The Foolish Monkeys (Short Story)

It was a cold and silent night. The weather was freezing. A group of monkeys were on a tree. They were clinging to its branches. One of the monkeys said, “I wish we could find some fire. It will help us to keep warm”.


Suddenly they noticed a flock of fireflies. One of the young monkeys thought it was fire.


He caught a firefly. He put it under a dry leaf and started blowing at it.


Some other monkeys also joined in his effort.


A sparrow came flying to its nest. The monkeys were sitting on the same tree. She noticed what they were doing. The sparrow laughed. She said, “Hey silly monkeys that is a firefly, not real fire”.


The sparrow continued: “I think all of you should take shelter in a cave”. The monkeys did not listen to the sparrow. They continued to blow at our poor firefly.


After some time the monkeys became very tired. Now they realized what the sparrow had said was correct.


They set free the firefly and moved to a nearby cave.

The Actual Change (Short Story)

Long ago, people happily lived under the rule of a king. The people of the kingdom were very happy as they had a very prosperous life with abundance of wealth and no misfortunes.

The king decided to go on a travel to visit places of historical importance and pilgrim centres at distant places. He decided to travel by foot to interact with his people and accompany them. People of distant places were so happy to have a conversation with their king and they were proud that their king was so kind with a good heart!

After several weeks, he returned to the palace. He was quite happy that he visited many pilgrim centres and could see his fellow people leading a propitious life. However, he had regret.

He had intolerable pain in his feet as it was his first trip by foot to longer distance. He complained to his ministers that the roads weren’t comfortable and were very stony. He could not tolerate the pain as he walked all the way through the rough path.

He said he was very much worried about the people who used to walk along those roads as it would be painful for them too!

He made an order to cover the road of the whole country with leather so that people might feel comfortable, immediately.

The king thought that he had to change this for the betterment and happiness of the people.

His ministers were stunned to hear his order as it would destroy the life of thousands of cows to get the sufficient quantity of leather and it would cost a huge amount of money also.

A wise man from the ministry came to the king and said that he had another idea.

The king asked - what was his alternative idea. The minister told, ‘Why do you want to kill the holy animal cow to cover the road with leather? Rather, you can just have a piece of leather cut in appropriate shape to cover your feet?’

The king was very much surprised by his suggestion and applauded the minister. He ordered for a pair of leather shoes for him and requested the countrymen to wear shoes.

Many of us criticize the world for many things. We curse and blame the things in our surroundings and never understand that we need a change in us. Changes are inevitable in the world, and the changes should be from us. We cannot or should not force others to make a change.

Christmas Surprise (Short Stories)

Before Christmas,  Harry, Cornelius, Monty and I were busy building a snowman when Fritz appeared with his little niece Emily and introduced her.

“Emily is from the South and has never seen snow before,” Fritz told us. “She doesn’t know much about our winters.”

It turned out Emily also didn’t know much about Christmas.”Who is Santa Claus, Waldo?” she asked me, shivering in the cold air.

“Santa Claus,” I explained, “brings presents and toys to human children at Christmas time.”

“Does he also bring presents to animal children?” Emily asked.

“Well,” I said, “he hasn’t been around this part of the forest for many years. I guess he is too busy visiting all the human children to have much time left for animals.”

“Do you think he will come if I write to him?” Emily asked.

“I don’t think so,” said Monty. “I’ve never seen him, myself.”

“Neither have I,” Harry added, shaking his head.

“You see. Santa Claus is only for human children,” Fritz said to Emily. “So forget about the whole idea. Let’s go home now before you catch a cold.”

Cocoon and the Butterfly (Short Story)

Cocoon and the Butterfly

Story:-

It is know to many of us that a delightful and bright butterfly originates from an unappealing worm! Here is the tale of a butterfly that was never ready to carry on with an existence like a butterfly!

One day, a man saw a case. He adored butterflies and had a rage for its sublime mix of hues. Actually, he used to invest a great deal of energy around butterflies. He knew how a butterfly would battle to change from a monstrous caterpillar into an excellent one.

He saw a case with modest opening. It implied that the butterfly was attempting to advance toward make the most of its reality. He chose to sit over and observe how the butterfly would leave the case. He was watching the butterfly attempting to break the shell for a few hours. He spent over 10 hours with the casing and the butterfly. The butterfly had been battling hard for quite a long time to turn out through the modest opening. Shockingly, even after nonstop endeavors for a few hours, there was no advancement. It appeared that the butterfly attempted its best and couldn't give any more attempt.

