Monday, March 18, 2013

The mistake

                                             The mistake

Long ago, in a village there was a man by the name Shamanna. He was very poor. Though he worked hard , he was not earning enough money to lead a happy life.
Shamanna was fed up of this. He heard about an elderly man in neighbouring village who gives solution to problems one will face in his life. Shamanna decided to meet the elderly man and ask the solution for his problems. He hoped that everything would be fine.
Shamanna started his journey. On the midway , he saw a tree and decided to take rest under it. As he approached the tree, tree started talking !
According to tree, the canal which is responsible for the water which it needs has been damaged.  Now tree is not at all having water source. It has began to wither its leaves. Tree requested Shamanna to look at the problem. Shamanna said he is leaving for neighbouring village and he is busy. He assured the tree that while returning ,he will find a solution.
He continued his journey. Midway , he found a farmer who was worried. When asked. farmer said though he has land, he can not grow any crop as the seeds do not sprout. He requested Shamanna to look into the matter. Shamanna gave the same reply as he gave to tree.
Shamanna continued his journey and finally reached neighbouring village. He met the elderly man and said his problems. Elderly man said him that he must catch the opportunity which is waiting for him. Shamanna was happy that opportunity is waiting for him in his house.
Then he remembered the problems of farmer and tree. He asked for solution. Elderly man said farmer's land is actually the mine of diamonds. If farmer dig out deep ,  he can find diamonds. And for the tree, the canal which was watering it, was broken by thieves to hide the stolen treasure. If it is removed then again the water will start flowing.
Shamanna was very happy that he found the solution for problems. He started to return. He met the farmer and said that his land is a diamond mine and if he dig the land, he will get diamonds. Farmer offered Shamanna to do the work and take the diamonds with him. But Shamanna refused ! He said he must return home as the opportunity is waiting for him there.
Then he met the tree and said that there is a stolen treasure in the water canal. If that is removed , water will start flowing as usual. Tree asked Shamanna to do the needy thing and take the treasure with him. But Shamanna refused saying that opportunity is waiting for him in his house.
Shamanna lost the 2 opportunities that had come on his way . He did a big mistake and stayed poor throughout his life.

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