Do not play!

 Do Not Play!

Cheenu was playing by turning and stopping the switches of the mixer grinder kept in the kitchen. His sister Ammu said to him, "Cheenu, do not play in the switches of the electrical appliances, you cannot predict the power supply in the electrical circuit, it is more likely to cause the danger of electrical shock. She also advised Seenu that the mixer grinder would be ruined, and electricity would be wasted. Cheenu replied, "Ok Ammu, I will not play in the switches." Ammu said, "That's a good boy," she smiled and gave a pat on the cheek. They went to the hall and started playing with their toys. After some time, Cheenu went to the kitchen to drink water.  He saw the mixer grinder, his hands tempted playfully, and he turned on the switches of the mixer. Knowing his mischievous pranks, his mother has removed the plug from the socket, so the mixer did not start. So, he drank water and went away. Then, their grandmother wanted to make tomato juice and put the tomato in a mixed jar and connected the plug and tried to turn on the switch. Since the mixer switch has been already turned on by Cheenu, the mixer started to run in its speed and threw the jar lid away and splashed tomato juice all over. "Gosh!" Hearing the grandmother's voice, Ammu and Cheenu ran to the kitchen. Ammu asked, "What happened grandmother?" Their grandmother replied that the mixer switch was turned on earlier, and she had noticed it.  Hearing this, Ammu looked at Cheenu. She said, "See Cheenu, I told you not to play with the switches. Tomato juice has splashed and spilled out, think what would have happened if Grandma tried to grind masala? The spicy masala could irritate grandma’s eyes and skin!" Cheenu realized his mistake and apologised to his grandmother, "I learnt a lesson, I would never play with the electrical appliances for the safety of me as well as all in our home!". Ammu and their grandmother smiled and nodded to appreciate his act of change.

Little Drops make the mighty ocean

Little Drops make the mighty ocean

There was a farmer named Rangan who lived in a small village. He is a hard worker. His land was very fertile and he had dug a deep water well in his land. He made pipe arrangements to collect the rain water in the well. He made piping to direct the water falling over the roof of the house to the well. For the piping work, he spent a little money.

He told the people to do similarly like him to save the rain water. Fearing the money, they did not respond to his advice. Later in the summer, his village was hit by a drought. So all the people in the village suffered of water scarcity. After few days, the people in the village decided to ask their king for help.

The king welcomed them in his court. He asked , "People, I want to know from you one thing first, Did it rain during the monsoon season in your village?"

People replied, "Dear King, Yes, it rained heavily in the season!".

Then the king asked "Why you have water scarcity then? You must have water wells in your village, were not they filled? . The village people replied ,"Oh our mighty king,the wells have gone dry once the Summer started!"

The king asked "Did you saved the water in the well?". People replied that they have not stored rain water so far. The king said to them, "The rain water is our lifesaver." If you had saved your water on your wells today, your village would not have been depleted today.  Now, realize the need for water. Rangan, a farmer in your town, has saved enough of rain water in the well. He has agreed to help you this summer. Do not forget to save the rain again.!"

People realized the need t save rain water and thanked the king and Rangan. From then on they started to save the rain water and lived without water scarcity.

Moral: Little drops make the mighty ocean. Saving rain water helps to avoid water scarcity.

Dimbu the Turtle

Dimbu the Turtle

Once there was a girl named Anju lived in a house near the river. Her father had a beautiful garden where he grew variety of fruits.  His garden had  tasty strawberries. A turtle named Dimbu lived on the rock in other side of the river. He used to see the colorful garden. He was afraid of going there fearing Anju and her father. But the colorful strawberries attracted him. So, he swam across the river and reached the garden.  When he was about to bite a strawberry from the plant, Anju came out of the house. She saw Dimbu and asked, " Little turtle, are not you ashamed of stealing from our garden? It is a great mistake to steal from someone". Dimbu felt guilty and apologized to her. "I am sorry dear girl, these colorful strawberries attracted me,  forgive me for trying to pick them without asking you!". Anju told, " apologies accepted little turtle, I will give you some strawberries to eat!". My name is Anju, What's your name? She asked. "I am Dimbu!", the turtle replied. "Ok Dimbu, here are some strawberries for you to eat now!. Dimbu ate them and they tasted delicious. Anju told, "Dimbu, I will give you some seeds, you can grow strawberries on your own! You plant them, water them and they will yield you wonderful strawberries for you!" . She got the strawberry seeds and gave to the turtle. Dimbu thanked her and swam back to its rock holding the seeds with him. He followed what Anju said and he planted his own strawberry garden and enjoyed eating delicious strawberries.

