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The Brahmin and The Goat Story

  Once upon a time there was a Brahmin lived with his family. One day the Brahmin was gifted a goat by his followers. As he started on his journey to home, three con men hatched a plan to take away the goat from him. One of the conman approached him and said, “Sir, why are you carrying a dog over your shoulder?” The Brahmin became angry and said “Are you blind? This is a goat, not a dog”. Saying this, he continued his journey. The second conman now asked the Brahmin, “You seem to be a wise person. Why are you carrying a dead calf?” The Brahmin was furious and yelled at him, “How stupid can you be to think of a goat as a dead calf!” He was a bit confused but started walking further. The third cheat walked towards the Brahmin and said, “Sir, why do you carry a donkey on your shoulder?” The Brahmin was completely confused. He thought that the goat was some kind of ghost who changed forms. He got scared to such an extent that he left the goat and ran away. The three con men laughed at ...

Little Girl Necklace

Menu is a sweet, lovable and beautiful girl, aged six years. She is an adorable kid as she obeys every word of the elders. Menu’s parents loved her for her amazing behavior. One day her mother took her to go grocery shopping. As they passed the shops, Menu noted a cute plastic pearl necklace in dazzling pink! She asked her mother to buy her the necklace. Her mother told her it cost a few pennies and she asked her to do some chores, so that for every completed work Menu will get some money and she could buy the pink necklace. Menu prepared a to-do list and assisted her mom with all the chores. Her mom was so happy and she paid enough money to buy the pink necklace. Menu happily purchased the desired necklace and wore it just everywhere, every time, except while taking a bath. Her mom told that her neck would turn pink and the pearls would lose its sheen if she wore it while bathing. She wore it even while sleeping. Menu was known for her kindness and respect to elders. Her d...

Balloons in Room - Teamwork

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 solutions to the problems. The team was called to play a game in a banquet hall. The group was quite surprised as they were called to play a game. All reached the venue holding various thoughts. As they entered the hall, they found the hall decorated beautifully with colorful 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 center of the hall. The team leader asked everyone to pick a balloon from the box and asked them to blow it. Everyone happily picked a balloon and blew it. Then the team leader asked them to write their names on their balloon, carefully so that...

Two Travelers in Desert

There was a big tree more than hundred years old located in the middle of a dry land. It gave rest and shelter to hundreds and thousands of travelers. The tree was located at the center of four different towns, acting as a connection point of all towns and villages in the nearby area. However, except for the big old tree, there was no other tree that could offer rest to the people. The tree has a huge and broad trunk with innumerable branches which spread the shadow covering a wide space. One day, two travelers were traveling from a distant place and tried to reach a town located at the east of the tree. They were walking for several miles on a hot and sunny day. They started their journey early in the morning and it was almost mid noon. The sun was too hot and they could not walk anymore due to the heat. They were completely exhausted! Fortunately, they reached the place where the tree was located. They were very happy to see such a big tree with the breezy wind. They deci...

Bag of Gold Coins

Rohan was a greedy and selfish man. He always desired to have lots and lots of wealth and never hesitated to cheat others to earn money. Also, he never wished to share anything with the others. He was so selfish that he would like to own everything for himself.  The selfish man used to calculate each and every small aspect. He paid a very little amount of wages to his servants. Wherever he went, he calculated a lot to save money by deceiving others. He also told a lot of lies to protect his wealth. Simply, Rohan was the antonym for the word HONESTY. However, he was taught a nice lesson by his own act. One day, he missed a small bag, which contained 50 gold coins. He was searching for the bag of gold coins day and night. He sent his workers in search of the bag, but none could find it. He told his friends and neighbors that he had lost a bag of gold coins and requested them to inform if they found it. Rohan was so sad that he had lost so many gold coins. After a couple o...