The man, who had an energy and affection for butterflies chose to assist the with butterflying. He got a couple of scissors and changed the casing to make bigger opening for the butterfly and uprooted the remaining casing. The butterfly rose with no battle!

Shockingly, the butterfly looked no more lovely and had a swollen body with little and shriveled wings.

The man was upbeat that he made the butterfly leave the case with no more battles. He kept on watching the butterfly and he was very anxious to watch the butterfly fly with its delightful wings. 

He felt that whenever, the butterfly may extend the wings, contract the body and the wings could bolster the body. Sadly, neither the wings extended or expanded nor the swollen body lessened.

Shockingly, the butterfly just crept around with wilted wings and tremendous body. It was never ready to fly every single through it life.

Despite the fact that the man did it with great goal, just experiencing the battles the butterfly would have rose like some other lovely butterflies! The persistent exertion from the butterfly to leave its cover would let the liquid put away in the body change over into wings. In this manner, the body would get to be lighter and littler and the wings would be delightful and huge.

Conclusion:

In the event that we would prefer not to experience any battle, we won't have the capacity to fly!

A Salt Merchant and his Donkey (Short Story)

A Salt Merchant and his Donkey

Story:-

One lovely spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with bags of salt to go to the market in order to sell them. The merchant and his donkey were walking along together. They had not walked far when they reached a river on the road. Both of them were feeling very tired.

One lovely spring morning, a merchant loaded his donkey with bags of salt to go to the market in order to sell them. 

There was nothing the merchant could do, except return home where he loaded his donkey with more bags of salt. As they reached the slippery riverbank, now deliberately, the donkey fell into the river and wasted all the bags of salt on its back again.

The merchant quickly revealed the donkey’s trick. He then returned home again but re-loaded his donkey with bags of sponges.

The foolish, tricky donkey again set on its way. On reaching the river he again fell into the water. But instead of the load becoming lighter, it became heavier.

Conclusion:-

The merchant laughed at him and said: “You foolish donkey, your trick had been discovered, you should know that, those who are too clever sometimes over reach themselves.”

A Hole in the Fence (Short Story)

A Hole in the Fence

Story:-

In a minor town, a tiny boy lived with his father and mother. He was the only son for them. The parents of the little boy were very depressed due to his bad temper. The boy used to get angry very soon and taunt others with his words. His bad temper made him fall for angry words. He scolded kids, neighbors and even his friends due to anger. He invited all uncertainties for his parents through the verbal usage. While he forgot what he spoke in anger, his friends and neighbors avoided him. His mother and father consoled him in many ways to give up his anger and develop kindness. Unfortunately, all their attempts failed. Finally, the boy’s father came up with an idea.

One day, his father gave him a huge bag of nails. He asked his son to hammer one nail to the fence every time he became angry and to lose his temper. The little boy found it hilarious and accepted to do what his father said.

The nails drove him to hammer in the fence for 30 times on the first day! Every time he lost his temper, he ran to the fence and hammered a nail. In the next few days, the number of nails hammered on the fence was reduced to half. The little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails and decided to control his temper. Gradually, the number of nails hammered to the fence was reduced and the day arrived when no nail was hammered! Yet, the boy did not lose his temper. He told his father that it was several days that he did not hammer any nail and he did not lose his temper!

Now, his father told him to remove the nails every day as he had controlled his anger. Several days passed and the boy was able to pull out most of the nails from the fence. However, there remained a few nails that the boy could not pull out. The boy told his father about the same. The father appreciated him and asked him pointing to the hole, ‘What do you see there?’

The boy replied, ‘a hole in the fence!’

He told the boy, “The nails were your bad temper and they were hammered on people. You can remove the nails but still see the holes in the fence. Again, you cannot pull out a few nails. The fence never look the same! It has scars all over! You can stab a man with a knife, but the wound will remain there forever. Your bad temper and anger were like that! Words are more painful than physical abuse! Use words for good. Use them to embrace the relationships. Use them to show your heart!”

Conclusion:-

Inappropriate verbal usage would cause permanent marks than physical damage!