Moral Story: part-2

Story 5

There was once a rich gentleman who liked fine horses more than all other things. He liked to spend his time with his horses and he was always ready to spend his money on more horses.

One day a seller of horses came to him and showed him a horse. The horse was a most beautiful animal; its skin was brown and soft, and its legs were long and thin. As soon as he saw the horses, the gentleman liked it and wanted to buy it. However, he first got on its back and then rode around they yard of his house. He found that the horse was strong and fast and yet easy to ride. “What a beautiful and gentle horse!” he thought. “I must have it for myself.” “What’s the price of your horse?” he asked the stranger. “Two thousand and fifty pounds,” was the reply. “That’s too much”, the gentleman said. “I can’t pay two thousand and fifty pounds for a horse. The price is too dear.”

“I’m sorry, sir,“ said the owner of the horse. “But I can’t sell this fine horse for less than that money.” After this, the man turned his back and began to lead the horse away. “Stop!” shouted the gentleman. “Don’t be in such a hurry. Perhaps we can find a price that will satisfy both of us.”

Story 6

Everyday a lion went hunting and brought home enough food. One day, however, he could not find any animal to kill. In the evening, as he was returning home, he found a baby jackal. He picked it up and took it to the lioness.

“This little jackal is the only food I could find for you today,” said the lion. “Kill him and eat him. I did not kill him because he is only a baby.”

“My dear,” replied the lioness, “If you did not like to kill him because he is only a baby, how do you think I can kill him? I am the mother of two babies that are just like him. No, I shall do him no harm. He shall be my third son.” So the lioness looked after the baby jackal. He lived with her two cubs and the three babies all grew up together. The three little animals were always together. They ran about and played together. Sometimes they had little adventures together. They would go into the forest and chase any wild animals they saw.   

One day a wild elephant came walking through the forest. The two lion cubs saw the elephant and followed him. They wanted to kill the elephant. But their brother, the young jackal was frightened. “That is an elephant,” cried the jackal. “Don’t go near him. He will kill you!” and the young jackal ran away. Seeing their brother running away, the two lion cubs lost courage and ran home.

Story 7

Long ago, there lived a very poor farmer in china. He had a plot of land. One day he sold it to another farmer who had saved some money. The new owner began to plough the land. Suddenly he found a heap of gold buried in the earth. The farmer could have taken all the gold. By taking this gold he could have been a rich man. But he thought, “I have bought only the plot of the land but not the gold hidden in it. This belongs to the former owner of the land. I can’t take this gold.” Then the farmer went to the farmer from whom he had bought the land. “Look,” said he, “I have found some gold buried in the earth. Take the gold. It is yours.”

“No, the gold is yours” said the other, “I sold the land with all that was in it. The gold is not mine. I can’t take it.”

Both of them were honest. None wanted to take the gold. Many people heard of it. But they could not settle it. At last they went to the headman of the village. The headman heard everything. It was surprising. He could not think out any solution. He thought and thought and at last he found out a solution. Then the headman said that both of them were noble and asked if they had any children. The farmers told him that one had a son and the other had a daughter.   

The headman said that the son of one of the good men should merry the daughter of the other and the gold should be presented to the couple. This was done. All of them were happy.

Story 8

There were two blind men in Rome. They lived by begging. They sat by the street and asked for alms. One cried, “God alone can help a man.” The other cried saying, “The King alone can help a man.” When somebody gave them a coin, the first would say, “May God bless you.” The second said, “May the King be pleased with you.”

One day while the king was going along the street he heard them saying so. The king was pleased with the second blind man and wanted to help him. Back to the palace, the king called one of his servants. He then handed over a bread filled with gold coins to the servant and said, “Go down his road. You will find a blind man shouting- “The king can alone help a man. Make over the bread to him and say, “The king has sent it for you.”

The servant went out to find out the blind man. After walking a few steps he saw the blind man. He made over the bread to him and said, “O blind man, here is a bread for you from the king, you may eat it,” said the servant and left the place. The blind man felt the bread too heavy and thought it had not been properly baked. He sold it to the first blind man. The first blind man went back home and cut the bread into pieces. He got the gold coins. “Oh god, how merciful you are!” he uttered in joy. He stopped begging from that day. The second blind man went on begging as usual. As the king again passed by the road, he found the blind man still begging. The king thought, “I sent him gold coins. Still this blind man is going on begging. What happened to him?” The king came to the blind man and asked, “What have you done with the bread that I sent you a few days ago?”

“Your majesty,” said the blind man. “I have sold it to my fellow blind man. I thought it had not been properly baked.”

“From this,” said the king, “take lesson that God alone can help a man and not the king.”