One day, a poor man was walking by the marketplace, when he saw a pink pouch lying on the ground. There were a hundred gold coins in it. Just then, a man shouted, “Has anyone found my pouch? Whoever returns it shall be rewarded.” The poor man gave him the pouch. The rich man counted […]
A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100 metres race. At the fire of the gun, they started with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. One little boy among them stumbled on the asphalt,
Once a boy, with his father was walking on a mountain. The boy inquisitively asked his father many questions about the world. Suddenly, he surprisingly heard a voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh.” Just as he had screamed when he had got injured. He curiously asked, “Who are you?” He received the answer, “Who
There was a boy who had bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence every time he lost his temper. On the first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Soon the number of nails hammered daily
Once a man started arguing about the existence of God on earth with a barber when he had gone to have his beard and hair cut in a barber shop. The barber said, “Look man, I don’t believe that God exists as you say so. If God existed, would there be so many sick people?
One day, Birbal was on his way home from Emperor Akbar’s court. He saw a couple of donkeys fighting. Soon, another donkey came there and tried to interfere. Birbal got off his horse and kept watching the donkeys. When passers-by saw Birbal standing there, they were curious to know why he was looking at the
Finding a few uninvited cranes destroying his newly sown crops, a farmer set a net in his field in order to catch those destructive birds.Next day, when the farmer strode across the field to examine the net he found that the net was full of cranes and a stork. Suddenly, the farmer heard a moaning
One day, a father of a very affluent family decided to take his son on a trip to show how the poor people lived so he could be thankful for his wealth. They spent a couple of days with poor families. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the
Emperor Akbar wanted his courtiers to be like Birbal. One day, he said, “Birbal, tell us how wise people should conduct themselves.” Birbal began his speech. But he noticed that the courtiers were busy talking to one another. So he fell silent for a few moments. Then he said, “There was a beautiful lady. She
Once a group of frogs was living contentedly in the woods. Suddenly, some frogs gathered around the pit finding two of them had fallen into a deep pit. When they saw how deep the pit was, they dejectedly told the two frogs in the pit that they should prepare themselves for their fate, because they
A man who bought a new car, came to his house to show it to his wife, who was working in the kitchen. But when they came out, they found their son ridiculously hammering a dent in the car. It really infuriated the father who mercilessly hammered the son’s hand into pulp as punishment. As
Once upon a time, a king had placed a boulder on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but
One day, a widow sought Birbal’s help. Her husband had left a strange will. She was not able to understand what it meant. Birbal saw the will. It read: Divide the property among the three daughters equally. None of them should be able to use it. Each daughter should give one thousand gold coins to
Once a boy hurriedly came up to his mother in the kitchen, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. Mother became astounded to see and to read that, in which money had been asked, for cutting the grass: $5.00, for cleaning up the room: $1.00, for going to the
One day, Akbar said to Birbal, “I want to know whether the farmers of my kingdom are happy. Let’s go and find out.” Akbar and Birbal set off on horseback. The countryside was beautiful. On the way, they came across a field of cabbages. Akbar said, “I just love cabbages. Don’t you like those?” Birbal