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THE RESULT OF MISERLINESS
‘Chinku’ was a cat in a forest named Santivan. On one day Chinku got a coconut under a coconut tree. It knew that coconut contains delicious whiteline and sweet water in it but it did not know how to open it. It had become too difficult a thing to Chinku to crack open the tough outer layer of the coconut. It started rolling it in the way to take it to its home.
On the way it came across ‘Meenu’ monkey. “‘Will you please help me to break open this coconut?”
“Sure I help you. I can very easily break it and give it to you. But for that you have to give me some of the sweet water in it. I like the sweet coconut water a lot.” Licking it lips with its tongue Meenu said.
“No. I don’t want to.” Once again Chinku started rolling the coconut on the way to her home. As it was going like that ‘Rainy’ deer came across it.
“Rainy, can you try to open this coconut to me?” Chinku asked him too.
“It is a little bit difficult task for me.” With a frown Rainy said. “But I can do it for you. You have to give me some of the white line in it to me.”
“No. I don’t want to share any portion of my coconut with anyone.” Chinku once again started its journey with the coconut before it.
As it was reaching its home ‘Dinku’ elephant came across. “Hey, Chinku, where did you get that coconut?” Dinku asked him raising its trump up into the air.
Chinku explained it to him. “Will you please open this coconut for me? It would be a very easy thing to you.” looking at him with pleading eyes Chinku asked him.
“I can do that in seconds.” With half closed eyes Dinku said. ‘But you have to give the coir of it to me. I do use it to clean my body while taking a bath in the lake.”
“No Dinku. I want that coir myself.” Chinku did not wait there at all after saying so.
As it was reaching its home Chinku heard a roar and transfixed on its way. Before its mind start working forest king Lion Lingu came before him.
“Where did you steal that coconut? You will be punished severely for this.” looking angrily with its red colour eyes Lingu said.
“No, Sir. I have got it under a coconut tree. I found it lying there and took it. I did not steal it at all.” shivering all over Chinku said.
“Then too, don’t you know the whole forest belongs to me and you should not take anything without my permission? Don’t you have even that much of common sense that you should take it to my cave and give it to me?” Lingu’s anger did not diminish at all.
“No, Sir. In fact I am taking it to your cave and in the meanwhile you came across me.” Controlling its fear with difficulty Chinku said.
“If it is so, you need not worry anymore. Leave that coconut here itself and run away without looking back.” Lingu ordered and roared again.
Chinku then left the coconut there and ran towards its home with all its might. After reached the home and settled comfortably it thought ‘if I have agreed to any of the wishes of those who came across me before the lingu lion to open the coconut, I could have enjoy most of it. Because of my miserliness I have to loss it like this.’
(2)
DIFFERENT DUTIES
Vinod was a physician in Nandanpur village. On one day a thief named Seshu tried to cross the compound wall of Vinod’s house to steal something from it but lost his grip and fall over on a rock and got broken his leg. Vinod found him in immovable condition in the backyard of his house and took him inside. He made him comfortable on a bed and set his broken leg with a bandage. Seshu was so happy with it.
Vinod looked after Seshu quite carefully until his broken leg became quite good. “Sir, if you don’t mind, I want to go to my home now.” After knowing himself that he had become all normal, Seshu said to him.
“Just wait until evening Seshu, then you can go to your home.” Vinod said to him.
Seshu was looking forward for evening to set in. He had become a lot bored staying in Vinod’s home all the time like that.
As it was becoming evening Vinod entered into the house with Police. “This is the man entered into my house to steal things but got broken his leg and bedridden until few days back. Please arrest him and put him in prison.”
“Sir, I never have expected this!” as the police advancing towards him to arrest, Seshu said with lot of fear mixed with confusion.
“I know that you feel surprise for my doing like this. But it is my duty as a doctor to treat you and make you good while you are in agonized and immovable condition. At the same time it is the duty of me as a civilian to handover a thief to the police.”
(3)
A WAY TO MAKE MORE DELICIOUS
Lallu was working as a cook in Sudarshan’s home for more than twenty years. He was an excellent cook and Sudarshan used to say to his friends and relatives that Lallu was indeed a very good cook and he was quite fortunate to have a cook like him in his home.
On one day Sudarshan’s friend Prabuddh came to his home. Sudarshan called Lallu and said “My childhood friend has come to my house. You have to make the dishes even more delicious on this day.” Lallu nodded his head and left.