Life Worth Living

It was a hot and dry summer. The beach was crowded with the people as they gathered to beat the heat. There were so many people, from kids to aged people, enjoying the ambiance at the beach. There was a group of 20 boys aged between 12 to 15 years trying to be adventurous. They intended to hire a yacht, but due to tides, the yacht rides were prohibited on that day. Still, the boys were enjoying the sea the most. Suddenly the boys challenged themselves about racing in the sea. The one who swims and moves farther in the sea wins the race and deserves a huge treat from the group. The boys agreed, except a few. A boy in the group warned them not to play with danger, as the waves weren’t constant, they fluctuated. Some didn’t hear their warnings and started their race. Suddenly, the waves from the sea elevated and few boys in that young group struggled to manage themselves to reach the shore. However, three boys, who considered themselves very brave, decided to move deep into th...

The Rock in the Road

It was the reign of King Paul. People lived happily under his reign. He was so conscious about keeping them happy and considered the people in his reign as his own family. He took utmost care to fulfill every need of his fellowmen. However, often, King Paul used to hear tantrums from his court men that people in his kingdom are bullying him for various reasons and seem to be dissatisfied for nothing. He decided to find out what made his fellowmen feel displeased. One day, he decided to take a round to examine what the people were concerned about him. He started his travels to visit the towns and cities in disguise. He could not see any men unhappy and this made the king so happy. It was half way through the journey and he was delighted to see happy men. He decided to place a huge Rock on the mid of the road to test the people who pass by the road. His soldiers placed a huge rock on the road and all of them hid in the nearby place to watch what happened next. The rock almost...

Hard Work vs Smart Work

In a town, every year an annual lumberjack competition was held. The rule for the competition was simple: whoever cut the most trees on the day would be the winner. This year there were only two people in the final. One was old and experienced lumberjack while another was younger and stronger. Young man was full of enthusiasm and as the final competition started he went off into the woods and set to work straight away. Older lumberjack went to the opposite side of the woods and started his work calmly. During competition, Younger lumberjacks could hear sound from the other side of the forest where older lumberjacks were cutting trees. He could hear the sound of trees falling on the older man's side. Young man noticed that at regular intervals, the sound of falling trees would stop from the older man's side. Younger man took from this that the older lumberjack was taking rest after regular intervals to get his stamina back. Younger man took it as an opportunity and t...

Tiger’s Whisker

Once upon a time lived a couple on countryside. Husband was very loving soulmate before he left for wars but ever since he returned he became very angry and unpredictable. His nature became so scary that his wife was scared to live with her. There was a Hermit who used to live there and people would go to him to find a solution for their problem. Wife went to hermit for advice. As she approached Hermit, he said, “What’s your problem??” Wife explained the situation. Hermit replied, “Hmm.. It’s often when soldiers return from the war. What do you want me to do??” Wife replied instantly, “Make me a portion.. or a drink.. whatever it takes to get my husband the way he used to be before going to war..” Hermit replied, “Young woman, your request is unusual. I need some time to think and look if there is any solution. Come back tomorrow.” Next day in morning Wife went back to Hermit’s place. Hermit greeted her with a smile and said, “Young woman there is good news for you.. There ...

Old Man and his Son

Once an old man living in a small village was invited by his son to visit Mumbai who was a successful businessman living with wife and son there. Old man was a bit scared to go to the city as he had spent most of his life at his birthplace in the village. He only knew his local language and wouldn’t understand Hindi or English much. Also Old men were habitual to wearing traditional clothes like dhoti kurta. Yet he was happy that he would get to spend a few days with his son and family. He thought to himself, “It’s OK. I will spend the best time with my son.” On a decided day, an old man came to Mumbai. His son received him and was very much excited about his father's visit. Son and his wife wanted to show him around the city. His son would take him out to the nearest place and there they would have their favorite drinks. Son would take his father to visit various places and all had lots of fun. Old man had a very good time with family and was very happy. In the last week of the old...

