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  Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who had four sons. All of them were very lazy. One day the old man fell sick and was counting his last days on bed. He worried a lot about the future of his sons. The old man's health deteriorated every day and he decided to talk to his sons about their future. However, his sons did not listen to him. Finally the old man decided to play a trick to let his sons realized the importance of work. He called all his sons and let them sit near him on his bed. He said that he had a treasure box with gold coins and expensive gems for them and wanted to share the treasure equally among the four of them. The young men were very glad and asked where his father placed the treasure. The old man replied that he could not exactly remember the place. Even through the lazy young men were happy, they were sad that the old man forgot the place. After a few days the old man died. The son decided to dig the land to find the treasure box. They worked very hard ...

Once upon a time, there was a huge tree with a broad trunk and innumerable branches right in the middle of a dry land. The tree gave rest and shelter to hundred and thousand of travelers. Being located near four towns and many villages the tree was an ideal meeting point for travelers. One day two travelers reach the tree after a long time of walking. Their destination was one of the town nearby. It was a hot and sunny day and the travelers were very happy to take rest under tree. Exhausted, they slumped under the tree. They slept for a while, enjoying the cool shade and the soft breeze. After a while one of the travelers got hungry. They had no food to eat. The hungry traveler looked up on the tree to see if there was any fruit. Finding none he began to curse the tree. "Oh, this is just useless tree and it has nothing to feed us not even a fruit. It is of no use". The other traveler comforted him and asked him to remain cool. However the hungry man continued to curse the tre...

Once upon a time there lived a generous and kind- hearted king. But the people were not happy with their king because the king was very lazy and would not do anything other than eating and sleeping. He spent days and weeks and months in his bed either eating something or sleeping. The king become a potato couch and people started to worry about the king. One day the king realized that he could not even move his body, not even foot. He became very fat and his enemies made fun on him, calling him "fatty king", "bulky king" etc. The king invited expert doctors from various part of his kingdom and offered them generous reward to make him fit. Unfortunately none of them could help the king to gain his health and fitness. The king spent too much money but everything went in vain. One fine morning, a gentleman visited the kingdom. He heard about the illness of the king. He also said the minister at the palace that he could easily cure the king. Hearing this promising word ...

There is a proud teak tree in the forest. He was tall and strong. There was a small herb next to the tree. The teak tree said," I am very handsome and strong. No one can defeat me". Hearing this the herb replied, " Dear friend, too much pride is harmful. Even the strong will fall one day". The teak ignored the herb's word. He continued to praise himself. A strong wind blew, the teak stood firmly. At the time of rain the teak tree could stand strongly by spreading it's leaves. During these time the herb bowed low. As usual the teak did not want to bow. The storm kept growing stronger. The teak could no longer bear it. He felt his strength giving way. He tried his best to stand upright, but in the end he fell down. That was the end of proud tree. When everything was calm again, the herb stood straight. He looked around. He saw that the proud teak had fallen. So we can learned from this story that pride goes before a fall.

  Nick was a ten years old boy. He was the only son of his parents. Nick's father was a very rich and busy businessman who could not spend time with his son. He came home after Nick slept and was off to office before nick awake in the morning. Nick yearned for attention of his father. He wanted to go outdoors and play with his father just like his friends did. One day nick was surprised to see his father at home in the evening. "Dad it is a big surprised to see you at home," Nick said. " Yes son, my meeting was cancelled. So I am at home. But after two hours I have to catch a flight." his father replied. Nick asked that when his father would be back. His father replied that the next day at noon. Nick was in deep thought for a while and asked, " Dad, how much do you earn in a year?"  Nick's father replied that it was a big amount and he (Nick) could not able to understand it. " Okay dad, are you happy with the amount you earn?" Nick asked....

 Sam and tom were identical twins. They were so identical that even their mother found it difficult to distinguish one from the other at least during their initial days on earth. However they were very different from each other when it came to everything other than their appearance. Sam had no friend, while Tom had many friends. Sam loved sweet but Tom loved spicy food. Sam was mommy's pet and Tom was daddy's pet. While Sam was generous an selfless, Tom was greedy and selfish. As Sam and Tom grew up, their father wanted to share his fortune equally between them. However, Tom did not agree and argued that whoever proved to be more intelligent and strong would have to get a bigger share of the wealth. Sam agreed. Their father decided to organized a competition between the two. He asked the two sons to walk as long as they could and return home before sunset. The wealth would be divided in proportion to the distance covered. As a rule of the competition, they were not permitted to...

  Once upon a time there lived a farmer in a village, beside a forest. He had a big garden that had an old apple tree and other plants, trees and beautiful flowers. When the farmer is a little boy he spent his time by playing with the apple tree. Those days, the apple tree had given the choicest of apples to him. However, as time passed the apple tree became old and stopped bearing fruits. Then the farmer was not getting any apples from the tree, he think that the tree was useless. Therefore, he decided to cut the tree and use it's wood to make some new furniture. He forgot that, he had spent his childhood climbing the tree and eating it's apple. Now the apple tree was home to several little animals in the neighborhood. This included squirrels, sparrows and a huge variety of birds and insects. When the farmer took his axe and started chopping the tree, all the little animals came rushing down. They all began to plead with the farmer. they gathered round the farmer and said, ...