as the
gold you have lost”.
Moral
Moral
Think before you act.
A possession is just as worthy of what it is used for.
 The Tortoise And The Bird The Cows And The Tiger

A tortoise was resting under a tree, on which a bird had built its
nest. The tortoise spoke to the bird mockingly, “What a shabby
home you have! It is made of broken twigs, it has no roof, and
Four cows lived in a forest near a meadow. They were good
looks crude. What’s worse is that you had to build it yourself. I
friends and did everything together. They grazed together and
think my house, which is my shell, is much better than your
stayed together, because of which no tigers or lions were able to
pathetic nest”.
kill them for food.

“Yes, it is made of broken sticks, looks shabby and is open to

But one day, the friends fought and each cow went to graze in a
the elements of nature. It is crude, but I built it, and I like it.”
different direction. A tiger and a lion saw this and decided that

“I guess it’s just like any other nest, but not better than mine”, it was the perfect opportunity to kill the cows. They hid in the

said the tortoise. “You must be jealous of my shell, though.” bushes and surprised the cows and killed them all, one by one.

Moral
“On the contrary”, the bird replied. “My home has space for my
family and friends; your shell cannot accommodate anyone Unity is strength.
other than you. Maybe you have a better house. But I have a
better home”, said the bird happily.

Moral

Better a crowded hut than a lonely mansion.

 The Boasting Traveler (Aesop’s Fables) The Camel And The Baby

One day, a camel and her baby were chatting. The baby asked,
A man came back from a tour and boasted about his
“Mother, why do we have humps?” The mother replied, “Our
adventurous journeys. He talked at length about the different humps are for storing water so that we can survive in the
desert”.
people he met and his amazing feats that got him fame and
praise from people everywhere. He went on to say that he went “Oh”, said the child, “and why do we have rounded feet
mother?” “Because they are meant to help us walk comfortably
to the Rhodes where he had leaped to such distances that no
in the desert. These legs help us move around in the sand.”
man could ever match his feat.
“Alright. But why are our eyelashes so long?” “To protect our
eyes from the desert dust and sand. They are the protective
He even went on to say that there were witnesses who would
covers for the eyes”, replied the mother camel.
vouch for his words. Hearing the man boast so much, a smart
bystander said, “Oh good man, we do not need any witnesses to The baby camel thought for a while and said, “So we have
humps to store water for desert journeys, rounded hooves to
believe your words. Imagine this place to be Rhodes and leap for keep us comfortable when we walk in the desert sand, and long
us”. eyelashes to protect us from sand and dust during a desert
storm. Then what are we doing in a zoo?”

The lying traveler didn’t know what to do and went away The mother was dumbfounded.
quietly.
Moral
Moral Your strengths, skills, and knowledge are useless if you are not
in the right place.
He who does a thing well does not need to boast.
 The Farmer And The Well God and Smoke

