Parable

The story of the date palm and the woodcutter is one of the world’s wonderful children’s stories, collected and composed by Toshio Ozawa. The story of the date palm and the woodcutter is a tale from old Japanese legends, or more precisely, it’s Japanese myths from ancient times that are taught to Japanese children until the end of the elementary stage. The story is told as follows: Master Kichiumo and cutting wood logs: One day, Master Kichiumo was cutting a log of wood under a date palm tree behind his house. When he struck with his axe, the ground shook and a very ripe date palm fruit fell on his head. ...

The story of sweets and poison is one of the world’s wonderful children’s stories, collected and composed by Toshio Ozawa. The story of sweets and poison is a tale from old Japanese legends, or more precisely, it’s Japanese myths from ancient times that are taught to Japanese children until the end of the elementary stage. The story is told as follows: The priest and the three novice monks: Once upon a time, in ancient times, in the past era, in one of the countries, there was a priest and three novice monks living with him in the temple. The priest would take out from the wall cupboard every day a jar containing a type of liquid sweets, eating whatever he wanted without any invitation to the novice monks. ...

The story of the claimer of knowledge is one of the world’s wonderful children’s stories, collected and composed by Toshio Ozawa. The story of the claimer of knowledge is a tale from old Japanese legends, or more precisely, it’s Japanese myths from ancient times that are taught to Japanese children until the end of the elementary stage. The story is told as follows: The village near the sea and the claimer of knowledge: Once upon a time, in ancient times, in the past era, in a village near the sea, there was a man who boasted that he knew everything and never stopped repeating that. He would always say: I know everything, and there is nothing I don’t know. I know everything, and there is nothing I don’t know. I know everything, and there is nothing I don’t know. ...

The story of water that restores youth is one of the world’s wonderful children’s stories, collected and composed by Toshio Ozawa. The story of water that restores youth is a tale from old Japanese legends, or more precisely, it’s Japanese myths from ancient times that are taught to Japanese children until the end of the elementary stage. The story is told as follows: The husband and wife gathering firewood: Once upon a time, in ancient times, in the past era, in one of the countries, there was an old couple. One day, the husband went to gather firewood, but on that day, for some reason, he didn’t find good wood. So: ...

Once upon a time, there was a just and wise king. One day, this king summoned one of his guards, then asked him: Do you believe in luck? The guard answered him immediately, saying: Yes, Your Majesty the King, I believe in the existence of luck. The king looked at him smiling, then said: Can you prove its existence with evidence? The guard answered with complete confidence: Yes, Your Majesty the King, I can do that. ...

It is told that near a small lake in the middle of the forest lived a small turtle and two ducks in love and harmony. The turtle was known for her chatter and inability to refrain from speaking. In the summer season, severe drought afflicted the place around the lake to a pond that almost dried of water. The two ducks decided to leave in search of a water source to live near. When the turtle heard their decision, she was very sad and knew that her end was inevitable. She couldn’t live without water, nor could she travel long distances due to her extreme slowness. ...

It is told that a king wanted to decorate his palace with engravings, so he gathered all the wise men of his time and asked them for one request: to write above his throne something that when he looks at it in every state and time, he benefits from it. He clarified his request to everyone, saying: I want it to be a eloquent wisdom that inspires me with what is right during times of difficulty and hardship, and during happiness, it doesn’t make me forget that it is transient, so it will be the best guide and advisor for me and help me overcome crises and consequences whenever I look at it. ...

When people agree on something despite its error, they think it is the most correct. Although this rule cannot be generalized, Islam at its beginning emerged a little strange, and despite the spread of disbelief at that time and people’s consensus on it, it was not the most correct. It is told that the wife of one of the kings was late in conceiving, so the king sent to all the doctors of the kingdom to look into her matter. God willed that she be healed at their hands, so the queen became pregnant. Days passed one after another, and the king prepared for the arrival of the crown prince until the day came when the queen gave birth to her child. ...

There was a weaver living in a village. He was a simple man who wove clothes every day from morning to evening. This was his means of earning his livelihood. But his spindle had become old. One day, while spinning clothes, his spindle broke, and it’s difficult now to make a new spindle, so we need to gather wood. The weaver took his axe and headed to the forest. The weaver saw many trees, but none of their woods pleased him, so he continued walking until he reached a dense forest. There he saw the sissoo tree. ...

In one of the beautiful cities located north of Holland, a daughter named Lucy complained to her father that her life was extremely miserable and she did not know how to change the shape of her life. Lucy said, “I am tired of fighting and struggling all the time. As soon as I solve one problem, another follows immediately.” Her father, who worked as the head of cooks in one of the restaurants, took her inside the kitchen. There, he filled three pots with water and placed each on high fire. The three pots began to boil together at the same time. The father put potatoes in the first pot, an egg in the second pot, and ground coffee in the third pot. ...