Good morning to the honourable judges, teachers and friend. Today I’m going to tell
the stories about THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER.
The ant and the grasshopper were best friends with very different personalities.
The grasshopper would spend his days sleeping or playing his guitar while the ant would
collect food and build his ant hill.
Every now and then, the grasshopper would tell the ant to take a break. However, the
ant would refuse and continue to complete his work.
Soon winter came making the days and nights cold. One day the colony of ants were
busy trying to dry some grains of corn. The grasshopper who was extremely weak and hungry
came up to the ants and asked "Can you please give me a piece of corn?"
The ant replied "We worked hard for this corn all summer while you relaxed, why should
we give it to you?"
The grasshopper was so busy singing and sleeping that he didn't have enough food to
last winter. The grasshopper realized his mistake.
The moral of the story is make use of opportunity while you have it. Thank you.
Good morning to the honourable judges, teachers and friend. Today I’m going to tell
the stories about THE STORK AND THE CRAB.
An old Stork lived on the side of a fish pond. He was too old to fish any longer, and he
had to come up with an idea for food. Suddenly, he had a great idea.
He stood in the water with a sad face. A crab came up to him and ask him why he was so
unhappy.
The Stork said "I've heard that this pond is going to dry up soon and now I have to fly
away to another pond."
Concerned, the crab asked the stork to save the animals in the pond as well.
He would take a couple of fish in his beak and fly away towards another pond. Once he would
reach far out of sight the pond, he would eat them. He did this many times.
Now it was the crab’s turn. As they were flying the crab looked down but could not see
a pond however he saw a lot of fish bones. The crab immediately realized what was happening
and grabbed the stork’s throat tight with his sharp claws. The stork struggled to get free. But
the crab held on. Soon the stork fell to the ground. The crab crawled back to his pond to tell
the story to the rest of the pond creatures.
The moral of the story is too much greed that’s bad for you and will only cause you
harm. Thank you.
Good morning to the honourable judges, teachers and friend. Today I’m going to tell
the stories about THE FARMER AND THE WELL.
One day, a farmer was looking for a water source for his farm, when he bought a well
from his neighbour. The neighbour, however, was cunning. The next day, as the farmer came
to draw water from his well, the neighbour refused to let him take any water.
When the farmer asked why, the neighbour replied, “I sold you the well, not the water,”
and walked away. Distraught, the farmer went to the emperor to ask for justice. He explained
what had happened.
The emperor called on Birbal, one of his nine, and wisest, courtiers. Birbal proceeded
to question the neighbour, “Why don’t you let the farmer take water from the well? You did sell
the well to the farmer?”
The neighbour replied, “Birbal, I did sell the well to the farmer but not the water within
it. He has no right to draw water from the well.”
Birbal said, “Look, since you sold the well, you have no right to keep the water in the
farmer’s well. Either you pay rent to the farmer, or take it out immediately.” Realizing that his
scheme had failed, the neighbour apologized and went home.
The moral of the story is don’t cheat to others because cheating will not get you
anything. If you cheat, you’ll pay soon enough. Thank you.