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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                   ------DEVENDRA  SRIVASTAVA
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JAI MAA KAALI
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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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THE HORSE

JAI MAA KAALI
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                                THE  HORSE
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 The horse is a very useful animal.It is found almost in every country of the world.It has four strong legs,a long neck,hard hoofs and a pretty tail.Its skin is very smooth. On its neck,it has a beautiful mane.The horse is of different colours and is from six to seven feet high. The Arab horses are among the strongest and the most beautiful in the world.
      The horse feeds on grass and gram.It possess a strong body.It gallops with rapid strides.It can also swim in water.
   The horse is of very use to man.It is used for riding and racing.It is also used for drawing ekkas and tongas. In some countries,it is used for ploughing fields.The police use it for patrolling and controlling crowds.
   The horse is a very intelligent animal.It ever remains faithful to its master.Many a times it has laid down its own life to save the life of his master.
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INFLUENCE OF COMPANY

                                    JAI  MAA KAALI
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 Brahmadatta was a great king of Varanasi.He was fond of animals.Apart from keeping many animals,he had also a great elephant in his stable.It was docile,dignified and as gentle as a lamb.It used to be bedecked,caparisoned and taken out in processions.No matter the oodles of people around him at fairs and festivals,no matter the beating of drums and bursting of crackers,the jumbo did not get disturbed and distracted and remained cool,calm and obsequious to his mahout.It was never felt necessary to keep him shackled.
   There was an unused and unlocked stall behind the behemoth's stable.A gang leader of purloiners discovered this and stealthily made this stall his headquarters.It was unimaginable to search for a larcener in the stables of the king himself.The dacoit leader would summon his gang members at this stall almost every night and would discuss all their plans.The gang members would narrate bloody details of their experiences.The leader would advise and instruct them every night not to have faith on anyone and unhesitatingly and ruthlessly assassinate anyone if they smelt a rat.
     Some weeks rolled by.A mahout came to the pachyderm's stable to take him out for getting him bathed and prepared for a procession.Instead of obeying his mahout, the mastodon trmpeted obstreperously and violently. He lifted the mahout in his trunk and dashed him to death on the walls of the stall.Every one was shell-shocked at the savage behaviour of the tusker.When another mahout approached the goliath,he too was going to be treated like the earlier one.But he managed,by the skin of his teeth,to save his life.Saddened at the outrageous behaviour of the elephant,the king Brahmdatta thought that the pachyderm had gone berserk and ordered him to done to death.
    A prudent courtier cajoled the king to grant him sometime to study the causes behind the changed behaviour of the behemoth.He arrayed some people to watch it all the time.The very first night they heard violent discussions taking place within the earshot of the pachyderm.The purloiners were incarcerated.
   The wise courtier then got a galaxy of noble men to occupy the same stall and chat daily of love,peace and harmony.They spoke of the brotherhood of all creation and narrated yarns of kindness and love.
   After few weeks mingled into eternity,a mahout was asked to fetch the jumbo.To the great relief of all and sundry,the mahout found it sweet and gentle as it used to be.The causes of elephant turning savage became as clear as crystal.It had been greatly influenced by the vulgar and violent chats of the dacoits near him.He turned gentle again by surrounding him with love and sweetness.
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MORAL:- IT CAN NOT BE RECANTED THAT WE ARE INFLUENCED BY THE COMPANY WE KEEP !!
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DOOFUS FROG

