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  The Three Men and a Family It was a sunny day. Three old men with long white beard were wandering on the road. They saw a beautiful little house and decided to enter the house. The old men knocked the door. A lady opened the door. The old men asked whether they have all members of the family. The lady replied, 'Me and my mother-in-law are here. My husband and children will be back to home in the evening. Please let me know how can I help you?' The old men told her, 'then we will wait until all members of your family return home.' The lady replied, 'but you look so tired and weak. I will bring you some food. You may have some rest.' They said no and 'no problem dear. We are not hungry and we don't need anything. We shall wait till evening.' All three men were sitting under a tree and relaxing. Children reached home after school and the old men talked to them. It was almost 6 pm and the lady again requested the three men to have some drink at least. ...

 In the Moonlight HE picked a buttercup, and held it up to her chin. "Do you like butter?" he asked. "Butter!" she exclaimed. "They are not made into butter. They are made into crowns for the Queen; she has a new one every morning." "I'll make you a crown," he said. "You shall wear it to-night." " But where will my throne be ?" she asked. "It shall be on the middle step of the stile by the corn-field." So when the moon rose I went out to see. He wore a red jacket and his cap with the feather in it. Round her head there was a wreath of buttercups; it was not much like a crown. On one side of the wreath there were some daisies, and on the other was a little bunch of blackberryblossom. "Come and dance in the moonlight," he said ; so she climbed up and over the stile, and stood in the corn-field holding out her two hands to him. He took them in his, and then they danced round and round all down the pathway,...

  Writing a Book "LET us write a book," they said; "but what shall it be about ?" "A fairy story," said the elder sister. " A book about kings and queens," said the other. "Oh, no," said the brother, "let's write about animals." "We will write about them all," they cried together. So they put the paper, and pens, and ink ready. The elder sister took up a fairy story and looked at it, and put it down again. "I have never known any fairies," she said, "except in books; but, of course, it would not do to put one book inside another anyone could do that." "I shall not begin to-day," the little one said, "for I must know a few kings and queens before I write about them, or I may say something foolish." "I shall write about the pig, and the pony, and the white rabbit," said the brother; "but first I must think a bit. It would never do to write a book without thinki...

  The Proud Boy THERE was once a very proud boy. He always walked through the village with his eyes turned down and his hands in his pockets. The boys used to stare at him, and say nothing; and when he was out of sight, they breathed freely. So the proud boy was lonely, and would have had no friends out of doors if it had not been for two stray dogs, the green trees, and a flock of geese upon the common. One day, just by the weaver's cottage, he met the tailor's son. Now the tailor's son made more noise than any other boy in the village, and when he had done anything wrong he stuck to it, and said he didn't care; so the neighbours thought that he was very brave, and would do wonders when he came to be a man, and some of them hoped he would be a great traveller, and stay long in distant lands. When the tailor's son saw the proud boy he danced in front of him, and made faces, and provoked him sorely, until, at last, the proud boy turned round and suddenly boxed the ea...

  The Broken Horse Tina was a 6 years old cute girl. She is very fond of wooden toys, especially she had a beautiful wood horse gifted by her uncle when she was 2 years old. The wooden horse has been her close pal and her pet. She has a 9 years old brother. She went on a vacation to a nature resort in the woods with her family. She carried the wooden horse with her. She enjoyed her holiday with her family in the woods. While she was packing things with her brother as they planned to return home, the wooden horse fallen down and one of the legs were broken. Tina was too sad and silently cried for her horse. She was very upset. They packed all things and left the woods. Entire family tried to cheer up the sweet little girl, but Tina was so silent, very upset. Tina's brother tried to console her a lot. They had a break for lunch and Tina refused to eat. Her momma requested her to eat food, she ate a very little amount of food. While others were eating, she sat quietly in their car. He...

  A Share in the Reward There was a beautiful town. The town was led by a friendly and generous man, who is the richest person in the town. He was so generous that he always helped people and fulfilled their needs. The rich man was happy that he was gifted with a son. He was married before 10 years and did not have a child for so many years. In order to celebrate the birth of his child, he arranged for a massive feast to all the people in the town. He appointed famous cooks from various parts of the country and ordered them to serve more than 100 varieties of foods to the villagers. The cooks and their assistants started cooking the feast. While they managed to have majority of foods, they weren't able to get fish, a special delicacy. The rich man, on knowing this, announced to the people that he would reward enormously to the person who brings him the fish to complete the feast. The announcement was made all over the town and many villagers tried hard to get fish. While most of th...

