Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The hat seller and monkey

A hat-seller who was passing by a forest decided to take a nap under one of the trees, so he left his whole basket of hats by the side. A few hours later, he woke up and realized that all his hats were gone. He looked up and to his surprise, the tree was full of monkeys and they had taken all his hats.
The hat seller sits down and thinks of how he can get the hats down. While thinking he started to scratch his head. The next moment, the monkeys were doing the same. Next, he took down his own hat, the monkeys did exactly the same. An idea came to his mind* He took his hat and threw it on the floor and the monkeys did that too. So he finally managed to get all his hats back.

Fifty years later, his grandson,Arwind , also became a hat-seller and had heard this monkey story from his grandfather.
One day, just like his grandfather, he passed by the same forest. It was very hot, and he took a nap under the same tree and left the hats on the floor.

He woke up and realized that all his hats were taken by the monkeys on the tree.

He remembered his grandfather' s words, started scratching his head and the monkeys followed.


He took down his hat and fanned himself and again the monkeys followed.
Now, very convinced of his grandfather' s idea, Arwind threw his hat on the floor but to his surprise, the monkeys still held on to all the hats.



Then one monkey climbed down the tree, grabbed the hat on the floor, gave him a slap and Guess!!! Said what???




"You think only you have a grandfather".



Tuesday, August 16, 2011

God and his creation



God created the donkey and said to him. 
"You will be a donkey. You will work un-tiringly from sunrise to sunset 
carrying burdens on your back. You will eat grass, 
you will have no intelligence and you will live 50 years."
The donkey answered: 
"I will be a donkey, but to live 50 years is much. Give me only 20 years"
God granted his wish. 

God created the dog and said to him: 
"You will guard the house of man. You will be his best Friend. 
You will eat the scraps that he gives you and you will live 30 years.
You will be a dog. "
The dog answered: 
"Sir, to live 30 years is too much, give me only 15 years. 
" God granted his wish.


God created the monkey and said to him: 
"You will be a monkey. You will swing from branch to branch doing tricks. 
You will be amusing and you will live 20 years. "
The monkey answered: 
"To live 20 years is too much, give me only 10 years." 
God granted his wish.


Finally God created man and said to him: 
"You will be man, the only rational creature on the face of the earth. 
You will use your intelligence to become master over all the animals.. 
You will dominate the world and you will live20 years."

Man responded: 
"Sir, I will be a man but to live only
20 years is very little, 
give me the 30years that the donkey refused, 
the 15 years that the dog did not want and 
the 10 years the monkey refused.
" God granted man's wish 


And Since Then, Man Lives

20 years as a man ,
marries and spends
30 years like a donkey, 
working and carrying all the burdens on his back.

Then when his children are grown, 
he lives 15 years like a dog taking care of the house 
and eating whatever is given to him, 

so that when he is old, 
he can retire and live 10 years like a monkey, 
going from house to house and from one son or 
daughter to another doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.

That is our story in our short life.....