Monday, November 28, 2011

A folk tale

                                   A folk tale

Long ago, there lived duo of brothers. Elder brother is very rich. But not younger. Elder brother threw his brother  out of his house. Younger brother for his living, was cutting dead trees in forest and selling them in market. One day, when he was working, he saw a wounded sparrow struggling to fly. He lifted the sparrow with sympathy and brought sparrow to his house.
He treated it well with medicines. Soon sparrow was feeling fine and was about to leave. Before to that in gratitude, it gave  younger brother a seed and asked him to plant it. Likewise, he did. It has grown up to become a big tree. It was full of fruits.
Younger brother plucked a fruit. When he opened it, it was full of diamonds. Younger brother was very happy. By selling them, his powerty vanished and he became rich. His elder brother got jealous of him. Even he went to forest. But he could not find the wounded sparrow.
Tired as he is, he shot a stone to a sparrow and wounded it. Now, he brought the wounded sparrow to his house  and treated its wound. Soon ,sparrow became allright. Even this sparrow gave elder brother a seed and asked him to plant it. Elder brother happily did that dreaming that he will become even more rich. Seed has grown up to a big tree.
Even it is full of fruits. Elder brother plucked one of fruits and cut it. Alas ! it is full of sand. Each and every fruit is of same character. Elder brother soon lost all his wealth too.

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