  Do you know? 1. The human brain is more active at night than during the day. 2. The lifespan of a human hair is 3 to 7 years on average. 3. The acid in human stomach is strong enough to dissolve zinc. 4. Men get hiccups more often than women. 5. After eating too much, human hearing is less sharp. 6. Every human has a unique smell, unique fingerprint and unique tongue print. 7. All babies are color blind at birth, they see only black and white. 8. A human baby has over 60 more bones than an adult. 9. In human tongue, taste buds are replaced every 10 days. 10. The human brain uses 20% of the entire bodys oxygen. உங்களுக்குத் தெரியுமா? 1. மனித மூளை பகலைவிட இரவு நேரங்களில் அதிக சுறுசுறுப்பாக இருக்கும்.  2. ஒரு மனித தலைமுடியின் ஆயுட்காலம் சராசரியாக 3 முதல் 7 ஆண்டுகள் ஆகும்.  3. மனித வயிற்றில் இருக்கும் அமிலம் துத்தநாகத்தை கரைக்கும் அளவுக்கு வலிமை கொண்டது.  4. பெண்களைவிட ஆண்களுக்கு அடிக்கடி விக்கல்கள் வரும்.  5. அதிகமாக சாப்பிட்ட பிறகுஇ மனிதர்களின் கேட்டல் திறன் குற...

  The Three Different Fishes Three fishes lived together in a lake. Although the three were together, all of them are very unique. They had contrasting characters and argue over small things. Still, they were happy. The three were grownup into a bigger fishes. The first fish always dwell in past and very lazy. The fish doesn't believe in preparing for the future. If you can find something that is quite opposite to the phrase, 'Prevention is better than cure' it could be the first fish! The second fish lives for the present. It is a little bit wise and tends to make some good decisions in the last minute. The third fish is an intelligent one. It usually thinks a lot, make the decision wisely and always carry smart and interesting ideas, suggestions and plans to live happily and safely. One day, as the three were playing in the lake, the third fish heard two fishermen talking about fishing. The fish called the other two fishes to hear what they speak. The first man told, ...

  The Bicycle Mike was an 11 years old boy. He was the only son to his parent. His father worked as a carpenter and his mother was a home maker. Although Mike's family wasn't a rich one, they lead a happy life. Mike's school was located a mile away from his home. Mike's birthday was coming up in a week. He requested his father to buy him a bicycle, so that he can go to school in cycle and not by walk and depend on his father to drop him at school. His father also promised him to buy a bicycle so that he need not walk to school anymore. Mike felt so happy. The birthday boy woke up happily with his mother and father wishing him with all smiles on his birthday. Mike was feeling very happy and expects that his father would gift him the bicycle. He had a beautiful gift wrapped nicely in his father's hand and surprised. The father gifted him the parcel and Mike saw a set of books as the birthday gift from his father. Although he was a little unhappy as he did not receive ...

  Golden Windows Little Molly lived in a small beautiful town. Her tiny house is constructed on the banks of a beautiful river, near the mountain. She was the only daughter for her parent. Although they weren't very rich, they lived happily. Her house was surrounded by huge trees and beautiful plants. It was a single bedded house, made of woods. Molly did not like her house very much. She felt that the house was too small and not very neat. Little molly was very fond of the mountain. The steep and sloppy mountain had a beautiful but abandoned castle like home with golden windows. Yes, she liked the home on top of the mountain because of the glittering golden windows. The windows sparkled and glazed so beautifully that little Molly was completely mesmerized. She went crazy for that the glittering golden windows and she started to hate her home more. However, little Molly was so sweet and she understood the struggles her family undergoing. So she accepted everything silently. Still h...

  The Most Beautiful Heart One day, in a heavily crowded place, a young man began shouting. "People, look at me. I have the most beautiful heart in the world." Many people looked at him and were stunned to see his beautiful heart in a perfect shape, without any flaw. It looked quite amazing. Most of the people who saw his heart were mesmerized by the beauty of his heart, and praised him. However, there came an old man who challenged the young man, "No my son, I have got the most beautiful heart in the world!" The young man asked him, "Show me your heart, then!" The old man showed his heart to him. It was very rough, uneven, and had scars all over. In addition, the heart was not in shape; it appeared like bits and pieces joined in various colours. There were some rough edges; some parts were removed, and fitted with other pieces. The young man started laughing, and said, "My dear old man, are you mad? See, my heart! How beautiful and flawless it is. Yo...

