Kindness

After years of working not successful there was a merchant who liked his luck, and one time while he was walking with his donkey and taking with him what was annoying him, when the donkey’s wife knew that the merchant was very beautiful of faces and great of wealth, he became very jealous and went out of him very surprisingly strangely of a variety of donkeys and mules and chickens with some of them on some of them, and there was among them a donkey with green color and the other one red, and in every donkey there was some strange faces, each of them with the color of its donkeys, and he said to the walking, “Calm down, I have faced some of the hard things when I was with donkeys, so he is very patient under what he faces and gave the donkeys to him, so the merchant became angry at what but the walking comforted him that these donkeys are donkeys of the donkeys. ...

There was a sick child named John who suffered from a rare and dangerous disease. All the doctors confirmed that he wouldn’t live long, even though they couldn’t determine the exact remaining time for him. Despite that, John spent many days in the hospital, sad because he didn’t know what would happen to him. One day, one of the clowns passing near his room saw him and saw how sad John was. He entered his room and said to him: Why do you stand sad like this? Didn’t anyone tell you about the paradise dedicated to sick children? John shook his head and said no, but continued to listen attentively to the clown. ...

When a person tries to help others without hypocrisy or boasting, he must consider that helping the distressed needs no noise but should be done in silence so that he receives its reward, because noise wastes the good deed and makes it as if it never happened. For help here is linked to people seeing and witnessing it, which is what God doesn’t love or approve of. A famous circus once came to a village from the rural villages. Its residents rushed with their children and family members to visit it, as it was the first time the circus had reached their remote village. Among those gathered at the circus door was a poor farmer who came with his wife and his four children to fulfill their urgent desire to see the traveling circus and watch its beautiful segments. ...

The fifteen-year-old boy Suno was returning one day from playing to his home. On his way back, he found a child crying. He asked him the reason. The child cried with abundant tears and said to him, “I have lost my new mobile phone, and I am from a poor family. My father bought me a mobile phone with great difficulty. If he knows I lost my new mobile, he will be very angry with me. ...

In winter, a small wind blew over the sea. The wind looked around and saw a vast expanse. It was confused and felt alone. What a worse feeling than loneliness! But alas, when the wind turned a second time, from afar it saw a gray cloud. The Friendship of the Cloud and the Wind: The cloud approached the wind and said to her, “I carry a lot of water. Push me so I can reach the earth.” The wind agreed immediately and pushed the cloud until we reached the shore. Around the shore were fields, houses, and villages. The cloud said, “Thank you, my friend the wind. Leave me now to let down the rain.” ...

The window in my room overlooks the garden. Every morning, a bird’s voice comes to me singing, so I wake up early, get up, and open the window. The dim morning light and its humid air enter. I remain for moments to gaze through the window and enjoy the beautiful bird’s singing. The bird was singing lightly among the almond tree branches and was happy with the beginning of the day. I was happy with his company, optimistic when seeing him flying. ...

In the commercial center, at the exit door from the cinema, there is a door with a sign that whoever passes now should hold the door for the next one. The door remembers a story that happened! Strolling in the Commercial Center and Watching the Movie: Once, in some days, Majid went with his mother to watch an animated movie at the Joy Cinema in that commercial center. When the movie screening ended, everyone gathered immediately and headed toward the exit door. This door was very strange! ...

A sign reading “Small Dogs for Sale” was hanging on the wall of a shop. When a small boy reached it, he entered and asked about the price of the dogs. The seller told him that each puppy was sold for about three hundred lira. Buying the Puppy: The boy extended his hand into his pocket and found a generous amount of money. When he knew he could buy a puppy, he asked the seller to see the dogs in the shop. The seller whistled for the dogs, and a large dog came out, with five puppies walking behind her. One of the puppies was lagging behind his brothers in walking. The way that puppy walked caught the attention of this small boy, so he asked the seller, “Why is this puppy limping?” ...

Friendly animals and their friends are a beautiful matter for the forest, for we learn from them many good qualities like mercy, loyalty, and generosity, besides getting rid of the boredom and loneliness. They are true friends that you can spend with them some of your time in play and fun, and rid yourself of some of the troubles you may be exposed to during your day. They have no need for us except for some play and fun with safety. And if your friendly animal feels this boredom, you will feel an abundance of mercy for pampering him. This is what Maymi felt when she approached her friendly cat. ...

Despite the importance of friendly animals like cats, dogs, and ants, and others from creatures that we can eat as food also, we must pay attention to the danger of some insects. For insects and some animals are like friendly animals, we can raise them in our homes, but they have many harms, they may harm us if we do not avoid them initially and carefully. The generous lord noticed this matter, and he taught his mother also. ...