There was once a woman water-bearer in China, whose daily task was to carry two pots of water from a pond up the hill to a merchant’s house. She did the laundry there using the water. When she was young, she made two identical pots and painted one red and the other blue. She was…
Category: Tale
011. How much land does a man need?
Leo Tolstoy Farmer Pahom starts with a small plot, but over a period of time acquires more and more land. He is still not satisfied and then he hears about the Bashkirs, who were giving away land at throwaway prices. Pahom goes to the Bashkirs to seek land. They ask for 1000 Rubles and would…
009. The man who planted trees
I was then young and fond of travelling. Once I was walking in an area I had never visited. The land was dry and hot. I walked on for three days and I did not meet anyone. I did come across some villages, but these had been abandoned. The houses and even the temples were…
007. The fisherman and the tourist: What do we work for?
It was late afternoon on the beautiful beach. The visiting tourist was in a great mood, clicking away with his camera. He saw a boat on the shore with a fisherman relaxing in it, half asleep. He was obviously enjoying his siesta and seemed to have not a care in this world. Contentment was written…
005. I’ll be a humming bird. I’ll do the best I can.
We are being constantly being bombarded by the problems that we face and sometimes we can get completely overwhelmed. The story of the humming bird is about this huge forest being consumed by a fire. All the animals in the forest come out and are transfixed as they watch the forest burning and they feel…
002. What’s good and what’s bad?
There was an old farmer in a village and he had a fine horse. Like the farmer, the horse was also old. One day the horse ran away. All the villagers offered their sympathies to the farmer. “Your only horse is gone. What will you do now? How will you work on the land?” they…
001. This too shall pass
(If you are visiting this site for the first time, please begin with the page ‘About this blog’. Thanks.) There was once a king in Middle East, who was always unhappy. He constantly worried about bad things that happened, or could happen, in his kingdom. Even when good things happened, he worried that they would…