Neela the naughty little princess
Once in a small kingdom name Mayil, there lived a little naughty princess Neela. She is fond of making pranks and laughing at others. The King loved decorative water fountains and there were lot of beautiful water fountains constructed in the palace and palace garden. Neela used to play splashing water from the fountain. Neela's mother, the queen advised her not to play in the fountain.
One day she was splashing water from the fountain in the hall. Her mother noticed her and said,
"Neela! How many times I have to tell you? Stop doing that!""Why mom? I love splashing water from the fountain, it's so exciting!" Neela replied."If you want to splash, go and play in the water fountains at the palace garden. Not in the hall, the water spills may not be visible on the marble flooring. Some one can trip on it and get injured!""I understand mom! I will play in the garden!The queen said, "Now, go get a washcloth and wipe the spilled water from here! Then you can go play in the garden!" and she walked towards the king's room.
Neela did not clean up the water spill. She sat in the sofa silently to watch if someone will walk on the water spill.There was an elderly woman who worked as a maid in the palace. Accidentally she tripped on the spilled water and fell down on the floor. Hearing the noise, the queen came out, and asked the maid, "What happened?"" I slipped and fell down on the wet floor. I am afraid I need some help to get up, my legs are paining", the maid replied. The queen called the palace doctor. He checked the elderly maid and told the queen that the maid has a severe sprain in her leg due to the fall. The queen became angry at Neela and warned her again not to splash water from the fountain. Neela did not seem to regret her mistake.
Days passed, the kingdom was celebrating the "Dancing Fountain Day". On that day, people will assemble before the palace garden. The water fountain will be dancing to the music with lights. Everyone in the palace will also go to see the fountain dance. Neela was playing in the water fountain in the hall. The queen yelled, " Stop it Neela, we are leaving for the fountain dance, if you want to come, be ready soon!".Neela rushed to her room, kept her little crown on her head and came back to the hall."Aaaah!" This time, she tripped on the water she herself splashed from the fountain earlier.She could not get up on her own. She felt it painful. She shouted, " Mom!Mom!"
No one was there to answer. The queen left with the king to sit on the balcony to watch the fountain dance.
The same elderly maid heard Neela's voice, she came to find Neela struggling to get up from the floor. She helped Neela to get up and made her sit in the sofa and went to summon the queen and the palace doctor. Neela realized the pain that the maid might have suffered when she fell down. Now, she repented for her mistake.When the maid came back, she asked "Sorry! It was me who splashed water that day. I won't play inside and spill water like this. Please forgive me!" The maid smiled and replied, " It is okay princess, we know that the children are naughty. Whatever we elders say are for your safety and well-being, so listen to us when we tell you!"The naughty princess Neela listened to her mom always and played in the garden fountain happily.
