Moral Story

Two Frogs In Trouble

Once a big fat frog and a lively little frog were hopping along together when they had the misfortune of jumping into a pail of fresh milk. They swam for hours and hours hoping to get out somehow; but the sides of the pail were steep and slippery and death seemed to be certain. When the big frog was exhausted he lost courage. There seemed no hope of rescue. “Why keep struggling against the inevitable? I cannot swim any longer.” He moaned. “Keep on! Keep on!” urged the little frog, who was still circling the pail. So they went on for a while. But the big frog decided it was no use. “Little brother, We may as well give up” he gasped. “I am going to quit struggling.” Now only the little frog was left. He thought to himself. “Well, to give up is to be dead, so I will keep swimming.” Two more hours passed and the tiny legs of the determined little frog were almost paralyzed with exhaustion. It seemed as if he could not keep moving for another minute. But he thought of his dead friend, and repeated, “To give up is to be meat for someone’s table, so I’ll keep paddling on until I die – if death is to come – but I will not cease trying – while there is life, there is hope.”Intoxicated with determination, the little frog kept on swimming around and around the pail, chopping the milk into white waves. After a while, just as he felt completely numb and thought he was about to drown, he suddenly felt something solid under him. To his astonishment, he saw that he was resting on a lump of butter which he had churned by constant paddling! And so the successful little frog leaped out of the milk pail to freedom.

Anecdotes

Goddess of Truth

In the olden days there was great king named Aparajita. he loved his subjects dearly. All were happy and joyous under his care. The country was prosperous under him.

One morning, he went to bathe in a nearby river. There, he saw a beautiful girl who had actually come out of his palace. He stopped her and asked, ‘Oh Mother, who are you? Where are you going at this hour all along?’

She replied ‘O King! I am the goddess of wealth, I don’t stay at one place for long. But I stayed here for a long time, as you are a good man. Now I am leaving this place.’

‘Is it so? If you are not happy here, you may go’ said the king.

After some time another girl was passing along, ‘O Mother! Where are you going?’ asked the King. She said, ‘Your Majesty! I am the goddess of virtue. I follow the goddess of wealth.’

‘As you wish mother. You may go’, said the king

After sometime another lady came along. ‘Who are you and where are you going? asked the king. She replied ‘I am the goddess of justice. I reside where the goddess of virtue resides. So I am leaving.’ ‘All right! I will not stop you’ said the king.

After sometime, he saw yet another lady ready to leave. The king asked, ‘Mother! Who are you and where are you going?’ She replied, ‘I am the goddess of truth. I stay where my sisters are. I am leaving as all my sisters have left.’

Hearing this, the king became very sad. He instantly fell at her feet and said, ‘Mother! Please be gracious. I did not worry where the other three left, but I cannot exist without truth. So kindly do not forsake me.’

The goddess of truth was moved by these words of the king and said, ‘All right, I am not leaving your kingdom.’ The king was happy and he said.’O Compassionate Mother! Glory to thee.’

Since Truth stayed back, the goddess of justice returned. She said, ‘O King! I stay only where the goddess of truth resides.

‘ It is my good fortune Mother! You are welcome!’ said the king.

Goddess of virtue returned and pointing to her two sisters said, ‘ I do not stay without them. So let me also stay back.’ After a while, the goddess of wealth too returned. She said, ‘without justice, virtue and truth, wealth will be the cause of disaster. So I too have returned.’

The happy king prostrated before the goddesses and said, ‘ O Mothers! Let the people of my kingdom too realize the greatness of truth and understand that wherever truth is, there will be justice, virtue and wealth.’

Anecdotes

Forgiving is Greatness


Thomas Carlyle is the author of the book ‘The French Revolution’. Once, John Stuart Mill, the famous Philosopher and writer asked him, would you kindly lend me the manuscript of your work ‘The French Revolution’ ? I would like to go through the first part of your work. ‘Carlyle readily gave him the manuscript.

After some days Mill knocked at his door one night and entered the hall in a dazed condition, ‘What is it Mill?’ asked Carlyle.

‘My friend,’ stammered the philosopher gasping; ‘I am ….. I am ….sorry; your manuscript was swept away by the maid and destroyed except for a few torn pages.’

Carlyle was stunned!

Gathering his wits, he slowly said, ‘Why do you keep standing? Pray sit down. Well, what has happened has happened. So do not worry.’

Mill sat down with a sigh. He talked with his friend for hours, well past midnight thinking that he should console Carlyle. In the end Carlyle came closer to him and said ‘Listen, my friend! Now do not think about it any more. Take it like this; it is like a master asking a pupil who has written a bad essay to rewrite it to perfection.’