Once, a man was not satisfied with his house. He wished for a larger house. He went to a wise old woman and told her about this. She said to him, “I can help you. Just do as I say. Bring your chicken, sheep, horse and cow into your house.” The man agreed. But his already small house became stuffy with all those animals in it. The angry man returned to the old woman and cried, “What have you done? There is no space in my house now. The animals are also very noisy. What should I do?” “Put all your animals in the barn,” she replied. When he had put all the animals back in the barn, the man went into his house. To his surprise, it suddenly looked extraordinarily bigger. Without the animals inside, his house was now quiet too.
The Wish for a Big House