Usually cooking in Sudarshan’s home would be over by 12.00 in the afternoon but on that day it was not finished even by 1.00 p.m. Sudarshan, his family and friend Prabuddh were started feeling hungry but they waited patiently. By 2.00 in the afternoon their hunger became unbearable but the cooking was not finished. When it became 3.00 p.m. Sudarshan could not tolerate it anymore and he went into the kitchen and enquired.
“Sir, you have asked me to make the dishes so delicious on this day.” Looking straight into the face of Sudarshan, Lallu asked him.
“Yes, I did ask you so. But how the delay in cooking in this way would be linked with it?” Sudarshan irritated and angered.
“Sir, every day I am making the dishes delicious to the maximum level possible. You have asked me to make them even more delicious on this day. There is only one thing which makes the dishes even more delicious than to their maximum. That is hunger. That is why I did put you all people wait this longer and feel intense hunger.”
Then Sudarshan realized that there was no necessity to tell to someone to make the things moreprefect who was doing them already perfect to the maximum
HIGH RISKS WITH HIGH POSITIONS
Dheeruvan was a cook in Priyadarshan’s home for a long time. Dheeruvan was indeed very good cook and Priyadarshan and his family members never hesitated to praise his skill before his relatives and other people. Other people also who ate his dishes were used to praise his cooking. All this made Dheeruvan a little pround.
On one day Priyadarshan’s friend Mangal came to Priyadarshan’s home. He was working in King’s assembly. After tasting the food cooked by Dheeruvan he exclaimed “I never have eaten this much delicious food until now! The dishes usually made by the cook of the King’s kitchen are worst one before these dishes. If Dheeruvan agrees I can make him the head cook in King’s kitchen in no time.”
“Sir do you really mean it?” Dheeruvan asked him expectantly.
“Of course, I do mean it. I am having lot of intimacy with the minister at King. I need do only one thing to make you the head cook in the king’s kitchen, that is make him taste one of your wonderful dishes. First of all I want to know how much you are ready to come and join in the King’s kitchen as a head cook.” Leisurely reclining in the chair Mangal said.
“It is all depends on Priyadayarshan Sir. If he agrees I sure want to join in King’s kitchen as a head cook.” Looking at Priyadarshan with pleading eyes Dheeruvan said.
“I really wish you a good future Dheeru. You really deserve that position. But high positions may sometime take high risks. Think well before you do move away from here.” Priyadarshan suggested to him.
“Sir, I really do want to join in that job. There is no necessity to think much about that to me.” There was full confidence in him.
“Then I wish you all the best. Go and join in that job. Just remember one thing. If you do ever wish to come to me again, you need not hesitate.”
“Thank you very much Sir.” Dheeruvan really felt quite grateful to Priyadarshan.
What Mangal had said proved hundred percent true. After tasting Dheeruvan’s delicious dish, King Kuchelan immediately appointed him as royal head cook. Huge salary has been fixed for him. Dheeruvan never had felt that much happier. Time started going so smooth and happy for him.
On one day King Kuchelan called Dheeruvan and said to him “On this day the envoy of Manickpura dines with me. He is so important person to me so you must make all the dishes utmost delicious.” He ordered.
Dheeruvan agreed to it and put himself into the work of preparing dishes for the dinner. As the king himself ordered him so, he started feeling a little tension as well. In that he had for gotten to pour salt in some dish and make it double in another dish. He had prepared so many dishes on that day and could not taste each one and see how it was.
“Oh, what a wonderful cook you have got!” after tasting the saltless and oversalted dishes the envoy of Manipura said. “He tried to give new taste to dishes by pouring more salt into one and by pouring no salt at all in another one.”
Until he tasted both those dishes King Kuchelan could not understand what the envoy of Manipur meant. Once he understood he could not control his anger on Dheeruvan.
“Take him out and hang him without any delay.” King Kuchelan ordered angrily.
“Sir, please. This is my very first mistake. I shall be careful in future.”Dheeruvan had fallen on the feet of King Kuchelan.
Then King Kuchelan controlled his anger with difficulty. “Hundred forceful and strong whiplashes along with fierce scorching on his left thigh with an iron rod.”
King Kuchelan’s order put into action without any delay. Then Dheeruvan understood why Priyadarshan said to him that high positions take high risks with them. After that he slowly resigned to his job in the royal kitchen and went back to Priyadarshan.
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