Group B

The man who wanted to live alone

In an ancient time there lived a young man called Ruplal in a small village near a jungle. He worked on a farm and lived with his family. But he didn’t like it. “How noisy and quarrelful the village is!”exclaimed he. “I’ll  have to go and live alone in the jungle or I’ll go completely mad. I don’t want to stay here even for a day!” He collected his things and went to the jungle to live by himself. He made a rich hut with wood to live in peace and quiet all by himself. “Ah! How happy I am now!” He thought himself. After some days he found his blanket to have hole. He tried to find out who had made the hole but he found nothing. Next night when he was sleeping, he could hear a sound. “Either someone or something is eating my blanket,” he thought. “Who’s that? Go away. Leave me alone,” he shouted. The moonlight shone brightly. He saw a small mouse leaving his room. “Right,” he thought. “I’ll bring my cat.” He did accordingly. Next morning he saw the cat looking gentle with the mouse dead beside it. “Oh, you clever cat!” he exclaimed. “But the cat hasn’t had anything yet. What can I do for you? I must bring my cow.” He went home and fetched his cow. Some days they were able to taste fresh milk.  But there was none to look after the cow. The cow grew slowly thinner and thinner. “Oh, my cow, what can I do for you? he said to himself. “I must get a boy or you will die.” He went to his village and returned with his younger brother.

Now, he had to spend his days in business. He built his house large, cooked food for himself and his brother and looked after the cow and the cat. He said to his brother, “I came here to live in peace and quiet. Now I have much responsibility.” “Why don’t you share your responsibility with others? suggested his brother. “You should go back to the village and find a wife. Already we are three. Why not have four?” They two went to their parents. “Why did you go and live in the jungle, Ruplal? asked his mother. “For peace and to live alone,” replied Ruplal. “You aren’t alone there,” said his father. “Your younger brother is already living with you. If you take a wife, you will have children. If you can’t stay alone in the jungle why don’t you stay with us?” He agreed with his parents. He with his younger brother went to the jungle and collected the cow, the cat and everything. He went pack to his family. “I have learnt a good lesson,” breathed he. “Living here is not easy but living alone is more difficult.”

Moral: Man is social being.

A Famous Magician and his student

Once upon a time there lived a famous magician called Frankel. He lived in a small town in Germany and worked their in a laboratory in his house. He was a good magician as he used the spells to make bad people good. He lived by himself in a large house. He did everything - washing, cleaning etc, by magic. He took a boy named Hans of eighteen as a student to teach him his entire discovery on magic so that his contribution on magic field would not be wasted. Hans was a good student and very curious to learn “Stay with me and you can learn more,” Frankel said to Hans. “Never be impatient. My magic is very powerful. So, it can be dangerous.” But Hans was very disappointed. He wanted to be a powerful magician quickly. One day the magician taught Hans  how to make the brush carry water to clean the floor. The next day, after breakfast, Frankel went to see his friend and Hans went to clean the Frenkel’s laboratory. Hans took a metal object and followed the spell he learnt the previous day. The door of the laboratory opened and a brash walked in. It grew armed and legged just like a man. It carried a bucket of water. “Goodness!” he exclaimed. “Is the brush going to clean the floor?” The brush emptied bucket water on to the floor and then went out for more water. It again emptied another bucket of water. “That’s enough, Brush,” said Hans. “You can start cleaning the floor now.” But the brush didn’t take it to ear. It fetched more and more water. The laboratory began to flood. The water in the laboratory rose higher and higher and Hans grew worried more and more. He took an axe and cut it into two pieces. The wonderful matter was that both pieces grew their own legs and arms. Now they carried two buckets and fetched more water. He grew frightened and again cut each into two. The four pieces similarly grew legs and hands and fetched more and more water. When Hans thought about the Frankel’s library and intended to go there, he saw Frankel behind. Hans was so frightened that he forgot everything else and tried to run away. But he couldn’t. Then he cried, “Please don’t punish me.” In the mean time all the water was dried. Hans looked down and got amused that there was no water in the laboratory. “Don’t you think that’s serious, Hans?” asked Frankel. “Did I not tell you to be careful?  If you’re impatient again ..............................” “I’ll never be impatient again, sir. I promise. I’ve really learned my lesson," said Hans.

Moral: A little learning is a dangerous thing.