A man who was the lone survivor of a terrible shipwreck

was washed ashore on a tiny uninhabited island.
A farmer looking for a source of water for his farm bought a well
from his neighbor. The neighbor was cunning, though, and Marooned and alone, the man cried out to God to rescue
refused to let the farmer take water from the well. On asking him from his terrible fate. Unfamiliar with survival
why, he replied, “I sold the well to you, not the water”, and tactics, the man struggled to endure.
walked away. The distraught farmer didn’t know what to do. So
he went to Birbal, a clever man and one of the nine courtiers of Eventually, he was able to construct a hut to protect him
Emperor Akbar, for a solution. and his few possessions. Every day the man faithfully
scanned the horizon for the answer to his prayer. One
The emperor called the farmer and his neighbor and asked why day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home and
the man was not letting the farmer draw water from the well.
found his little hut burning to the ground. There was
The cunning man said the same thing again, “I sold the well,
not the water. So he cannot take my water”. nothing left but ashes and smoke. “God, how could you
do this to me!!" He cried. Broken and despaired he
To this, Birbal replied, “All that sounds fine to me. But if you sobbed himself to sleep.
have sold the water and the water is yours, then you have no
business keeping your water in his well. Remove the water or The next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship.
use it all up immediately. If not the water will belong to the It had come to rescue him. He asked the sailor, “How did
owner of the well”. you know I was here?" "As we were heading East, we saw
your smoke signal," the sailor replied.
Realizing that he’s been tricked and taught his lesson, the man
apologized and left.
Lesson : God is working in our lives, even in the midst of
our pains and sufferings. We easily get discouraged
Moral
when things are going bad. But take heart and
Cheating will not get you anything. If you do cheat, you’ll pay for remember…next time your little hut is burning to the
it soon enough. ground. It’s just a smoke signal that attracts God’s
blessings.
 True Friends Love You Anyway Krishna and his friend spend time laughing and talking about
their childhood but Sudama, overwhelmed by the kindness and
compassion showed by his friend, is unable to ask Krishna for
help. When he returns home, Sudama finds that his hut has
been replaced by a huge mansion and his wife and kids are
dressed in fine clothes.

Sudama realized how lucky he was to have a true friend like

Krishna. He didn’t even ask, but Krishna knew what Sudama
wanted and gave it to him.
Lord Krishna and Sudama were childhood friends. While
Krishna thrived and prospered, Sudama didn’t. He lead the life
of a poor Brahmin man, living in a small hut with his wife and Moral
kids. Most days, the kids wouldn’t even get enough to eat from True friends do not distinguish between rich and poor. They are
what Sudama got as alms. One day, his wife suggested that he always there for you when you need them.
go and ask his friend Krishna for help.

Sudama was reluctant to seek favors, but he also didn’t want

his kids to suffer. So his wife borrows some rice from the
neighbors to make some rice snacks that Krishna liked, and
gave it to Sudama to take it to his friend. Sudama took it and
set out to Dwaraka. He was amazed at the gold that was used to
build the city. He reached the palace gates and was obstructed
by the guards, who judged him by his torn dhoti and poor
appearance.

Sudama requested the guards to at least inform Krishna that

his friend Sudama has come to meet him. The guard, although
reluctant, goes and informs the lord. On hearing that Sudama
was here, Krishna stops doing whatever he was doing and runs
barefoot to meet his childhood friend.

Krishna hugs Sudama welcomes him to his abode and treats

him with utmost love and respect. Sudama, ashamed of the
poor man’s rice snacks he got for Krishna, tries to hide it. But
the all-knowing Krishna asks Sudama for his gift and eats his
favorite rice snacks that his friend brought for him.
 Elephant And Friends The elephant wanted to save the other weak animals and went
to the tiger and said “Please sir, leave my friends alone. Do not
eat them”. The tiger didn’t listen and asked the elephant to
mind her own business. Seeing no other way to solve the
problem, the elephant kicked the tiger and scared it away.

She then went back to the others and told them what
happened. On hearing how the elephant saved their lives, the
A lone elephant wandered the forest looking for friends. She animals agreed in unison, “You are just the right size to be our
came across a monkey and asked, “Will you be my friend, friend”.
monkey?” “You are too big and cannot swing on trees as I do. So
I cannot be your friend”, said the monkey. Moral

Friends come in all shapes and sizes!

The elephant them came across a rabbit and asked him if she
could be his friend. “You are too big to fit inside my burrow. You
cannot be my friend”, replied the rabbit.

Then the elephant met a frog and asked if she could be her
friend. The frog said “You are too big and heavy. You cannot
jump like me. I am sorry, but you cannot be my friend”.

