The Farmer’s Story

There was a farmer named Joe. Farmer Joe used to work very hard. He spent many years growing grains on his field. And he used to sell the grains in the market and use the money to bring his three sons all what they need.

But farmer Joe had grown old and his three sons had turned out to be very lazy. They didn’t do anything useful in their life but eat, play and sleep.

So he said to them, “Sons, why don’t you come with me to the field today? You must learn how to dig and how to plow fields and how to plant seeds in them.”

The first son said to him, “No, Father, we’re busy today.”

The second said, “It’s too hot to work on the fields today.”

Farmer Joe fell very ill, so he said to himself, “My sons must learn how to work. Children couldn’t stay without doing any work forever. I must do something before it’s too late.”

Next morning, farmer Joe called his sons, “Sons, I can’t work anymore and all my money is gone, and I will tell you a secret. There is a treasure buried in the field and I do not remember where it is. If you dig the field up, you’ll be very rich.”

The sons said, “A treasure! We must dig the field right now to take the treasure.”

The three sons then went to the field, and they spent the whole day digging it up, but by the time the day ended, the sons hadn’t found anything there.

They said, “Nothing here. Father’s grown very old. He must have been imagining things.”

The oldest son said, “Listen, brothers. I have an idea. Let’s plant some seeds in the farm since we are here now.”

A few days later, the sons noticed some crops growing on the field. And so the three sons worked together to harvest the crops, and they went to the market and sold these crops in exchange for a lot of money.

The three sons were very happy and said, “We are rich. Let’s show our father this money.”

They went to their father Joe and told him about their money.

He said to them, “Ah, so you finally found the lost treasure.”

The farmer’s sons fell surprised from his word.

Farmer Joe said to them, “Yes, sons. Your hard work and your collaboration together has helped you find the treasure.”

The three sons thanked their father. They understood how their father had cleverly learned them how hard work was always rewarded, and this is their lost treasure.