Moral-Tale

I have three sons who have married. I won over the older one one day and wanted to stay with him. In the morning, I asked his wife to bring me water for ablution. I performed ablution, prayed, and poured the remaining water on the bed I was sleeping on. When the son’s wife came with morning tea, I said to her: My daughter, this is the state of the elderly. I urinated on the bed. The wife became agitated and made a fuss, and the old woman heard a stream of ugly words from her. Then I asked her to wash it and dry it and not do that again. ...

Once there was a rich king who enjoyed strength and intelligence, but what attracted attention most was his extreme arrogance. Due to his great pride, he thought there was no worthy competitor to share his favorite hobby, which was chess. Therefore, this king sent a message across the land announcing that he would give a tenth of his wealth to anyone who proved worthy of playing against him, and in return, if the king considered that person unworthy of trust, he would cut off his head! ...

Jamila was a young girl living in a small village with her grandmother. She had two cows and was accustomed to milking her two cows daily, carrying the milk container on her head to the city to sell it, then returning to her home in the evening. The girl took care of the two cows—she would feed them and clean them. The grandmother loved Jamila, and Jamila was always dreaming of becoming richer. ...

The bear sat under the mulberry tree feeling tired. Then the fox passed by him and heard him speaking complaining: Cursed be it, what does she think of herself? Let her think I’m a bear, and a bear is a bear. Yes, I’m a bear, and this is… The fox stopped near him and said: It seems that the lice have been infesting your head, oh bear. The bear woke up and stood up, saying: She told me, oh my friend, that there’s no benefit from me. ...

Once upon a time, there was a swarm of evil goblins who lived in a forest. They had spent a lot of their time mocking an old man who couldn’t move, see, or hear. They didn’t show him any respect and kept mocking and making fun of him, until his condition became so terrible that the great physician decided to teach the goblins a lesson they wouldn’t forget. Where a strange amulet fell on the goblins’ heads, since that moment every mother of theirs would turn toward the old man and make his condition better. This had a strange effect on the scold who was in charge of them. And naturally, the goblins didn’t know anything about that amulet or what was happening. Whenever they described the goblin to the man as foolish and old, his head became smaller and softer, while the scold who burned and boiled him became angrier and angrier. ...

It is told that there was a small cat named Katakoto. He lived in a small house with his mother and his family. One day, after the family gathered around the dining table, and after they had their favorite meal, Katakoto the cat went to the water tap to wash his hands. So Katakoto the cat opened the water tap, washed his hands and face, then closed the water tap without tightening it. Katakoto the cat looked at the water tap, and a few drops of water had dripped from it, drop by drop. Katakoto the cat didn’t close the water tap well, then said to himself: What do simple water drops do? Nothing. I won’t close the tap. ...

Juanito was one of many children who lived in a very quiet town, where one could feel peace and joy in any place in its streets. However, Juanito wasn’t like his other companions. He was a gentle child and had many friends. He loved drawing and dancing. He also went to sleep early and used hot water while bathing. Juanito was a normal child except for one thing: he was a liar. Every morning he would wake up, and after bathing, he would go to have breakfast. His mother would prepare fried eggs for breakfast every day, but he didn’t like it and didn’t tell his mother that. Instead, he would give it to his dog Max whenever no one was present. When his mother asked him about the food, he would tell her that he had eaten it all and that it was good. ...

Our master Hassan and our master Husayn - may God be pleased with both of them - were on the path of a great desert and good smell. Because they were both walking on the path, they passed by a man who was urinating, but he did not improve his urination. The Old Man’s Mistake in Washing in the Desert: For he did not wash his face completely, and did not wash his hands both of them, and left some of his legs without washing. When Hassan and Husayn saw that from the man, they were angry at his mistake in urination, and his age was older than them both. He feared what they had said to him: Improve your urination, or if your urination is not proper, or that you do not know urination. The man became shy and ashamed of them both. ...

It is narrated that there was a farm owner who was a very good, pious, and righteous man. He had a brother for evil, he hated from every good word, and he was cunning and thought of evil intentions. The Farm Owner and His Brother for Good with Good and Deeds: So the farm owner was advising him continuously with benevolence about this issue of evil, and encouraging him continually to restrain himself and control his self, and to remember the good saying, so he was becoming: This is impossible upon me, for I see myself deceiving with the evil of creation, and had built against myself the defects of the human and animals. ...

I heard about my father the generous that he said: I passed with my father in the road of the grave, playing with dust, and he said: The dust has risen greatly. He has settled. The Walking in the Grave: So my father from them said to him: Oh sheikh… where do you go if the dust falls upon you in the grave? So he went around and fell, and my father was standing with his grandfather in the house. ...