ജി.യു.പി.എസ്. പത്തപ്പിരിയം/അക്ഷരവൃക്ഷം/GREED DOES NOT PAY
GREED DOES NOT PAY
Long long ago in a far away village,there lived a brahmin who had a wife and three beautiful daughters whom he loved very much.The brahmin worked hard and took good care of his family. But one day,all of a sudden,he died .His family was heart broken. The brahmin's wife Yashoda,cried with grief, "O God! what will I do? How will I support my children? In the meantime , the brahmin was reborn as a beautiful golden swan . One day the swan said to him self, "I wonder how my dear family is doing. I must visit them."He flew to his village and was unhappy to find his family begging for a living . He said ,"I must do something to help them . I cannot leave them to beg ! " The swan then flew towards Yashoda . When she saw the lovely bird she wanted to catch it but the swan said , "wait Yashoda , i am your husband ! " Pluking one of his feathers he said , " sell this feather Yashoda , and buy some food and clothes ." Then , he flew away every weak , he came back to provide for his family. Soon Yashoda and her daughter's where rich and were able to live in luxury . However Yashoda was a very greedy woman ! She was not happy with getting just one feather a week and so decided to pluck all the feathers of the swan . So the next time the swan arrived Yashoda pounced on it . The poor swan begged her not to pull off it's feathers but in vain. The swan cried to her ," what have you done ! those feathers are use less because you took them by force they have changed to ordinary feathers ! " Oh no ! now what do I do ? " Wailed Yashoda .The swan looked at her and saying " this is what greed comes to Yashoda ! You were greedy and now you are left with nothing ! "He flew away never to return again!.
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