  Real Solution to Problems A group of employees was working in a software company. It was a team of 30 employees. This was a young, energetic and dynamic team with keen enthusiasm and desire to learn and grow. The management decided to teach the employees about finding real solution to the problems. The team was called to play a game in a banquet hall. The group was quite surprised as they were called for playing game. All reached the venue holding various thoughts. As they entered the hall, they found the hall decorated beautifully with colourful decorative papers and balloons all over the place. It was more like a kid's play area, than a corporate meeting hall. Everyone was surprised and gazed at each other. Also, there was a huge box of balloons placed at the centre of the hall. The team leader asked everyone to pick a balloon from the box and asked them to blow it. Every one happily picked a balloon and blew it. Then the team leader asked them to write their names on their bal...

  Lesson Learned One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.  On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”  “It was great, Dad.”  “Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked.  “Oh yeah,” said the son.  “So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.  The son answered: “I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.  “We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.  “We have servants who serve us, but they serve ot...

  Unhelpful Friends A rabbit lived in the forest. He had many friends. He was proud of his friends. One day rabbit heard the loud barking of wild dogs. He was very scared. He decided to ask for help. He quickly went to his friend deer. He said, "Dear friend, some wild dogs are chasing me. Can you chase them away with your sharp antlers?' The deer said, "That is right, I can. But now I am busy. Why don't you ask bear for help?" Rabbit ran to the bear. "My dear friend, you are very strong. Please help me. Some wild dogs are after me. Please chase them away", he requested to the bear. The bear replied, "I am sorry. I am hungry and tired. Please ask the monkey for help". Poor rabbit went to the monkey, the elephant, the goat and all his other friends felt sad that nobody was ready to help him. He understood that he had to think of a way out by himself. He hid under a bush. He lay very still. The wild dogs did not find the rabbit. They went chasing...

  A Square shaped Watermelon Once Emperor Akbar became very angry at Birbal. He asked Birbal to leave the kingdom and go away. Accepting the command of the Emperor, Birbal left the kingdom and started working in a farmer's farm in an unknown village. As months passed, Akbar was struggling to solve many issues in the empire without Birbal's advice. So Akbar sent his soldiers to find Birbal, but they failed to find him. Akbar finally found a trick. He sent a message to the head of every village to send square shaped watermelon to the empire. This message also reached Birbal, who lived in one of the villages. The people of the village got together. All started talking about what to do now? Birbal who was sitting among the villagers said, "I will bring the watermelon'. Everyone trusted Birbal and agreed to give him a chance. Birbal went back to the farm and made a square shaped box. He had planted watermelons on his farm. He selected a small watermelon and without cutting ...

  The Peacock's Talent A peacock lived in a forest. It is so proud of its beauty. One day a rabbit came to that forest and the peacock boasted about its beauty to the rabbit. For that rabbit said, Friend! Humans should come to see your beautiful dance. But see that cuckoo. It fly everyday to the area, where humans reside and make them happy by its singing. Humans become happy by listening to its beautiful voice. Cuckoo is the wonderful creation of God. On hearing this, peacock got furious and went to humans residing area. It started to sing like cuckoo. But due to its horrific sound, humans beaten the peacock. It was frightened and ran into the forest. Moral: Don't Compare yourself with others. மயில் செய்த காரியம் காட்டில் ஒரு மயில் வசித்து வந்தது. அந்த மயிலுக்கு தன் அழகை எண்ணி அதிக பெருமை. ஒரு நாள் அந்த காட்டிற்கு முயல் ஒன்று வந்தது, அதனிடம் தன் தோகையை காட்டி பெருமைப்பட்டுக் கொண்டது மயில். அதற்கு முயலோ, நண்பனே! நீ உன் தோகை விரித்து ஆடுவதை பார்க்க மனிதர்கள் உன்னை தேடி வர வேண்டு...

  The Four Friends Four friends live in a village which has been struck by famine. Three of them are extremely clever and learned and consider their friend Shivanand a lazy but practical fool. The four decide to go a place called Manasa, which is considered an asylum for scholars. On their way they have to pass through a forest. There they come across bones of a lion. Satyanand decides to show his knowledge by recreating the lion’s skeleton. The other friend reconstructs the lion’s muscles and structure. Vidyanand then wants to show his superior powers by breathing life into the lion. Shivanand tries to stop them and warns them of the consequences of their plans. But they do not stop. Shivanand climbs a tree before Vidyanand foolishly proceeds with his plans. The lion comes to life and devours the three learned fools. Shivanand’s practical nature saves him.      Moral: It is better to be practical than learned.

   Information Please When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box.  I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother used to talk to it. Then discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an amazing person – her name was “Information Please” and there was nothing she did not know.  “Information Please” could supply any body’s number and the correct time.  My first personal experience with this genie_in_the_bottle came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. Amusing myself at the tool bench in the basement, I whacked my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there didn’t seem to be any reason in crying because there was no one home to give sympathy. I walked around the house sucking my throbbing finger, finally arriving at the stairway....

