Teaching

It is told that one day there lived a rabbit in the forest. While he was playing in the forest, he felt hungry. The rabbit ran and kept jumping here and there among the forest trees, searching for food. He saw a lone apple at the top of an apple tree. The rabbit rejoiced and tried to catch it. The apple was high for the rabbit, and he could not reach it. Suddenly, he heard the sound of a crow on a nearby tree. The rabbit called out: Oh crow, can you help me pick this apple? Indeed, the crow flew until he reached the tree and began pecking at the apple with his beak until it fell to the ground and began rolling. The rabbit jumped behind the apple and kept chasing it until it fell on the back of a hedgehog that was playing in the forest. ...

One day, Yogi and his student arrived at the big city. Yogi had undertaken to teach and train his student. They didn’t have money, but they needed food and a place to stay. The student was certain they were going to beg for their food and sleep in public parks at night. The student said: There is a big garden not far from here. Can we sleep there at night in the open air? Yogi answered his student’s question. The student said: Yes. ...

There was a large lake where many fish lived. There was a fish who was extremely arrogant and didn’t listen to anyone. In the same lake, there lived a crocodile with a good heart. The crocodile advised the fish and said to her: There is never a need for vanity and arrogance, for vanity could be the cause of your death. The fish complained, saying: Here is the crocodile advising us again. ...

Thousands of years ago, there was a king. The people in his kingdom loved him very much because he fulfilled their needs and helped them. At the end of every month, the king would add a session of honorable men in the kingdom, in order to know from them about the things that were lacking in the kingdom, what needed to be corrected, and how to do it. The king built many places. Every year, he would renew his palace, and each time it appeared better than its previous appearance. One day, the king thought to himself: This year, I will build the perfect place, the place that contains all means of comfort. The new palace will be like paradise not only for the residents of the kingdom but for all people in the neighboring kingdoms. ...

One day, the birds decided among themselves to clean the small lake where they lived, as the lake had become shallow, its waters had decreased, mud had accumulated on it, and it became full of filth. The birds of all types gathered except the stork, who did not attend with them. They sent a bird from among them to invite him to join them in cleaning the lake. But the arrogant stork refused this and replied to him: ...

There was a farmer who did many hard works in his farm, but despite that, he did not have enough to buy food. One day, he went out to plow his farm. He was thinking about a way to increase his income, so that he would have enough money for himself and his wife to buy food. While walking, he met an old woman who told him to walk ahead toward a distant tree, and told him that she had cut it and it was now split. The farmer was surprised by the old woman’s words and thought to himself, then decided to go to look at that tree. ...

The events of the story of the lazy ant revolve around the difference between the result of work and diligence and effort, and the result of laziness and lethargy, and what will befall the lazy ant as a result of her stubbornness and extreme laziness, and how she was able to transform from a lazy ant to an obedient and active and diligent ant. The story: It is told that one day, the queen of the ant called out with the loudest of her voice, to all the ants present in the kingdom, for winter had approached, and the ants must work with greater speed than they were accustomed to, so they could store the largest amount of food sufficient for them for the coming winter season, to eat from it and feed their young. ...

There was an old woman who lived with her grandson named Salim in a beautiful village. That old woman loved her grandson a lot and was kind to him. One morning, the old woman got up and went to the kitchen and cut two loaves of bread and a large raisin, and covered it on the tray. Salim looked at the raisin and found it very shiny and said, “What is this, O my grandmother? The raisin that you feed us every day is beautiful. But this is delicious.” Then he cooled it with amazement, so the old woman looked at the raisin and held it and said to him, “What’s the matter? After all, I have not heard this word from you. I was falling from the tree a long time ago, and I ate, then I killed the wolf, and I ate the dog and then I died, and after all this effort, I turned with a face like this and am eating raisins with thanks on the floor? Did the dog come to you to bring the raisins?” ...

One day, there was a man enjoying wealth and riches. His wealth was the result of his constant striving to work diligently. He had a son named Karim. Karim was a young man, sixteen years old. One day, his father summoned him and said to him, “Karim, you are my only son, and all my wealth is yours. No one shares my wealth with you. But I strive to work with effort so that this wealth increases and is not wasted.” Karim replied, “Do not worry, Father; I will not waste your wealth in vain.” ...

It is told that in one of the small villages, a farmer had a beautiful-looking horse. The farmer used the horse to go to the farm and pull the cart. The horse remained in the service of its owner for many years until the horse’s age grew and became weak. It no longer had the strength to go to the farm or serve its owner. The farm owner decided to dispense with the horse and expelled it from the stable. He no longer placed food for it. Indeed, the farmer went to the horse and said to him: I will no longer accept you in my farm again because you are weak and no longer have any benefit. If you want to stay, you must defeat the lion. ...