The elephant asked a fox, and he got the same reply, that he
was too big. The next day, all the animals in the forest were
running in fear. The elephant stopped a bear and asked what
was happening and was told that a tiger has been attacking all
the animals.
 The Wolf And The Shepherds The Young Crab And His Mother

One day, a young crab and his mother were on the beach,
This is one of the many Aesop’s fables that one can relate to in
spending some time together. The young crab gets up to move,
any day and age.
but it can only walk sideways. His mother scolds him for
walking sideways and asks him to walk forward by pointing his
One day a wolf was chased away from a farm for trying to steal
toes out front. The young crab responds, “I would like to walk
some of the sheep for food. Later that week, the wolf came back
forward mom, but I do not know how to”.
to the farm hoping to find some food. He peeped inside the
house and found the farmer and his family feasting on lamb
Hearing this, his mom gets up to show him how, but even she is
roast.
unable to bend her knees forward. She realizes that she was
being unfair, apologizes sheepishly, and sits back in the sand.
“Aha!”, he thought. “If I were to do the same thing that the
farmer and his family are doing now, I would be shunted and Moral
chased, or even killed for killing a weak, innocent lamb.”
Don’t condemn someone for not doing something that you
Moral yourself are unable to do.

We are quick to judge and condemn others for what they do,
but see nothing wrong in doing so ourselves.
 The Other Side Of The Wall The Dog At The Well

A young woman inherited a beautiful garden from her grandmother. She A dog and her pups lived on a farm, where there was a well. The
loved gardening too and was very proud of her garden. One day, she saw a mother dog told the pups, do not go near the well or play
very beautiful plant in a catalog and wanted that for her garden. She ordered around it. One of the pups wondered why they shouldn’t go to
it and planted it at the base of the stonewall in her backyard. She took great the well and decided to explore it. He went to the well. Climbed
care of the plant, which grew quickly and had beautiful green leaves on it. up the wall and peeked inside.

Months passed, but not a single flower bloomed on the tree. Vexed, she In there, he saw his reflection and thought it was another dog.
almost wanted to cut the tree down. At such a time, her invalid called and The pup saw that the other dog in the well (his reflection) was
said, “Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers. You have no idea how doing whatever he was doing, and got angry for imitating him.
much I enjoy looking at the blooms of the vine you have planted”. He decided to fight with the dog and jumped into the well, only
to find no dog there. He barked and barked and swam until the
Hearing this, the young girl rushes to the neighbor’s side of the wall and sees farmer came and rescued him. The pup had learned his lesson.
the most beautiful flower in bloom. All the care she took had paid off. Only
the vine crept through the crevices because of which it did not flower on her Moral

side of the wall but did generously on the other side. Always listen to what the elders say. Question them, but do not
defy them.
Moral

Just because you cannot see the good results of your efforts does not mean
that it bore no fruit.
 Controlling Anger The Wet Pants

There was once a young boy who had problem controlling his temper. When
A nine-year-old boy was sitting at his desk in class, when suddenly, his pants
he became angry, he would just say anything that came to his mind and hurt
felt wet, and there was a puddle at his feet. His heart almost skipped a beat, as
people. So his father gave him a bag of nails and a hammer and said, “Every
he got worried that his classmates would see that and make fun of him.
time you get angry, hammer one nail into the fence in our backyard”.

He quickly wanted to do something, and saw the teacher and his classmate
The first few days the boy hammered so many nails that he emptied half the
Susie walking towards him. Susie was carrying a bowl of goldfish. As they
bag. Over the weeks, the number of nails he hammered to the fence reduced
came closer, the boy thought that the teacher noticed his wet pants, and
and gradually, his temper was much in control. Then came a day when he
suddenly Susie trips and drops the fishbowl in his lap. While thanking God for
didn’t lose his temper at all. His father asked him to remove one nail each day
helping him, he pretends to get angry with Susie and yells at her.
that he manages not to lose his temper.

