Wisdom

One morning, the king ordered his son to stand on the palace balcony and gather all the beautiful girls in the palace square. He was to throw an apple from his position, and if the apple hit one of the girls, she would become the expected bride. The beautiful girls were gathered in the palace square. The king’s son stood on the balcony and threw the apple, but a violent storm blew at that moment and carried it to a distant place on the seashore. ...

In a moment of Thaer’s immersion in a football game, and his teammate passing the ball to him to shoot at the opponent’s goal, rain began to pour down. Thaier shot powerfully but slipped, and the ball hit the crossbar, bouncing back to him. He jumped with all his strength and with a header, he put it inside the goal. Applause rose, and Thaier rolled in mud from his head to the soles of his feet. Smiles appeared on the faces of the players, who dispersed, drenched by the heavy rain. ...

Once upon a time in one of the lands, there was a king who loved painting and nature very much. Therefore, he wanted to place the most beautiful painting in depicting natural landscapes in his kingdom. The king summoned a group of painters who lived in the kingdom. Then one morning, he took them to the natural landscape that he loved and saw as the most beautiful. When the king arrived with the painters to the place he loved, he said: I have never seen that landscape in any painting inside the kingdom. Therefore, whoever can paint that landscape in its beautiful form will receive glory and fame as a skilled painter. ...

It is told that in ancient times, a crow lived in its nest. The days passed by the crow in calm and tranquility, enjoying what was around it. Then one day, he saw a hunter. He said: My God, who brought this hunter here? I who thought I was safe, but wait, it seems this hunter is on a mission. The hunter was setting his net on the ground and scattering grain on it, then the hunter hid behind one of the trees. The crow said: What a treacherous one. ...

Once upon a time, there was a large kingdom known for an ancient prophecy speaking of a princess without a palace. The prophecy said she would be the most just and wise wherever she was. In the kingdom lived a noble family of kings who owned a palace of great beauty. Generations of that family lived inside it. After many years, a great earthquake occurred, causing a catastrophe for that royal family. The earthquake completely destroyed the palace. The king and queen also died in that painful incident, leaving only their two daughters, Nour and Sabina. ...

It is told that the wise Shuparnasiti sat with his disciple Chakradara and began recounting his usual stories. The topic of today’s story was about accepting advice and taking action when angry. He told him the story of the bird with two heads, saying: There was a large bird called Bharunda living on the shores of a lake. It had two heads and one body. Once, when the bird was wandering on the shores of that lake, it found some delicious fruit. One of its heads turned and said: Oh, how lucky I am. This must be a gift from the heavens to me. ...

One night, two angels decided to descend from heaven to bless some families and bestow upon them abundant gifts and wealth after testing them. The two kings disguised themselves as two little girls. Their clothes were tattered, and signs of extreme poverty and need appeared on them. The two disguised angels chose two houses. The first was located at the town’s entrance, a large house that looked like a luxurious palace with many floors and rooms. The two girls knocked on the door, and its owner opened for them. When they asked him to allow them to spend a night in his home to protect them from the cold and darkness of the night, he refused. ...

A farmer had a large garden that he cared for completely. He strove to arrange, organize, irrigate, and fertilize it. It bore much fruit, and he profited greatly from it. The man knew that his three sons hated agriculture and despised the cultivation of orchards. Their goal was to learn something else to get rich quickly. When the father grew old and felt the end of his life approaching, he called his three sons and said to them: My dear sons, I have left you a large fortune of gold. I placed it in a large pot and hid it in the garden’s land. After my death, dig the earth and search for this fortune if you desire it. The three sons tried to make their father tell them the place where he had put this gold fortune or even show them the direction where it was hidden, but he didn’t answer their request. ...

In one of the ancient kingdoms, there lived an unhappy king with much fat and flesh. He suffered greatly from his increased weight. He gathered the wise men to seek a solution to his problem, for he couldn’t walk or move much. Pain and ailments accompanied him, and the king lived in misery and torment because of his ailing body. Unfortunately, none of the wise men could do anything for the king, so he was overcome with grief and worry, living in unhappiness that spread throughout the entire kingdom. Until a wise physician came to the kingdom. When the king learned of him, he summoned him and asked him to cure him of his condition, in exchange for bestowing upon him money and gifts. ...

In one of the ancient kingdoms lived a miserable king who was very fat and fleshy. He suffered greatly from his increased weight, so he gathered the wise men to look for a solution to his problem. He couldn’t walk and move much, and pains and ailments gathered upon him. The king lived in misery and torment because of his sick body. But unfortunately, none of the wise men could do anything for the king, so he was afflicted with grief and worry and lived in misery that spread throughout the entire kingdom, until a wise physician came to the kingdom. When the king learned of his matter, he summoned him and asked him to treat him from his condition, in exchange for pouring out money and gifts upon him. ...