Sunday, April 17, 2011

Greedy Crane

                                              Greedy Crane
Once upon a time , there lived a crane with other birds in the lake of the village. But crane is full of laziness. It is not doing any work. Instead , it is stealing the food stored by other birds. Other birds tried to explain to crane that stealing food is not good. But it is of no avail. Crane thought other birds are humiliating it. It decided to leave the place.
One day , it left the lake. It went near the nearby lake . There it saw many crabs and fishes are living happily in lake water. It decided to spend the remaining life in that lake. It decided to be friendly with crabs and fishes. But crabs and fishes are not ready to talk with crane.
With great difficulty, crane succeded to gain the confidence of the other habitants  of lake. Now, every morning they used to join near the rock nearby and used to share their news. Crane also used to join them. But crane had other plans. After the meeting, when the crabs and fishes start to leave the place, crane used to stay back. It used to eat the last person leaving the place as nobody is there to watch. This continued for some time.
But one day , the fishes and crabs noticed that their population is decreasing. They could not make out the reason. The other day , when there was meeting , one crab accidently remained near the rock. It saw what crane was doing. It understood the reason of decrease in their population. It said the happening to other fishes and crabs.
Now ,they decided to teach the crane a good lesson. But crane was unaware that his friends had come to know about his wickedness . As usual, one day fishes and crabs gathered for meeting. They showed the false concern about crane. Crane was very happy. They asked the crane what it is doing for food? For this, crane had no answer.
Then , one elder crab said it want to say something in personal to crane. Crane bent near the crab to listen to his words. Seeing the time, the crab bit the neck of the crane. Crane was horrified and it tried to run from the place . But all the crabs had surrounded the place and the fishes were blocking the way. All the crabs bit the crane . Due to excess bleeding , crane died on the spot.
Moral : Wicked things dont last forever .

1 comment:

  1. Great,this is a good lesson to all. Only good deeds or atleast not doing bad will allow us to continue existing in this world.good luck.

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