The Boy and the Nettles

A BOY was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, \"Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it gently.\" \"That was just why it stung you,\" said his Mother. \"The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you.\" Whatever you do, do with all your might.

The Boys and the Frogs

SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: \"Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to
us.\" One man\'s pleasure may be another\'s pain.

The Cat and Venus

A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and entreated Venus to change her into the form of a woman. Venus consented to her request and transformed her into a beautiful damsel, so that the youth saw her and loved her, and took her home as his bride. While the two were reclining in their chamber, Venus wishing to discover if the Cat in her change of shape had also altered her habits of life, let down a mouse in the middle of the room. The Cat, quite forgetting her present condition, started up from the couch and pursued the mouse, wishing to eat it. Venus was much disappointed and again caused her to return to her former shape.
Nature exceeds nurture.

The Boy and the Filberts

A BOY put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher. Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment. A bystander said to him, \"Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand.\"
Do not attempt too much at once.

The Blind Man and the Whelp

A BLIND MAN was accustomed to distinguishing different animals by touching them with his hands. The whelp of a Wolf was brought him, with a request that he would feel it, and say what it was. He felt it, and being in doubt, said: \"I do not quite know whether it is the cub of a Fox, or the whelp of a Wolf, but thisANSI PDF Download
I know full well. It would not be safe to admit him to the sheepfold.\"
Evil tendencies are shown in early life.

The Crow and the Pitcher

A CROW perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight. When he reached it, he discovered to his grief that it contained so little water that he could not possibly get at it. He tried everything he could think of to reach the water, but all his efforts were in vain. At last he collected as many stones as he could carry and dropped them one by one with his beak into the pitcher, until he brought the water within his reach and thus saved his life.
Necessity is the mother of invention.

Posted by Siddhar Selvam

Posted Date 15.06.2015