Greedy dog

Once there was a greedy dog. One day he stole a piece of meat from a farmer’s kitchen. Taking it in his mouth he started to run away from that place. On the way he had to cross a bridge across a stream. While walking ahead, he looked down and saw his own reflection in the water below. He thought it must be another dog with another piece of meat. He wished to have that piece of meat for himself. So he barked loudly. 

As soon as he opened his mouth, his own piece of meat dropped into the water from his mouth and washed away with the current of the stream. Thus the greedy dog lost his own piece of meat.

Hidden Treasure

Once there lived an old farmer lived in a village. He had four sons. They were in the habit of leading a very idle life. They would never do any work. The farmer did not know how to make them work. So he was unhappy.

One day on his death bed, he hit upon a plan. He called his sons to his bed side and said, “My sons go to the field. I have hidden a great treasure there. Dig the field and you will find it.”

The boys ran to the field at once. They dug the entire field but found no treasure there. Then they said, “Since we have dug the field, we may plant some corn there.” So they planted the field with corn.

In due time, golden corn came out and the sons became happy. They understood then meaning of the hidden treasure of their father. From that time they began to work hard. 

Ill News runs fast

Rahima works in a big garments factory. There are more than five hundred workers in the factory. One day as usual she was busy at her work. Suddenly, a sound was heard that there was a break out of fire from the short circuit. As ill news runs fast, the news spread very fast among the workers. But no one noticed whether there was actually any fire. The workers left their jobs and began to run towards the gate. There was a single gate. All were trying to come out at a time. So, there was a heavy rush at the gate. Many fell down and could not get up. As a result, two workers died on the spot and some were seriously injured. However, later on, it was discovered that there was no fire. At last, the workers realized the result of their foolishness.