PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL

                                               JAI MAA KAALI
                      PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL
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 Once upon a time there lived a man who was most conceited and haughty.He was as grandiloquent as a lucifer.He considered himself to be sagacious,wise and intelligent and thought that people felt him to be so.
  One day as he was trudging along a street,he came to a spot where two rams were locked in a fierce duel.In the course of fighting, one ram was knocked down by the stronger one.It plumped down near the man's feet.Immediately the man thought:
 'This ram realises how great I am.So he is paying his respects to me and seeks me to vivify him with my blessings so that he may make his opponent lick the dust in the fight.'
     Now,this spectacle was observed by a merchant who was sitting in his shop across the street.
   "Be careful,my friend!",warned the merchant,"The beast is dangerous.When a ram slumps down in a battle,it means he is preparing for a greater attack."
  But the conceited fellow turned a deaf ear to the warning.And before he knew it,the ferocious ram had risen.It came at him full force.Badly battered and deadly injured,the man fell down on. the ground.As he lay dying,he realised his mulishness.He whimpered to himself:
 "FOR MY FOOLISH CONCEIT
    MY DEATH I NOW MUST MEET"
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THE CHOICE OF A HUBBY

                                                JAI MAA KAALI
                          THE CHOICE OF A HUBBY
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Once a wealthy man had a son.The son was very ingenious and wise.When he grew  up into adulthood,he became a popular teacher cum preacher,well known for his sagacity,wisdom and knowledge.Herd of people flocked to him daily from far and wide to seek the solutions for their vexing and persecuting problems.
   One day there came a guy who had a beautiful mademoiselle. The guy seemed to be flummoxed,tensed and stressed.His problem was that there was four suitable suitors for his daughter's hand,and he was unable to make up his mind on whom to choose.He sought the advice of the teacher.
 "Each one has something to recommend him,"the guy explained,"One is very handsome and good-looking.One is very opulent.One is gifted with great wisdom.And one has nothing but virtue.Which one should I cull for my daughter,Oh learned teacher."
    To which the teacher advised:
  "Good looks,opulence and wisdom are of little use,if not backed by virtue.The virtuous man,undoubtedly and undeniably,would be the best choice."
  So without any procrastination and wallowing further into the cesspool of confusion,the got his loving daughter to tie the nuptial knot to the virtuous lad.And he never had cause to repent and regret,for the couple lived happily and blissfully ever after.
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MORAL OF THE STORY----VIRTUE BEFORE ALL ELSE !!
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JAI MAA KAALI
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                               A PRODIGAL SON
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   A certain guy had two sons.The elder one was simple,sensible and obsequious to his dad.He would cut his coat according to his clothes.But the younger one was reckless,careless and spendthrift.The lure of lucre made him ask his father one day,"Dad, give me the portion of goods that falls to me."He pestered his father daily for the division of the property.The father had to yield to his recalcitrant son's wishes.He divided the property and gave him his share.
    The son,collecting all his lares and penates,jettisoned the home bag and baggage and settled into a far country.There he indulged into a riotous living by burning the candle at both ends.Soon he squandered all his substance.Then he 
 spent his 'Dollar money.' Being penniless,he was unable to make both ends meet.So he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country who sent him into his field to feed swine.
   No one bothered to offer him food.To keep at bay the pangs of hunger,he had to fill his gut with the husks that the swine did eat.After few days rolled by,he came to himself.He repented his mulishness and wailed to himself,"How many hired thralls of my dad have breads slathered with ample butter and here I am feeding on husks.I must return to my father."
    He arose and set out for his native home.When his dad saw him,he rushed and hugged him compassionately. The son wailed,"Dad, I have committed a great sin against heaven and in your sight.I don't deserve to be called thy son."But the father ordered his slew of flunkys,"Fetch the best robe and put it on him and a diamond ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. Bring hither the fatted calf and kill it and let us eat and be merry for my son was dead and is alive again,he was lost and found again."
    And they began to jitterbug in sheer mirth.When the elder son came to know of this,he yammered with unbridled fury and would not enter the house.The father came out and entreated him to come into the house.The son complained,"Dad,I serve thee,never disobeyed your commandments at any time,yet you never gave me a kid to make merry with my chums and pals.But as soon as this son of yours came who has extirpated your family with harlots,you have killed for him the fatted calf."
    To this, the father cooed lovingly,"It was right that we should make merry and be delighted;for this brother of yours was dead,and is alive again and was lost and is found again."
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   MORAL OF THE STORY: As a father,we should follow this attitude.
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