The lamp of Aladin

Once there was a young boy called Aladin. He lived with his mother in a rich city of China. His father died when he was a child. His mother had to spin cotton to support the family. One day a stranger came to Aladin’s mother and introduced himself as Aladin’s uncle. He saw the poor condition of Aladin’s family and said, “You must do something to earn a living. I’ll buy a shop for you. You’ll sell linen there.” The stranger was really a magician. Next day he took Aladin to a narrow valley. It had mountains on all sides. The stranger spoke two magic words. At once they saw a big stone with a brass ring. Aladin held the ring and lift the stone. They saw a staircase leading to a door. “Go downstairs and open the door,” ordered the stranger. “You will find big halls. There are vases full of gold therein. Don’t touch them. Just go forward until you see a garden. There you can see a lamp. Bring the lamp. Go!”  Aladin did so. In the garden Aladin saw rich jewels hanging in the trees. Aladin picked some and put them in his pocket. He also took the lamp. He came back to the mouth of the cave “Give me the lamp,” said the stranger. “Please, sir, pull me up first and then I’ll give the lamp,” requested Aladin. The stranger became angry and spoke two magic words. The door of the cave was closed. It was dark inside. He was frightened. Suddenly he rubbed the lamp unconsciously. At once a genie came and said, “I am the slave of the ring. I’ll obey you. What do you want?”  “Take me out of the cave,” said he. At once he was brought out. He came home. The lamp was dusty. He started to clean it and rubbed. At once another genie appeared and said, “I’m the genie of the lamp. I obey him who holds it. What do you want?” “Bring some food for me,” said Aladin. Then he brought a silver tray on his head. There were two silver plates, two silver cups, and twelve silver dishes full of nice food. After that whenever Aladin and his family needed anything, they asked the genie and the genie brought it for them. Thus all there poverty disappeared and they lived happily.

Moral: Nothing in the world is like Aladin’s lamp.

A fox without a tail

Once there lived a few foxes in a jungle. One day a fox while walking through a jungle felt into a trap. He faced hard trouble to get out of the trap. However he managed to get rid of that but lost his nice tail. Without tail he looked very strange and became extremely sad. When he came into the company with other foxes, he felt ashamed. The fox was very cunning in deceiving other. He made a plan so as to cut the tails of others. One day he called all the foxes in a meeting. On the attendance of all foxes he said to them, “I’ve invented a new idea. Our tail is an extra burden. If we did not have it, we could be out of trouble. Look! I cut my tail off. Now I feel myself easy and light. I can run faster than before I did. So you all cut your tails off.” His suggestion made them put importance on it and thought it right. They accepted with one accord. But there was an old wise fox. The wise divulged his trick before other foxes. He said to them, “Don’t follow this cheat. He was unexpectedly trapped and lost his tail. Now he wants us all to be living without a tail like him.”  Hearing this he became ashamed and fled away from the meeting.

Moral: Wisdom comes with age.

Honesty in business

Once Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) ran a business of camels. One day he sold some camels to some foreign merchants. Having paid their money the merchants left for their destination. But Muhammad (Sm) forgot to mention that there was a lame camel. He thought that the price of the lame camel was not the same as that of a good one. He went riding to the merchants and requested them to take some money back as the compensation of the lame one. They became astonished and said, “We have bought your camels after checking. So the defect if there is any is ours.” “No, it is not that,” said Muhammad (Sm). “I am the owner. I should inform you the defect, but I didn’t do that. I must compensate the defect. Earning by fraud is not granted by religion. Such income is illegal. Allah will catch for this.” The merchants listened to him attentively. The more they were listening, the more they got interested. The darkness in them about illegality in business gradually got dispelled. They were charmed at the truthfulness of Muhammad (Sm). They realized that the business is fair and there is no chance to cheat. The merchants came to buy camels but went back taking the oath of truthfulness.

Boni Kainuca- a Jewish lineage.

 During the reign of Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) there lived a lineage named Bani Kainuca at some distance from Medina. They were goldsmiths. One day a Muslim woman went to one of their shops to buy jewelry. When she sat, very silently a Jew tied her scarf with a pillar. When she stood and walked out of the shop, the scarf was left, which made her beauty exposed to the people. The Jews then laughed at and began to insult her. She shouted, “Save! Save!” A Muslim man going by heard it and saved her, but he had to give his life away. They killed him. Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) heard it and went there. He said to them to be enchanted under the Muslim. They refused the proposal and on the contrary insulted him. Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) came back and gathered an army to fight against them. The army of 150 soldiers  attacked the Boni-Kainuca under the leading of Hazrat Ali and took them under control. They begged to Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) not to be killed and in imprisonment and let them go to Seria. Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) forgave and let them go. Then they left with what they could take with them.