Rich Lady Complain

Once a rich lady complained to his psychiatrist, “I feel like my whole life is empty and it has no meaning.” Listening to this her psychiatrist called over an old lady in his office. He then introduced that old lady to a rich lady. Psychiatrist said, “She is Mary, a lady who cleaned office floors. I am going to ask her to tell you how she found happiness. All you have to do is listen to her carefully. Then the psychiatrist requested the old lady to sit there and share her story with the rich lady. Old lady sat on a chair and started to tell her story, “Three months ago, my husband died of malaria and three months later my only son was killed in a car accident. I had nothing to live and had nothing left with me. I was not able to sleep or even eat anything after this. I stopped smiling and even thought about taking my own life. Then one day I found a kitten following me from work to home. When I saw that kitten I felt sorry for her. It was cold outside so I decided to let her in and gav...

Old Lady Reply to Nurse

A 90 year old lady had lost her husband and now had to move to a nursing home. So the day she had to move to the nursing home in the morning she woke up early and got dressed properly with perfectly applied makeup. She was ready to move to a nursing home. Cab was called to take her to a nursing home. She got into the cab and reached the nursing home. After reaching the nursing home she was asked to wait in the nursing home lobby. She waited patiently for many hours. She smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator nurse gave her a brief visual description of her room including colors of sheets on the window. After hearing just the description she replied with enthusiasm, “I love it.” Nurse was surprised to hear her reply and responded, “But you haven’t even seen your room yet… Just wait until you see your room.” She replied, “That doesn’t have anything to do with it. Happiness is something that you decide. It doesn’t depend on ho...

Kid Reply to his Father

Once in a village lived father and son. Every night before going to bed, the father used to tell interesting stories to his son. One day father told him, “Son.. God is omnipresent. He can see everything everywhere. Nothing is hidden from him.” Son asked, “Father.. you say God is present everywhere but i am not able to see him anywhere..” Father replied, “Son.. We can’t see God but he is everywhere and can see everyone and everything they do..” Months passed by and a severe famine happened in the village. Due to which Father’s fields were rendered barren and he had nothing to sell in the market. So he decided to go to his neighbors farm and steal. When the father went out to steal, he set along with his son and entered his neighbor’s field. He instructed his Son to sit on a branch of tree to keep watch and signal if he sees someone coming towards the farm. Now as soon as the father sat there to gather the crop his son called him and said, “Hold on father..!!” Father question...

Price of Necklace

After the death of a jeweler, his family got into financial trouble. They didn’t have much money left for even buying food. So one day, the Jeweler's wife took one of the sapphire necklaces out of the safe and said to her son, “Son, take this necklace to your uncle’s shop and ask him to give you money in exchange for this necklace.” Boy went to his uncle with that necklace and gave it to him. Uncle took that necklace and looked at it carefully and said, “Son, go to your mother and tell that right now the market is not good. She can sell it later when you can get a better price for this necklace.” Then his uncle gave him some money and asked him to come next day and learn to work with him and this way he can also earn money to support family needs. The next day the boy started to come to his uncle’s shop and learn the art of examining jewels and precious stones. After some time he got really good at examining jewels and soon people from even far areas started...

Value of Painting or Hard work

It's a story of Hard work and it’s Value of Picasso, a very famous painter born in Spain. One day when Picasso was walking through a road, a woman who was passing by the same road saw Picasso. She recognized him and ran to him. She said to him, “I'm a big fan of yours. I like your paintings very much.. Please will you make me a painting too..??” Picasso smiled at request and said, “I have nothing to paint. I am empty handed here. I will make you a painting some other time..” The Woman replied, “I don’t know if i will be able to meet you again or not.. Please make me a painting now..” On being insisted so much by women Picasso took out a small piece of paper and pen out of his pocket and began to make something on that paper. Within 10 seconds Picasso completed drawing, handed that paper to that woman and said, “Take this, it's a million dollar painting..” Women find it strange that he can make a complete drawing within 10 seconds and is saying that it would valu...

