The Foolish Guard
Once there was a king who had a monkey as his friend and pet. He loved the monkey very much, fed
him fresh fruits from the royal fruit orchards and even dressed him in finery. He, trusted the
monkey- friend very much.
One day the king decided to keep the monkey as his personal guard so that he could have the
monkey with him all the time. The king then took the monkey everywhere from the battleground to
the court and every time he travelled out of the kingdom.
Now the monkey loved the king with the same intensity and was very proud and happy at having
been appointed as the king’s personal guard. He had decided to carry out his duty with utmost
devotion.
The king kept the monkey with him all the time so when the king slept the monkey would guard the
bed-chamber. He would see that no one disturbed the king when he slept and used to fan the king
as he slept.
As is known, the royal bed-chamber is bedecked with flower-pots and various perfumes and
fragrances waft through its environs. Attracted by these a bee once buzzed in through an open
window as the king took his afternoon nap. As usual, the monkey sat by the king’s bed fanning him.
When the monkey spotted the bee, he tried to chase it away by using his fan. But the bee lingered
on buzzing around the king’s face. When after continuous efforts the bee did not leave, the monkey
was angered. Just then the bee settled itself on the king’s forehead. Angry as he was and in his
devoted zeal to protect the king, the monkey drew out the king’s sword that lay on the table. He
promptly lifted the sword and struck at the bee on the king’s forehead. Alas 1 the obvious impact
split the king’s head in two and brought the king’s end.
🔥Moral
One should not make friends with a fool.
or
Sensible foes are better than foolish.
STORY OF THE DAY 🌹
✨The Elephant Rope (Belief)
Sometimes an inspiring story helps us find out the strength within us. An inspiring story helps you
inspire yourself and motivate yourself. It also helps find out what you can do and what you cannot.
There are hundreds you may have read in your life. But how many of them actually made changes in
your mind is a question.
Here are some inspiring short stories that not only gives a powerful lesson, but can also be helpful to
learn about some unknown truths about life.
A gentleman was walking through an elephant camp, and he spotted that the elephants weren’t
being kept in cages or held by the use of chains.
All that was holding them back from escaping the camp, was a small piece of rope tied to one of
their legs.
As the man gazed upon the elephants, he was completely confused as to why the elephants didn’t
just use their strength to break the rope and escape the camp. They could easily have done so, but
instead, they didn’t try to at all.
Curious and wanting to know the answer, he asked a trainer nearby why the elephants were just
standing there and never tried to escape.
The trainer replied;
“when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age,
it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away.
They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”
The only reason that the elephants weren’t breaking free and escaping from the camp was that over
time they adopted the belief that it just wasn’t possible.
Moral: No matter how much the world tries to hold you back, always continue with the belief that
what you want to achieve is possible. Believing you can become successful is the most important
step in actually achieving it.
*Having a Best Friend*
A story tells that two friends were walking through the 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 anything, wrote in the sand “Today my best
friend slapped me in the face”.
They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had
been 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 friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the
sand and now, you write on a stone, why?” The other friend replied “When someone hurts us we
should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does
something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
Moral: Do not value the things you have in your life. But value who you have in your life.
