The wise prince

 A  long  time  ago  three  kings  were  travelling  to  a  distant  land.   As  it  was  a  long  way  from  their  kingdoms,  they  took  a  shortcut.  On   their  way  they  saw  an  uninhabited  land.  The  kings  thought  it  was  a  good  place  for  people  to  live,   so  they  thought  of  developing  it  into  a  city.  After  they  finished  their  work  they  brought  people  from  their  kingdom  to  that  land  and  built  great  mansions,  buildings,  schools,  universities, etc. They   built   the  city  beautifully  and  it  was adored  by  everyone.  But   the   only  thing  missing  was  proper  security  .  

A   cruel   king  heard  of  it  and  planned  to  attack  the  city.  As  the  security  was  not  proper  the  king  attacked  it  easily  and  looted  all  its  riches,  destroyed  all  the wonderful  things  in  it  and  it  became uninhabitable again. The  kings  could not rescue their new  city  and  they  could  not  help  much  as  they  had  spent  more  than  three – fourths  of  their  treasure in building the city.  They  donated some of the left over treasure  to  the  citizens  and  helped them build  small  huts as they could not afford great  mansions like  before.  There  were  no  great  buildings,  towers  or  anything  except  small  dirty  huts  and  hungry  people.  

After  twenty  years  the  three  princes  of  the  kings  came  to  the  city  which  actually  was  like  a  poor  village.  The  first  prince  couldn’t  stand  to  see  such  poverty.  He  gave  away  all  his  valuable  jewels  and  gold.  The  second  prince  also  couldn’t  stand  to  see  such  poverty  and  gave  away  all  his  food  and  drink.  The  third  prince  thought  for  a  while  and  just  rode  away  on  his  horse.  The  other  two  princes  said  ‘ Hey  look  at  him. He  lacks  decency  and  generosity. What  a  shame  for  a  prince!’  they  said.  After  four  hours  they  saw  the  prince  riding  back  towards  the  village  with  a  large  wagon. The  wagon  contained  farming  implements,  tools  and  sacks  of  seeds.  He  gave  it  to  all  the  citizens.  

After  two  years,  the  princes  saw  that  the  village  was  developing  into  a  town.  All  the  small  huts  became  normal  sized  houses  and  some  buildings  were  built.  The  two  princes  who  commented  about  the  other  prince  realized  that  they  had  just  helped  the  citizen  so  that  they  can  feel  better  about  themselves  whereas  the  other  prince  really  worried  about  the  people   and  had  given  them  a  permanent  solution  out  of  poverty.  The  jewels,  gold,  food  and  drink  could  help  the  people  temporarily  whereas  the  farming  tools  could  help  them  to  get  out  of  poverty  permanently.

The Farmer and his Good Friends

               

Once   a  farmer  called  Ram   lived  in  a  small  village.  He  was  very   kind – hearted.  Many  animals  lived  in  his  farm.  They  also  helped  him  to grow   crops. Like  the  hen  killed  all  the  worms  which   destroyed  the  crops,  the  owls  which  killed   the  mice  and   other  night  animals,   the  kites  killed  the  small  animals  which  made   burrows  and  holes  in  Ram ‘ s  fields.  

One  day  a  baby  snake  came  to  his  field.  “ Kill  that  snake,  It’s very  poisonous”  shouted  all  the  workers. But  Ram  was  a  very   kind  person.  He stopped  the  workers  and  took   it   to  a  corner  and  made  a  burrow  for  the  snake.  He  also  made  a  path near  his  field  because  he  thought  it  may  kill  the  mice  living  there. He  also  took  nice  care  of  it. But  the  snake  grew  up  to  be  cruel. Instead  of  killing  mice  it  killed  the  other  animals  that  helped  Ram.  Ram  also came  to  know  about  the  snake  but  he  didn’t  do   anything.  But  the  snake  was  scared  only  of  a  long  stick  Ram  carried. 

One  day  a  kite  was  perched  on  a  broken  branch  near  the  snake’s  burrow.  He saw  the  kite  and  jumped  on  it  and  wrapped  himself  around  the  kite.  All  the  animals  tried  to  pull  the  kite  but  the  snake  had  wrapped  himself  tightly  around  the  kite.  Suddenly  the  snake  saw  Ram  with  the  long  stick  and  let  go  of  the  kite.  The   kite  was  relieved.  But  the  snake  didn’t  give  up  so  easily.  This  time   he  planned  to  attack  Ram  and  his  family  but  he  never  got  an  opportunity  because  Ram  always  used  to  carry  the  long  stick  with  him.  

One day, Ram  and his  family were  returning  from  the  market.  This  time  Ram  wasn’t  carrying  the  stick  so  the snake  jumped  at  Ram’s  foot  to  bite  him.  The  kite  whom  Ram  had  saved  picked  the  snake  and  threw  him  far  from  the  farm.  Ram  was  very  happy  and  so  were  the  other  animals.  The  whole  farm  rejoiced  again.

THE STORY OF MR.SMITH

Mr.Smith was a rich person. His wife wanted him to work but he always refused, as he had fallen in bad company. One day he was going to his friend’s house. Thunder, struck! There was a flash and he saw a staircase that led him down the earth. Before he could walk down the steps, lightning struck again and spoke,

 “Dear Smith, walk down this staircase and follow the instructions.”

There were instructions written on the walls. On the last wall it was written as,

“Wear this watch”

He wore the watch which was kept on a table nearby. As he wore the watch it got stuck to his hand and he could not remove it. Suddenly the table said,

”This is a magical watch and no one can remove it. And you can transform into any alien. You will get special powers to help people. Use it wisely.”

 And thus began the adventures of Mr.Smith.

The man and the maid.

Once upon a time, there was an Indian who traveled to a far island. He wanted to go to his sister’s house. She had a maid who was very cunning. When he reached, and knocked the door, the maid opened it. She saw the Indian and thought,

 ‘‘I will trick him” and said, “those who enter here should pay us $100.”

“Oh? Ok, take it” he said and gave her $100.

When he entered he said,

“My bags are outside. Can you bring it in for me?”

“Oh sure”,   she said.

When she went out, the man shut the door. When the maid told him to open the door, he said ,

 “$100 please.”

She had to pay the money.

Thus he trapped the maid in her own trick!!