  The False Human Belief As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime can break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.   He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “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 man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.  Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we c...

  Controlling Temper There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the fence.  The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.  The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said “you have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar jus...

  Struggles of our Life Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed. Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire.  Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot and ground coffee beans in the third pot. He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing. After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.  Turning to her, he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?” “Potatoes, eggs and coffee,” she hastily repli...

   Blind Love There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she’s blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He’s always there for her.  She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend. One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she can see everything, including her boyfriend.   Her boyfriend asked her, “now that you can see the world, will you marry me?” The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend is blind too, and refused to marry him.  Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying –    “Just take care of my eyes dear”.

 How long can you keep hatred in your heart A kindergarten teacher had decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates. So the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.  So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes, some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the potatoes in the plastic bag with them wherever they go for 1 week. Days after days passed, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After 1 week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.  The teacher asked: “How did you feel while carrying the p...

  Little Boys Love for his Family I was walking around in a Big Bazar store making shopping, when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn’t have been more than 5 or 6 years old. The Cashier said, I’m sorry, but you don’t have enough money to buy this doll. Then the little boy turned to me and asked, Uncle, are you sure I don’t have enough money?  I counted his cash and replied, You know that you don’t have enough money to buy the doll, my dear. The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. It’s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much . I wanted to Gift her for her Birthday. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. His eyes were so sad while saying this.  My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister...

  Until Death do us Apart When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly.  She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!  With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman wh...

  Think Before You Judge A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes and went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy’s father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor.  On seeing him, the father yelled, “Why did you take all this time to come? Don’t you know that my son’s life is in danger? Don’t you have any sense of responsibility?”  The doctor smiled and said, “I am sorry, I wasn’t in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after receiving the call and now, I wish you’d calm down so that I can do my work”.  “Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies while waiting for doctor than what will you do??” said the father angrily. The doctor smiled again and replied, “We will do our best by God’s grace and you should also pray for your son’s healthy life”.  “Giving advises when we’re not concerned is so easy” Mur...

  The Man and The Little Cat One day, an old man was having a stroll in the forest when he suddenly saw a little cat stuck in a hole. The poor animal was struggling to get out. So, he gave him his hand to get him out. But the cat scratched his hand with fear. The man pulled his hand screaming with pain. But he did not stop; he tried to give a hand to the cat again and again..  Another man was watching the scene, screamed with surprise, “For god sakes! Stop helping this cat! He’s going to get himself out of there”.  The other man did not care about him , he just continued saving that animal until he finally succeeded, And then he walked to that man and said , “Son, it is cat’s Instincts that makes him scratch and to hurt, and it is my job to love and care”.  Moral: Treat everyone around you with your ethics, not with theirs. Treat the people the way you want to be treated by them.

  The Poor Man's Wealth Ramchand and Premchand were neighbors. Ramchand was a poor farmer. Premchand was a rich person. Ramchand used to be very happy. He never bothered to close the doors and windows of his house during night time. Although he had no money, he was peaceful. Premchand used to be very tense always. He was very keen to close the doors and windows of his house at night. He could not sleep well. He was always bothered that someone might break open his safes and steal away his money. He envied the peaceful Ramchand. One day, Premchand call Ramchand and gave him a boxful of cash and says, "Look my dear friend. I am blessed with plenty of wealth. I find you in poverty. So, take this cash and live in prosperity". Ramchand was overwhelmingly happy. He was joyful throughout the day. Night came. Ramchand went to bed as usual. But, today, he could not sleep. He went and closed the doors and windows. He still could not sleep. He began to keep on looking at the box of ...

  World is a Mirror Once there was a museum in which there was a room which was made of mirrors. Its wall, roof and even floor was made of mirrors. The guardian of the museum forgets to lock the rear door of the museum that leads to the glass room. A dog was moving near that museum and by mistake entered that room. When dog was in middle of room and saw its own reflection and thought of it as that a whole pack of dogs were surrounding him from all sides. Seeing this dog got scared and started to bark at reflections. Dog could see all the reflections barking at him in same way and because of mirror's dog echo back after hitting at mirrors and got magnified. Next morning, when museum guard entered the hall, there he found lifeless body of dog. There was no one to harm that dog but yet it died fighting its own reflections. Moral: Everything around us is reflection of our own thoughts, feelings and actions. World acts like a big mirror. So always try to be positive and good to others. ...