Moral: Giving a fish to man feeds him a day but teaching him to fish feeds him forever.

Neela the naughty little princess

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.

The Proud Peacock

The Proud Peacock

In a deep forest, there lived a peacock with beautiful feathers. The peacock is proud of its colorful feathers. The peacock himself admires his own beauty. He will boast that he is the most beautiful bird among all other birds in this world.

One day, a cuckoo bird came that way. The peacock saw the cuckoo bird. The cuckoo bird had black color feathers.
The peacock said to the cuckoo bird, “Your feathers are black! You look ugly!”
Hearing these hurting words from the peacock, the cuckoo bird was not angry. 

Instead, the cuckoo bird started singing in his sweet voice. The peacock was amazed by the beautiful song of the cuckoo bird. The peacock also started singing and his voice was ugly. Even the peacock was not able to enjoy the song in his own voice.

The cuckoo bird said to the peacock, “Oh dear peacock, you got colorful feathers, but you cannot sing well. I have black feathers, but I can sing well. We each have our talent as our own gift, and we should appreciate it. We should not take pride and insult others!”

The peacock agreed and it stopped boasting about its beauty.

Moral: Do not compare yourself with others, appreciate your own talent

Home

Evil Friendship

Evil Friendship

A crow and a pigeon became friends and lived together in a tree. The other birds in the tree told the pigeon that the crow has a bad habit of stealing from others. One day, while sitting on the tree, the two crow and pigeon were talking with each other.

A fruit seller came that way. He had a big basket of fruits on his head. The crow wanted to take a fruit from his basket. So he flew towards the fruit seller. Without knowing the crow's idea, the pigeon also flew along with him.

The crow flew over the fruit seller and suddenly grasped a fruit from his basket. A piece of fruit fell on the ground from his mouth.  The fruit seller looked up and saw the two birds flying above him. He became angry. He picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at them. The pigeon got hurt and fell down. The crow did not stop to look after his fallen friend. The pigeon regretted for having a bad friend with bad habits.

Moral : Nothing is worse than an evil friendship.
Home

The Hungry Mouse

The Hungry Mouse

There was a little mouse named Mogey. He was very hungry. Mogey looked for food near his hole. He saw a house with the door open. He entered the house and ran to the store room. There was a big sack of rice. Mogey ran around the rice sack. He found a small hole in the sack.  He got in to the rice sack through the small hole.

Mogey started eating the rice grains and his stomach became full. Mogey thought "So much rice is here, I will eat as much I want!"
He did not stop eating rice. His stomach started becoming big. After sometime, Mogey's stomach became big and round like a ball.Now he could not come out the hole in the rice sack. He started fearing for his life. If someone sees him in the sack, he will be beaten.

In fear, Mogey shouted "Help! Help!". Another mouse heard his voice.
He came and asked " Who is this shouting for help?"
Mogey replied, " I am Mogey, stuck inside the sack! Please pull me out of the hole, I am unable to come out of it!"
The other mouse made a big hole in the sack with his teeth and pulled Mogey out.

Mogey thanked the other mouse. With surprise, it asked Mogey, "How did you go inside the sack?"
Mogey told, "When I went in, my stomach was empty. I easily went inside the sack through the small hole. I became greedy and ate too much and I could not come out!'
The other mouse advised him not to be greedy and left the place. Mogey returned to his hole.

Moral: Too much of anything is good for nothing.

Home