The Arrogant Camel

Hello, everyone.

    Today I am going to tell the story of a very arrogant camel. He thought he was the most beautiful animal in the whole kingdom. He made fun of all the animals. All the animals were at the end of their tether. They did not know what to do.

    Read on and find out how he stopped behaving arrogantly and became a humble animal.

The Arrogant Camel

    As you know a camel is not particularly a very beautiful animal. They are very humble creatures but the story that I am going to tell you is of a very arrogant and rude camel. He thought he was the most magnificent creature in the whole animal kingdom.

    When he saw a rabbit he would laugh at him and say, “Look at your ears, they are so long and ugly.”

    The rabbit would become very angry and run away from there.

    When he saw an elephant he would laugh at him and say, “Look at your trunk, it is so long and ugly and look at your ears, they are so big.”

    When he saw giraffe he would make fun of him and say, “Look at your neck, it is so long and ugly. Look at your legs they are so long and shapeless.”

    A giraffe is a very docile animal and he would just walk away in a huff.

    When he saw a duck he would laugh at him and say, “Look at your feet they are so ugly.”

    The duck would get very angry and go away quacking.

    This way he made fun of all the animals. The animals got so fed up that they just try to avoid him altogether. When this happened the camel found himself a very lonely creature. There was no-one to talk to or play with.

    One day, he felt very thirsty after having a meal of fine lush grass that grew there. As always he ate alone and then he went to drink water in the lake. The lake that day was very calm and it looked like glass. As he bent his head to drink he got the shock of his life. He saw a very ugly animal looking back at him. He screamed and ran away!

    As he was running away he met an elephant.

    “What’s the matter?” asked the elephant. “Why do you look so scared?”

    “There is a very ugly creature in the lake,” he said, panting. “Don’t go there.”

    “An ugly creature?” the elephant was puzzled. “I am always drinking water and I have never seen any ugly creatures there. Show me where it is.”

    “I am scared to go there,” said the camel.

    “Just show me where it is,” said the elephant and so the camel led the way slowly to the lake and showed him.

   The elephant looked but he did not see anything except his own reflection.

   “I don’t see anything scary there,” he said.

    The camel bent down look and he screamed, “Look there it is staring at me!”

    The elephant understood now what was happening and he started laughing. He laughed so loud that the whole jungle echoed with his laughter!

    “Why are you laughing?” the camel asked him. “Aren’t you afraid of the creature?”

    “The creature you are referring to is your own reflection,” said the elephant wiping his tears.

    By now all the animals had gathered round to see why the elephant was laughing. When they heard what he had to say they all started laughing.

    “My reflection?” asked the camel, horrified. “But it couldn’t be. Am I so ugly?”

    “That is right,” replied the rabbit who had been listening to everything. “You have been making fun of us but you had no idea how many faults you have.”

    “That is right,” said the giraffe. “Look at your hump, it is so ugly and look at your legs they are so crooked.”

    “Please, stop,” said the camel, crying in shame. “I had no idea I was so ugly. I am so sorry. I will never make fun of anyone again.”

    “Nobody is ugly,” said the owl, wisely. “We are all beautiful in our own ways. You should be thankful for who you are. You should never call anybody ugly.”

    From that day onwards, the camel was a different animal. He became humble and was friendly now. He no longer teased anyone.

    I hope you have liked my story. If you have, please, leave me a comment to let me know. Thanks.

The Sour Grapes

Hello, everyone.

    The story that I am going to tell you is a story that most of you must have heard it.

    It’s a story of a fox who wanted to eat the grapes that were growing on a high wall. Read on and find out what happens.

The Sour Grapes

    Once there was a fox. He was feeling very hungry and was trying to get something to eat. As he was walking he came across a high wall. Now on this wall there was a beautiful grape vine growing on it with nice juicy looking grapes.

    The fox looked at the grapes and his mouth watered. He went nearer and jumped to get at them but they were very high up on the wall. He tried to jump higher and higher but it was no good.

    He looked around to see if he could find anything to stand on. At first he did not see anything then he noticed a gate in the wall and near the gate was a stool standing there. He went to it and pushed with his nose and pulled with his mouth to get it under the grapes. At last he succeeded. Once the stool was under the grapevine he jumped onto it and tried to reach the grapes but they were still high up. He tried to jump to catch them but when he did so he fell down. He tried again and again and each time he fell on the ground. Seeing he just could not get those grapes he gave up.

    “Who wants those grapes, anyway?” he said, to himself. “They are sour grapes.”

    And with that he went away.

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Little Ali Learns a lesson

Hello, everyone,

    Today, I am going to tell you another of little Ali’s stories. Yes that brown eyed, chubby cheeked adorable little boy with tufts of brown hair.

    Read on and find out what happens when he tries to copy a spoilt little boy.

Little Ali Learns a Lesson

    Once, Ali’s mother took him along to visit a friend of hers. Ali’s mother’s friend greeted them very nicely and then she invited them inside the house. They went in and sat down in the sitting room. It was a very nice big spacious room. Everything was nice except that it was littered with toys of all sorts, teddy bears, several train sets, cars, legos and many other things. Little Ali’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets! He had never seen so many toys in his life! He got up and went to play with a train set. Seeing this his mother called him at once.

    “Ali, behave yourself, dear,” she said in a voice she used when she did not want him to do something. “Come here and sit down.”

    Ali came away reluctantly. Seeing this Ali’s mother’s friend just laughed and said, “Oh no, please let him play. These are my son Shaheed’s toys. Wait let me get him.”

    So she went out of the room calling his name. Soon she came back with a little boy of about Ali’s age. He was thin and slightly taller than Ali. He looked like he had just gotten out of bed because of his disheveled black hair. He had a rebellious look in his big black eyes. Ali took an instant dislike to him.

    “Shaheed, this is Ali,” she said, “aren’t you going to greet him?”

    “No,” said at once, “I don’t like him.”

    With that he turned and went to play with his toys. His mother went up to him and asked once more to greet the guests but he did not even answer her. His mother came and sat down on the sofa opposite and laughed.

    “He is in one of his moods today,” she said and laughed again.

    Soon Ali’s mother and her friends were talking when suddenly Shaheed came to his mother and pointed at Ali who had slid down from his seat and had tried to join Shaheed to play with the toys.

    “I don’t want him to play my toys,” he said.

    “Honey, it’s alright,” his mother said. “He wants to be your friend. Why don’t you want to play with him?”

    “No,” he said, and with that he went and pushed Ali. Ali fell down with a thud knocking his head on the floor. Ali’s mother ran and picked him up and rubbed his head where he had hurt himself. Ali began to cry.

    “I am so sorry,” Ali’s mother’s friend apologized. “Is he hurt badly?”

    “Just a bump,” Ali’s mother replied rather coldly. “I think I will go now. My husband will be home any minute.”

    With that she said goodbye to her friend and left.

    Now Ali had observed how Shaheed had behaved. He saw that when he demanded something he got it.

    Now the next day it was nearing lunch time and he wanted to go out and play. He knew if he asked his mother she would not let him go as it would soon be time to eat. But he was determined to go and so he went to his mother.

    “Mother, I want to go out and play,” he demanded as he had seen Shaheed demand.

    “You know you can’t go out to play at this time,” she said, surprised that Ali should even come and ask him knowing the rules.

    “But I want to go out to play,” he said again in a very demanding voice.

    His mother looked at him and saw that he was standing exactly how Shaheed had been standing his arms jutting out slightly and trying to look mean. Now she understood what it was all about. She did not say a word she just took him by his arm and led him to the store and put him there and closed the door.

    “When you behave yourself I will let you out,” she said in a very calm manner.

    Now, here seeing himself in the dark store scared little Ali very much and he started to bawl loudly.

    “Let me out, Mommyyyy…………..” he yelled and sobed. “Mommyyy………………….. let me out!”

    His mother let him cry for a minute or so and then asked, “Will you do that again?”

    “No, Mommy,” he said, sobbing.

    “Say sorry then I will let you out,” his mother said.

    “I am sorry, Mommy,” little Ali said in a small voice.

    Then, his mother opened the door of the store and let him out. At once he jumped in his mother’s arms.

    “Will you do that again?” his mother asked him gently.

    Little Ali shook his head and hid his face in her neck. His mother kissed him and then smiled.

    “You should never copy anyone,” she said, “Now can I have a smile from my little Ali.”

    Ali gave his mother a tearful smile.  

    “Now, your father will be here soon,” she said, “let’s set the table, shall we?”

    Little Ali smiled and ran to help his mother.

    From that day onwards he never demanded anything that he knew he could not get.

The Young Man and the Sage

Hello, everyone.

    Today I am going to tell you a story of a young man and a sage. This young man loved to complain about everything. Then the sage taught him a lesson he never forgot in his life.

    Read on and find out how.

The Young Man and the Sage

    Once there was a young man in who loved to complain about everything. If anybody did anything to him he would start complaining that that person had done him a big wrong. Everybody got tired of his whining. Nobody was ready to listen to him anymore.

    One day he decided he would go and tell all his woos to the sage who was living in the forest. He was sure to listen to him and show him a way to punish the people who were always doing wrong to him. So the very next day he sat out to go to this sage who lived in the forest. He had to walk for a whole day to reach him. When he finally did reach him he was so tired that he did not even have the strength to talk to him. The sage just welcomed him and gave him whatever food and water he had and laid down a mat on the floor for him sleep on it. Now this young man was not used to sleeping on the floor and he found that he had something else to complain about. Anyway, he was so tired that he went to sleep immediately as soon as his head hit the mat.

    The next day, this when this young man woke up the sage was nowhere to be seen. He was hungry. He wanted something to eat so started to complain about it in his head. What a negligent man! How could he leave his guest and go away like that? As he was complaining to himself he saw the sage coming with some fruits in his arms. When he came near, he greeted the young man with love and kindness. Then he gave him half the fruits he had collected from the forest and he took the other half. When the meal was over the sage asked the young man why he had come to see him?

    “Well, you see, it’s like this,” the young man began and started to recite all the wrongs that had been done to him.

    The old sage listened intently and nodded his head. Then asked the young man what he wanted him to do? The young man replied that he wanted to revenge those people.

    The old sage looked at him for a while and then nodded his head.

    “If I tell you to do something will you do it?” he asked the young man.

    “Yes, I will do it, Sir,” he replied, confidently.

    “It is not an easy task,” the sage said and asked,  “Will you really be able to do it?”

    “Yes, Sir,” he said, again, “I will do it.”

     “Alright then,” the sage said, “take a sack and put a potato for every wrong that someone has done to you. Then you carry that sack around wherever you go for a whole week. Do not put it down for a second no matter what. Just carry it around with you. After one week you come to see me. Then I will tell you what to do.”

    So the young man went home joyfully that he would be able to get even with people who had done wrong to him. He will show them all. So, he took a sack and put a potato for every wrong done to him. The sack became heavy but he was not concerned about that. When he had finished he carried it around with him wherever he went. After a few days the potatoes started to rot and a very bad smell began to come from the sack. The young could not put the sack down even for a second as he had promised the old sage he would carry it around no matter what. People began to avoid him and changed paths as soon as they saw him.

    Now the young man got really tired of carrying all those rotten potatoes. He wished he hadn’t promised the old sage. He wished he hadn’t put so many potatoes in the sack. He had no peace now. He could not sleep well, he could not eat well and worse he could not get rid of the smell because it was in the sack and the sack was on his shoulder.

    After what seemed like forever the week passed and he went to see the sage.

    Just as before the old sage welcomed him and told him to put the sack of rotten potatoes down which the young man did thankfully.

    As before he was given a mat to sleep on the floor, but today he had nothing to complain about as for the first time in days he could sleep without the big burden.

   The next day as before the sage brought him a breakfast of fruits. After breakfast the sage asked him a question.

    “How did you like carrying all that burden?” he asked the young man looking at him in the eyes.

    “I could not eat, I could not sleep and I could not do anything,” he said.

    “Do you want to know why I gave you to carry that burden?” he asked the young man.

    “No, Sir,” replied the young man, looking at the sage expectantly.

    “It was not to get revenge on those people who had wronged you but to teach you a lesson,” the sage said. “When you carry grudges of people it’s like carrying those potatoes. I had told you to put a potato for every grudge to show you that grudges are like those potatoes. They weigh your mind just as the potatoes were weighing on your body. The grudges take away your peace of mind and your creativity and everything else. You become a useless person. The person who has grudged you has nothing to lose but you have everything to lose. I hope you have learnt your lesson.”

    The young man fell at the sage’s feet and started to cry.

    “I will never grudge anyone again, Sir,” he said. “Please forgive me.”

    “Don’t ask my forgiveness,” the wise old sage said. “You have to forgive yourself first and then forgive everyone then and only then will you be at peace with yourself.”

    The young man stood up and made up his mind never to keep a grudge against anyone ever again. From that day onward he was a completely different man. Soon he had made many friends and they all loved him very much.