Two rats and the monkey
Once two rats and a monkey were living in a jungle. They were good friends. One day the two rats found a piece of bread on the way. They picked a quarrel between them while they were trying to divide the piece because each of them wanted to have the larger part. “Let’s go to Mr. Monkey,” said one rat. The monkey was so wise as to settle the dispute. So, the other monkey agreed to the proposal. Accordingly they went to and said everything to the monkey. “Well,” he said. “That’s not an easy task. This will cost you a lot.” The rats agreed with the monkey. Mr. Monkey started to do his job. First he divided the piece of bread into two pieces so that they would not be equal. He put them on his scale. The scale showed the pieces not equal. “O dear,” Mr. Monkey said. “One part is heavier than the other.” He took a little from the heavier one so that it becomes lighter than the other. He weighed again. This time the same thing happened. “Stop! Stop!” shouted the rats. “You are grasping all our bread.” “Didn’t you ask me to divide it into two equal parts?” said the monkey. “I’m doing my best but it’s not so easy.” Mr. Monkey started again and was repeating the experiment. At last there were two very small pieces left. “Stop! Stop!” two rats shouted. “We agree to divide it ourselves. Give us our little pieces.” “What!” Mr. Monkey shouted angrily. “This is my fees. Haven’t I done a lot labor for you?”
Moral: To solve one’s problem oneself is better.
Don’t beg
Once our prophet Hazrat Muhammad (sm) was sitting under a tree with some of his followers. All on a sudden a man came to him. “Please, give me some coins,” the man begged. “My family has been starving for some days.” “Do you have anything in your house?” Hazrat (sm) said to him. “Yes,” replied the man. “I have a blanket in my house.” “Go home and take the blanked to me.” said Hazrat (sm).He went home, came back with his blanket and gave it to Hazrat (sm).He sold it and gave the man half of the money to buy foods for himself and his family. He managed to buy an axe with the other half and said to the man “Go to the forest, cut wood and sell them in the market. Never beg.” The man did so and the poverty existed no more in his family. After a few days he came back to Hazrat (sm) and said, “Thank Allah, I’m no more poor. My children are happy now.”
Promise is to be kept.
A long time ago there was a town of Hamelin in Germany. The town fell into a great problem. A lot of rats gathered in the town from the nearby forest. The rats were so big and fierce that they fled away the dogs, killed the cats and bit the babies. The townee’s corns were grasped up as soon as they were collected. All day long they ran about shrieking and squeaking. People came to the Mayor of the town to tell him to do something against the rats. The Mayor called the councilors in a conference. They couldn’t find any way out. In the mean time a pied piper came and knocked at the door. “Who?” asked someone from inside the hall room. “People call me piper,” replied the man, “If you give me one thousand guilders, I’ll rid you of rats. "All right,” agreed the Mayor. The piper played a nice tune on his pipe. All the rats came tumbling from all homes of the town toward the tune. The piper went to the river playing the tune. The rats also followed him. When he got down into the river, all the rats drowned into the water. He returned to the Mayor. “Now give me my fees,” said the piper. “What?” said the Mayor. “So much money for such a little job! You can be paid only one hundred guilder.” He then grew angry and played another tune on his pipe. This time all the children of the town came out and followed him. He with the children disappeared behind the hills and never came back. The piper took his revenge.
Who’ll bell the cat?
Once there was a rich man living near a forest. Many mice came to his home and started to reside. There they experienced no want of food for them. They could build their houses making holes in the quilts and blankets. They could do roaming, screaming and leaping around the house . They got very rich food preserved in the cupboard, pots and cans. They disordered arranged things. Sometimes they bit the children and disturbed their sleep at night. The life of the family became restless and awkward. Then he brought a cat in his house. The cat attacked the rats and killed suddenly and frequently. No rats then enabled to come out of their holes. Their life became disastrous. Starving, being snubbed and being frightened became their common experience. One day all the mice gathered in a meeting to decide how they could be saved from their miseries. Many opinions came out from them but none was settled to be fit. Suddenly a mouse got upright and said, “I have got an idea. What would happen if we hang a bell on the neck of the cat? While Mr. Cat will be arriving, the bell will ring and hearing the sound everybody can be scattered to their safety.” All clapped merrily but soon after this an old wise rat stood up and said, “Who will bell the cat?”. Everybody became stupefied and silence dropped among them. The meeting ended with no decision. The mice were forced to migrated other where.
Moral: Easier said than done.
A Stag and a hunter
Once there was a stag in a forest. One day he became thirsty and came to a stream to drink water. When he came to the touch of the water, he saw the image of his head into the clear water of the pool. He charmed much but when he saw his thin and ugly legs, he turned pale. In the mean time a hunter came to him to hunt. He saw the hunter and started to rush away through the jungle full of creepers. His legs helped him to run hurriedly but his horns which entangled with the creepers made him confined there. The hunter advanced toward the stag and killed it. The hunter thought if he had not had the horns, he might not have been killed.
Moral: All that glitters is not gold.
Who can kill who Allah saves?
At the age of 53 many ante-Muslims wanted to kill Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) and made plans. One night when Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) was in his room, the enemies besieged his house. He could know it and went out behind their back. Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) kept the trust money deposited in his custody in search of Hazrat Ali and went to Hazrat Abu Bakr’s house. They two then started for Medina. When the enemies entered into Hazrat Muhammad (Sm)’s house, they saw Hazrat Ali on his bed. They became extremely furius and chased after him. He and Abu Bakr hid themselves in a cave 3 miles away from Mecca. In the meantime a spider made a net on the mouth of the cave and a pigeon laid eggs on the net. The enemies reached there and searched for Hazrat Muhammad (Sm) around. Someone also wanted to find him in the cave, but the cave showed no sign of the presence of anybody inside. They failed to find him and went back.