Inspiring Story of Karoly Takacs

Karoly Takacs of the Hungarian Army, was top pistol shooter in the world for men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol. He had won many national and international championships in shooting. He was preparing for the Olympics 1940 and was expected to win Gold for his nation. But one day in 1938 during his army session a hand grade exploded in his right hand, his shooting hand and  with the loss of his hand he also lost his dream of winning Gold in the Olympics. He spent a month in hospital recovering. He decided that he is not gonna feel pity and held onto his Olympics dream. He figured that he had a fully functional and healthy Left arm. He chose to explore the world of possibilities. Karoly had the will to succeed. He decided to practice shooting with his left hand. Despite the fact that he was not left-handed, he was determined to make his left hand the best shooting hand in the world. For months he practiced by himself and decided not to tell anyone. In 1939, he showed up at t...

Mathematician’s Formula for Greatest Profit

Once in a town lived a very greedy rich man. Rich man ordered a big safe and he wanted to fill it with gold and jewels. So, one day he hired a mathematician to find the best way for him to make the greatest profit in everything he did. Mathematician studied for months before he found the solution. One night, Mathematician had a big smile on his face. Next day, he went to a rich man's house and said, “I found it..! My calculations are perfect..!” Rich man didn’t have time to listen to him as he had to leave for a long journey. So he said to the mathematician,”I promise I will pay you double wages when I come back but only if you take charge of my business and put a new formula into practice.” Mathematician was very excited because of his new formula, he delightedly accepted the proposal. Months later when the rich man returned, he found that all his possessions had gone. He got furious and went to the mathematician to ask for an explanation. Mathematician calmly told him...

Two Brother’s Thinking

Once in a village lived two brothers who inherited their father’s land. Land was divided between two of them equally and now both of them had separate areas for farming. As time passed, Older brother got married, had children while the younger brother never got married and was still single. One night the younger brother thought to himself, “It’s not fair that we have equal land. My brother has six children to feed and I have none. He should have more grain than I do.” So that night the younger brother went to his silo and took a large bag of wheat with him and went over to his brother’s farm silo, leaving wheat in his older brother’s silo. Younger brother returned home feeling pleased with himself. Same night my older brother was also lying awake thinking, “It’s not fair that we both have equal land. In my old age my wife and i will have our grown children to take care of us while my brother will have no one. He should have more grains to sell so that he can pro...

Rent Paid in Advance

It’s story of a boy who has just finished his college and hadn’t had got any job yet and was living in a small rented room. One day his cousin came to him and asked him to help with some concepts. Boy had good hold of knowledge over that subject so boy helped his cousin without any difficulty. Soon boy by joined by some more friends for help in studies and were also willing to pay him fee for teaching them. However, House owner was not happy with all the crowd coming to his house. So he asked boy to leave that rented room or look for some place to continue his teaching activities. Boy really wanted to continue teaching as he loved that and also helped him to earn some money so he looked for another place to teach his students. By luck he found out a place. It was a big hall where a saint used to live alone. Boy went to saint and asked him for permission to use that hall for teaching his students. Saint agreed and allow him to take classes in the corner of that h...

Poor Farmer’s Reaction

Once a teacher and his student went out for a walk. After walking a while they reached a farm where student saw a pair of old torn shoes which seemed to be belonged to poor farmer who was just preparing to get back to his home after a whole day of hard work. Seeing this student thought of an idea to have fun and said, “Master, We don’t we hide these shoes behind bushes and wait for farmer to come. It would be fun to watch his reaction when he will not be able to find his shoes..!! ” Teacher felt bad, looked at his student and said, “Son, it’s not good to play such cruel joke with a poor person.” Teacher thought for a moment and then with a smile on his face he said, “Son, I have a better idea.. Why don’t we just put some coins in each of his shoes and hide behind bushes and then see how farmer will react when he find these coins in his torn shoes??” Student just wanted to see reaction of poor farmer so he did what his teacher asked him to do and then they both hid behind bu...