The Fox and the Goat
"Look before you leap" is well-known proverb.It means before doing anything,we should carefully judge the results of our action.Before we engage anything new,we should make careful preparation.If we do something in haste without thinking about it properly and carefully,we may meet unforeseen dangers and difficulties.
Once a fox fell into a shallow well.He cursed himself for his carelessness.He tried his best to come out of the well but he could not.He began to think about some means to get out of the well.Meanwhile ,a thirsty goat happened to come there.By chance,the goat peeped into the well and was suprised to see the fox there.
She said to him,"Hello uncle,what are u doing here"?The fox replied,"Dear nephew,the water of the well is very sweet and cold.Therefore,i daily come here to drink it.If u taste it,u will surely enjoy it very much.So come down and have a drink."The goat was very foolish.She,at once,jumped into the well.The fox at once got over the back of the goat and jumped out of the well.The goat could not come out of the well.Now the goat realized her folly.
She requested the fox to help her out.The fox said,"You are foolish.You should not have jumped into the well without thinking about how to come out of it."Now go on bleeting and your master will come to get you out."In the meantime,you may enjoy the sweet water of the well.He bade goodbye to the goat and ran away to the jungle.He left the goat in trouble.
Moral:
- Look before you leap
- Haste makes waste
The Dove and the Bee
"Kindness never goes unrewarded" is an often-quoted proverb.It means if we help others in their difficulties,they will help us in our difficulties.If we do good to others,they will do good to us.There is a famous story to illustrate the truth of this proverb.
one day a bee was very thirsty.It went to river to drink some water.But it was driven away by the waves.A dove was sitting in her nest.She saw that the bee was unable to fly and was about to drown.She took pity on the poor bee.She,at once,plucked a leaf and dropped it near the bee.
The bee somehow or the other succeeded in climbing over the leaf.It dried its wings in the sun and flew away.The bee thanked the dove for saving its life.They became friends.
After few days.the dove was sitting on the branch of a tree.A hunter happened to come there.He saw the dove.He loaded his gun to shoot her down.He had taken aim at the dove.The bee that was flying here and there happened to see all that.It,at once,flew towards the hunter and stung him on his hand.The hunter felt a jerk and missed his aim.
The dove flew away with the bang of the gun and saved her life.Thus she received the reward of her noble deed done to the bee.
Moral:
- Do good,have good
- Kindness never goes unrewarded
- One good turn deserves another
The Farmer and Snake Nature Never changes
"Nature never changes"is a famous proverb.It simply means that if a person is good by nature,he will always be good.But if a person is bad by nature,he will always harm others.
It was winter.It was very cold in the morning.It was snowing and everything looked white.A farmer was returning from his fields.All of sudden,he saw snake lying along the path.
The snake was almost frozen on account of severe cold.The farmer thought that it would die soon in that intense cold.He took pity on it.He carried it home in basket.
After reaching home,he placed the snake near the fire.The farmer's children gathered around it.After a few moments,the snake got a new life because of the heat of the fire.It began to move about.Seeing the children,it rushed at one of them.It was its nature to sting,to do harm to others.
The farmer,at once,took a stick and hit the snake with it.He killed the snake before it could sting his child.
Moral:
- Nature never changes
- Nature cannot be changed
- You cannot befriend an enemy