                                          JAI  MAA  KAALI
                             DOOFUS FROG
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Once a big black frog resided in a well a little way from the sea.He had seen the light of the earth there and had never,even for a single day,stepped out of the well.The world outside was all Greek and Latin to him,but he always blew his own trumpet and considered himself a most intelligent and sagacious fellow. He grew fat on the worms and insects that infested the well.
   One day while he was enjoying a siesta,a huge frog from the sea flumped down into the well with a big splash.He was jolted out of his slumber and was greatly astonished to see a new frog.Though he was a tad apprehensive,yet he asked in a grave voice,'Hallo there,who're you?'
 'I am a stranger',responded the frog from the sea.
 'I know you are!You had better tell me what brought you here?'
'Well,pal,I tumbled down into your well by chance.But of course I'm happy to meet you.'
Though our frog was satisfied with the answer,yet he was inquisitive enough to know more about the trespasser.
'Where do you hail from?'
'I am from the sea'.
'The sea?What is that?Is it as big as my well?'he asked as he leapt from one side to the other.
'My friend',croaked the frog from the sea,'It's thousands and thousands of times bigger than your sea.'
'NO, no,there can be nothing bigger than my well.You appear to be a liar.I don't believe you.'
'That's because you have never seen the sea.Come with me.I will show you the sea and then you'll know the truth.'
'No, no, I won't go with you.I am not a ninny to be led to the garden path by your cunningness.I fully understand that your intention is to occupy my well by getting me out of the well.You are a scalawag.Now get off at once'.
The frog from the sea saw it was no use arguing with this bloody nincompoop.So he quit the place.
   Our bull-headed frog cachinnated loudly and chortled,'HA!Ha!he thought he would befool me.I am,cock sure,nothing can be bigger than my well.'
And once again he leaped from one side to the other merrily.
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MORAL:--No one should develop 'the frog in the well'attitude towards others.Try to understand another's point of view.This is a sign of culture.
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EVIL NEVER PAYS

JAI  MAA  KAALI
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 There lived a chap with his mammy.One day he saw a beautiful book in the school bag of one of his class-fellows.He was tempted by it.Unable to suppress his yearning to have the book,he surreptitiously pilfered it from the bag of his colleague and made it his own. He took the book home and blithely showed it to his mom.Instead of condemning and reprimanding him ,she patted him on his back for stealing the book.Puffed up with the fulsome praise by his mummy,the lad next time purloined a costly watch of his chum.The mother was on cloud nine to see it.She appreciated him for his action.Feeling egged-on by the support of his parent,he made a habit of always filching things.Gradually, he grew to be a great thief.
   one day he was caught red-handed while stealing.He was nabbed by the police,beaten black and blue and subsequently lodged in gaol.His mommy went to see him in jail.The boy desired to whisper something into the ears of his mother.As soon as he put his mouth close to his mother's head,he bit off her ear with his teeth.She let out a yowl of intense pain and cursed him.The lad yelled,"Had you punished and chided me when I first thieved the book,I would not have been in prison today.You are fully responsible for extirpating my career.Shame on you!You deserved this treatment by me."
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     Moral of the story:--Evil ought to be nipped in bud without brooking any delay.
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DAY-DREAMING,,,,,,

                                                   JAI MAA KAALI
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 Once a tiny cottage in a certain village was inhabited by a farmer and his family.He had a grown up daughter.She would always day-dream and build castles in the air about becoming as rich as 'BILL GATES'.
   One day the farmer asked the lass to go to the market and sell a pail of milk.So she set out for the market with a pail of milk on her head.As usual, she started day -dreaming on the way.She crooned to herself,"With the money I get after selling the milk,I will buy a lot of ova.I shall pile them under a hen who will hatch them.Some chickens will sorout out from the ova.The chickens will grow into big hens and cocks in due course."
   She went on thinking,"I shall sell the cocks and hens at a fabulous price.With the oodles of money that I get,I,first of all,buy a costly and fastidious dress for myself.I shall look as beautiful as a Cindrella in my new costume.Young and marriageable chaps will ogle and goggle at me with awesome admiration.They will earnestly woo me for alliance.I shall cull the best one from among them and tie the nuptial knot.To the rest,I will nod my head in flat refusal."
  As she tossed her head,the pail of milk flumped down on the ground.All her hopes and dreams were torn to tatters and shattered in the twinkling of an eye.She burst into tears and wept bitterly.but it was of no use crying over the spilt milk
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