THE REAL PENURIOUS

                                                                                          [JAI MA KALI]

                       THE REAL PENURIOUS

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   Pappu was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.His father was a big tycoon and a squillionaire.His family members were wallowing in the opulence and all luxuries of life.

    One day Pappu accosted his father with the question,"Dad,what is poverty?Who is a penurious?"

  His father took him to a village.They spent sometime on the farm of a poor peasant.Pappu chatted with the villagers,saw their habitats,their way of living,their possessions and their modus-operandi.

   In the evening,while vamoosing,father asked Pappu,"What did you learn,my child ? Pappu responded:

 " We have one dog,they have a pair of oxen.

We buy our foods,they grow theirs.

We have light at night,they have galaxy of stars.

We have pools,they have rivers.

We have walls to protect us,they have friends.

We have encyclopedias,they have religious books."

"Thank Dad,for showing me we are real penurious."

       Father was nonplussed.

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    It is not about money that make us rich,

   Its about simplicity of having God in our lives !

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THE PERSPICACIOUS GOAT

                                             [JAI MA KALI]
                   THE PERSPICACIOUS GOAT
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           Once a wily wolf,wandering in the jungle in search of a prey,saw a goat atop a hill.His mouth began to water to chomp on the scrumptious flesh of the fat goat. He got an idea after chewing the cud for a while to trap the goat.He said cajolingly to the goat:
 "Miss Goat,You are looking as beautiful as a peacock.I wish to befriend you.please come down here. The grass here is greener and longer."
  The sagacious goat baaed,"Look Mr. Wolf,I am not gullible to be gulled by your trick.The grass there may be better but the moment I climb down,you will,in the twinkling of an eye pounce upon me to gormandize me.I am much better here.You can't reach me.I am safe here.Be off,you rascal!"
         The wily wolf sauntered away red-faced.

 MORAL OF THE STORY----DON'T LET OTHERS EXPLOIT YOUR GENTLENESS.

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Satyam Shivam Sundaram: THE GLUTTONOUS MONGREL

Satyam Shivam Sundaram: THE GLUTTONOUS MONGREL:                                  (JAI MA KALI)          GLUTTONOUS MONGREL          .....................................    Once there ...

THE GLUTTONOUS MONGREL

                                 (JAI MA KALI)
         GLUTTONOUS MONGREL
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   Once there was a vagabond mongrel who was as gluttonous as a pig.One day he pilfered a large slice of  mutton from a butcher's shop.He skedaddled with the booty to a safe place.Arriving at the bank of a stream,he tarried there for a while to rest.He was about to chomp on the nosh when he saw the reflection of his image in the clear water of the stream.
    He mistook it to be another dog with a larger chunk of meat tucked in his mouth.He was tempted to have that piece also.So in a bid to snatch that piece,he,without weighing pros and cons of the situation,plunged into the water and opened his mouth to yank the meat from the other dog.As a result,his piece flumped down into the water and sank to the bottom.The avaricious dog lost his own booty.

       Truly has been said......HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE.
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MORAL.....AVARICE IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL MISFORTUNES.
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THE LION AND THE CRICETIDAE

                                               [JAI MA KALI]
          THE LION AND THE CRICETIDAE
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   Once upon a time,the king of the jungle,the mighty lion after lunching scrumptious flesh of a stag,was enjoying his afternoon zizz under the shade of a larch.It so happened that a cricetidae(mouse) emerged from nowhere.It started skipping and leaping over the paunch of the lion,sending the precious siesta of the lion to the limbo! The lion woke up and burbled with ferocious ire at the audacity of the tiny creature.He caught hold of the mouse and was about to throttle it when the mouse blubbered imploringly:
    "Your Majesty,have pity.I did it out of sheer ignorance.Please condone my faux pas.I may be of some help to you some day."
    The compassionate lion felt pity and set the mouse free with a warning.
Some days rolled by.One day some nimrods spread the net to trap a prey.Unfortunately the lion got entrapped in the net.He tried with full ferocity at his command to break the ropes of the net.But all his efforts proved abortive.So in sheer desperation he let out a thunderous yelp of pain and anguish.
 The echo of the lion's roar pierced through the ears of the cricetidae. He instantaneously leapt out of his hole and skedaddled forth to the site.With his canine like teeth,he tore to tatters the ropes of the net.The lion was free. He thanked the mouse profusely and rewarded him with a big slice of stag's flesh to nimble .

MORAL:  DO GOOD; HAVE GOOD !

                        (DEVENDRA SRIVASTAVA)
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PRESENCE OF MIND

                                            [JAI MA KALI]
                PRESENCE OF MIND
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 Once a cosset along with his hurtle was grazing in a pasture.He considered himself a grown up sheep and capable enough to take care of and fend for himself.When the dusk dawned,his mom summoned him to return to habitat with the meinie.Being cocky and obstreperous,he paid no heed and continued to nibble merrily the scrumptious viands.When he was chock-a-block,he lifted his head and saw that the parcel was already gone.
       He was left alone.The Sun was sinking and the darkness was spreading.He panicked.The thought of the monstrous Wolf that had gormandized a number of his pals,gave goose-pimples to him.Bleating for his mum,he started wildly over the field Hardly he had covered half way,he saw the wolf with blood-shot eyes standing over a clod.
     A thrill of horror shimmied down his spine.He was in imminent danger of losing his life.But he had a great presence of mind.Mustering enough courage, he baaed cajolingly to the wolf:
"Your Majesty,it is as sure as egg in eggs that within a few minutes,I would be in your gut.Please fulfill my last wish prior to my death.Pipe me a merry tune as I long to jitterbug for the last time."
The wolf consented.He struck up a melodious tune and the cosset leaped and frisked gaily.The hurtle was trudging slowly homeward.The evening wind carried the echo of the tune within the earshot of the shepherd dogs.They smelt a rat and about-turned to race to the pasture.Seeing the dogs,the wolf skedaddled away with the dogs at his heels.
   While running to safety,the wolf cursed himself for being a nincompoop for turning piper to please a lambkin when he should have stuck to his butcher's trade. 
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MORAL: DO NOT LET ANYTHING TURN YOU FROM YOUR PURPOSE.
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                    {DEVENDRA  SRIVASTAVA}
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