Everyone in the class thinks it is Susie’s fault that the boy’s pants got wet. The
Finally, on the day the child was removing the last nail, his father says, “You
teacher helps the boy change into dry clothes, and the class continues. Later
have done well, boy. But do you see the holes in the wall? The fence is never
that evening, the boy asks Susie, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” “I
going to be the same, even after repainting. Likewise, when you say mean
wet my pants once too”, whispers Susie.
things in anger, you will leave a scar in the person’s mind, as the nails did to
the fence”. Moral

Moral Each one of us goes through good days and bad days. Only those who help
you out on your bad days are your true friends.
Anger is a dangerous weapon like a knife. When you put a knife in a man and
draw it out, the wound heals but the scar remains.
 Bad Habits Good Company, Bad Company

Two parrots built a nest in a banyan tree. They lived with their
two young ones, which they took good care of. The mother and
A wealthy businessman was worried about his son’s bad habits. He sought the father parrot went out to gather food in the morning and
came back home by evening. One day, when their parents were
counsel from a wise, old man. The old man met the man’s son and took him
away, the young parrots were taken by a cruel hunter.
out for a stroll. They walked into the woods, and the old man showed the boy
a small sapling and asked him to pull it out. The boy did so with ease, and One of the birds managed to escape and flew away from the
hunter. He ended up at a hermitage and grew up listening to
they walked on. kind words and compassion. The hunter put the other parrot in
a cage, and soon it learned a few words and phrases. The
hunter and his family were crude and didn’t care much about
The old man then asked the boy to pull out a small plant. The boy did that too, kind words.
with a little effort. As they walked, the old man asked the boy to pull out the
One day, a passerby was resting outside the hunter’s hut.
bush, which he did. The next was a small tree, which the child had to struggle
Sensing someone outside, the parrot said, “Fool, why are you
a lot to pull out. Finally, the old man showed him a bigger tree and asked the here? Fool! Leave! I’ll cut your throat”. Scared, the traveler went
away, and on his journey, he reached the hermitage where the
child to pull it out. other parrot was. The parrot at the hermitage spoke, “Welcome
traveler. You are free to stay here as long as you want”.
The child failed to pull it out even after trying several times, in different ways.
Surprised, the traveler told the parrot that he encountered a
The old man looks at the boy, smiles and says, “So is the case with habits, similar parrot elsewhere and it was very cruel. How is that you
good or bad”. are so kind?” The parrot replied, “That must be my brother. I
live with the sages, and my brother lives with hunters. I learned
the sage’s language, and my brother learned the hunter’s
Moral language. The company we keep decides who we will be”.

Bad habits are hard to get rid of once they have settled in our system. It is Moral
best to get rid of them early on. Keep good company if you want to be a good person.
 The Man And The Cat A Town Mouse and A Country Mouse

One day, a man was walking by a road when he heard a cat meowing from the A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were friends. The Country
Mouse one day invited his friend to come and see him at his
bushes nearby. The cat was stuck and needed help getting out. When the man
home in the fields. The Town Mouse came and they sat down to
reached out, the cat got scared and scratched the man. The man screamed in a dinner of barleycorns and roots the latter of which had a
distinctly earthy flavour.
pain but didn’t back down. He tried again and again, even as the cat continued
to scratch his hands. The flavour was not much to the taste of the guest and
presently he broke out with “My poor dear friend, you live here
no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My
Another passerby saw this and said, “Just let it be! The cat will find a way to larder is a regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with
me and I promise you shall live on the fat of the land."
come out later”. The man didn’t pay heed but tried until he helped the cat.
Once he let the cat free, he told the other man, “The cat is an animal, and its
So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with
instincts make him scratch and attack. I am a human and my instincts make him and showed him into a larder containing flour and oatmeal
me compassionate and kind”. and figs and honey and dates.

The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it and sat
Moral down to enjoy the luxuries his friend provided. But before they
had well begun, the door of the larder opened and some one
Treat everyone around you like you want to be treated. Adhere to your own came in. The two Mice scampered off and hid themselves in a
narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole. Presently, when all
rules or ethics, not theirs.
was quiet, they ventured out again. But some one else came in,
and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor.
"Good bye," said he, "I'm off. You live in the lap of luxury, I can
see, but you are surrounded by dangers whereas at home I can
enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace."