Fable

It is told that there was a neighbor to Juha. It was known of him that he was extremely generous and bountiful. One day, this man held a wedding and didn’t invite Juha and his wife to attend. Juha and his wife were angry at the man’s deed. They sat together thinking of a trick to attend this feast. Juha’s wife left her house and hurried to enter the neighbor’s house, imagining the feast was there. Juha was behind her running with anger and calling out to her, but the neighbors held him and began calming him and trying to prevent him from beating her. Juha’s wife hid in the neighbors’ house. Juha sat by the drums where tables were spread and food was placed. Everyone sat. Juha approached the food and began devouring it voraciously and said, “How delicious my wife’s food is. I’ve known where to feed herself.” ...

Two brothers lived in one house. They were small, raised together until they grew up, each married. They separated, each living in a house with his wife and children. The older was extremely rich, and the younger extremely poor. The rich brother lived on a small island surrounded on all sides by sea water, so he made the trade of salt his trade. He sold salt for years until he collected a large amount of money. But despite that, he was extremely stingy. ...

After people used to use him as a means of transportation, the day came when he used means of transportation. He realized with full awareness that his intelligence and cunning would lead him to this result one day. He felt extreme happiness as he saw the desert disappearing behind him and turning to gray color, with wide green lands on both sides. The camel took a long breath, feeling absolute happiness he had never tasted throughout his life. ...

Many values pass us in life, some of which we learn from and some we don’t pay attention to. We might miss much if we don’t plant the best values and finest morals in our children, for the child is but a seedling we plant and reap its fruits. This story teaches us values like doing good and performing kindness, for what we do is what we reap. It is told that there was a well-off woman who made bread for her family every day. She always made extra bread for any hungry passerby who passed by her. The woman used to put a loaf of bread on the windowsill for any passerby to take. Every day, a poor hunchbacked man would pass by her door, extend his hand, and take the loaf. Instead of showing gratitude for the woman’s generosity, he would murmur some words saying, “The evil you offer stays with you, and the good you offer returns to you.” ...

Saad al-Din traded in spices and silk, bringing them from India and distributing them to small merchants. He wanted to deliver a quantity to one of his customers in a semi-desert area, a day and night’s journey from his town. He took with him the camel and the donkey. He placed a light load on the camel and the rest on the donkey’s back. After one day: After a journey of one day, the donkey began walking with difficulty, unable to continue walking because of his heavy load. The donkey complained to the camel about the weight of his burden. ...

It is told that in ancient times, there was a rich merchant, but despite that, he was stingy. He increased in stinginess every time he collected more coins. Nothing occupied him in life except earning more pieces of gold coins and collecting them in a large box. Once, the merchant bought a flock of sheep and sold it for a large price. He returned from the market to his house happy, his wallet stuffed with money. How could he not be happy when he owned four hundred gold coins. ...

It is told that in ancient times, in days of old, a poor man had three daughters who used to spin cotton. Their father would sell in the market what they spun, buy new cotton from its price, and spend the rest on buying food for his three daughters. This was his condition and that of his daughters. The charitable poor man and the destitute beggar: One day, the poor father went to the market. He met a destitute man who complained to him about his poverty. The father pitied him greatly and gave him the price of all the spinning. Then the father returned to his daughters without cotton or food. ...

It is told that a man named Abu Sihot was famous for extreme stinginess, to the point that he wore very tattered clothes and didn’t think about renewing them so no one would covet him. Abu Sihot had a lot of money that he carried in a bundle when he walked and raised it with a long stick on his shoulders. He was disheveled, dust-covered beard, with an unbearable smell. ...

The Reward of Kindness revolves around doing good and the great reward that follows that deed. The story tells of a polite young man who bought two birds and decided to release them to enjoy the freedom of movement in their social environment. Because the two birds were grateful and appreciative of what this young man had done for them, they decided to show him a place where there was much good for him, as will follow in the story… ...

There was once a king who had a beautiful daughter. Many young men wanted to marry her, but the king thought carefully about the matter and found that they weren’t good for his daughter. Among those who wanted to marry her were the Prince of Fire and the Prince of Rain. The Prince of Rain came to the king’s daughter and said to her, “Will you marry me, daughter of the king?” She answered yes in agreement. At the same time, the Prince of Fire came to the king and said, “I want to marry your daughter. Will you consent to give her to me to be my wife?” The king said, “Yes, I agree.” ...