Monday, January 9, 2012

Pluck the evil qualities when they are sprouting !

                                      Pluck the evil qualities when they are sprouting !

Long ago, in a village, an old man was having 3 sons. All of them were jobless and irresponsible. Old man was receiving complaints against his boys everyday by fellow villagers. He was tired of listening to them and pleading with villagers about his sons' innocense.
One day he decided to teach his sons a lesson. He called all his 3 sons near him. They left for his garden. After reaching garden, he asked his youngest son to pluck a weed at the front as it was blocking the sunrays to useful plants.
Eldest son in a moment, plucked the weed. Now, old man asked his 2nd son to vacate a small shrub which is growing in front. 2nd son though it is little difficult for him, was finally successfull in removing the shrub. Now, remaining one is the eldest one.
For him, old man showed a tree nearby and asked him to vacate that. Eldest son was very angry. He thought his father had given easy tasks to his brothers. But to him , its a difficult task. He said to his father that he cant pluck it since it is already grown up and it is better to chop it off. Old man agreed.
Eldest son brought the axe and chop it off. He was gasping for breath. That time, old man said "If the weeds are removed when they are sprouting, It is very easy to get rid of them. But once, they are strong it is difficult to eradicate them. The bad qualities are of same case. The bad qualities must be eradicated as soon as possible. They must not allowed to continue."
Boys realised what their father mean to say. They decided to follow the same path as suggested by their father. They became good children.

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