Guest guest Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 A woman baked chapati for members of her family and an extra one For a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapati on the Window-sill, for whosoever would take it away.Everyday, a hunchback came and took away the chapati. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went His way: "The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"This went on, day after day. Everyday, the hunch-back came, picked up the chapati and uttered the words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"The woman felt irritated. "Not a word of gratitude," she said to herself... "Everyday this hunchback utters this jingle! What does he mean?"One day,exasperated, she decided to do away with him. "I shall get rid of this hunchback," she said. And what did she do? She added poison to the Chapati she prepared for him! As she was about to keep it on the window sill, her hands trembled. "What is this I am doing?" she said. Immediately, she threw the chapati into the fire, prepared another one and kept it on the window- sill. As usual, the hunchback came, picked up the chapati and muttered the words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!" The hunchback proceeded on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the woman.Everyday, as the woman placed the chapati on the window-sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She prayed for his safe return.That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the doorway.. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, "Mom, it's a miracle I'm here."While I was but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunchback passed by. I begged of him for a morsel of food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole chapati."As he gave it to me, he said, "This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!As the mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She leaned against the door for support. She remembered the poisoned chapati that she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by her own son, and he would have lost his life! It was then that she realised the significance of the words:"The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"Do good & Remain Blessed Your Mail works best with the New Optimized IE8. Get it NOW!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 wonderful story. Thanks , Naresh Mintri <nareshmintri wrote: > > > > > > A woman baked chapati for members > of her family and an extra one For a hungry passerby. She kept the extra > chapati on the Window-sill, for whosoever would take it away. > > Everyday, > a hunchback came and took away the chapati. Instead of expressing > gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went His way: " The evil > you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you! " > > This > went on, day after day. Everyday, the hunch-back came, picked up the > chapati and uttered the words: " The evil you do, remains with you: The > good you do, comes back to you! " > > The woman felt irritated. " Not a > word of gratitude, " she said to herself... " Everyday this hunchback > utters this jingle! What does he mean? " > > One day,exasperated, she > decided to do away with him. " I shall get rid of this hunchback, " she > said. And what did she do? She added > poison to the Chapati she prepared for him! As she was about to keep it > on the window sill, her hands trembled. " What is this I am doing? " she > said. Immediately, she threw the chapati into the fire, prepared another > one and kept it on the window- sill. As usual, the hunchback came, > picked up the chapati and muttered the words: " The evil you do, remains > with you: The good you do, comes back to you! " The hunchback proceeded > on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the > woman. > > Everyday, as the woman placed the chapati on the > window-sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant > place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She > prayed for his safe return. > > That evening, there was a knock on > the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing > in the doorway.. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered > and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw > his mother, he said, " Mom, it's a miracle I'm here. > > " While I was > but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have died, > but just then an old hunchback passed by. I begged of him for a morsel > of food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole chapati. > > " As > he gave it to me, he said, " This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall > give it to you, for your need is greater than mine! " " > > As the > mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She leaned against the > door for support. She remembered the poisoned chapati that she had made > that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten > by her own son, and he would have lost his life! It was then that she > realised the significance of the words: > > " The evil you do remains > with you: The good you do, comes back to you! " > > Do good & > Remain Blessed > > > > Your Mail works best with the New Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads./in/internetexplorer/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2010 Report Share Posted March 28, 2010 excellent story with a great moral for living beings on this troubled mother earth...please keep it up........god bless you --- On Thu, 25/3/10, ashasangeeta <asha wrote: ashasangeeta <asha Re: A short story with a moral Date: Thursday, 25 March, 2010, 9:30 AM wonderful story. Thanks, Naresh Mintri <nareshmintri@ ...> wrote:>> > > > > A woman baked chapati for members > of her family and an extra one For a hungry passerby. She kept the extra> chapati on the Window-sill, for whosoever would take it away.> > Everyday,> a hunchback came and took away the chapati. Instead of expressing > gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went His way: "The evil> you do remains with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"> > This> went on, day after day. Everyday, the hunch-back came, picked up the > chapati and uttered the words: "The evil you do, remains with you: The > good you do, comes back to you!"> > The woman felt irritated. "Not a> word of gratitude," she said to herself... "Everyday this hunchback > utters this jingle! What does he mean?"> > One day,exasperated, she > decided to do away with him. "I shall get rid of this hunchback," she > said. And what did she do? She added> poison to the Chapati she prepared for him! As she was about to keep it> on the window sill, her hands trembled. "What is this I am doing?" she > said. Immediately, she threw the chapati into the fire, prepared another> one and kept it on the window- sill. As usual, the hunchback came, > picked up the chapati and muttered the words: "The evil you do, remains > with you: The good you do, comes back to you!" The hunchback proceeded > on his way, blissfully unaware of the war raging in the mind of the > woman.> > Everyday, as the woman placed the chapati on the > window-sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant > place to seek his fortune. For many months, she had no news of him.. She> prayed for his safe return.> > That evening, there was a knock on > the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing > in the doorway.. He had grown thin and lean. His garments were tattered > and torn. He was hungry, starved and weak. As he saw> his mother, he said, "Mom, it's a miracle I'm here.> > "While I was> but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have died,> but just then an old hunchback passed by. I begged of him for a morsel > of food, and he was kind enough to give me a whole chapati.> > "As > he gave it to me, he said, "This is what I eat everyday: today, I shall > give it to you, for your need is greater than mine!> > As the > mother heard those words, her face turned pale. She leaned against the > door for support. She remembered the poisoned chapati that she had made > that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten> by her own son, and he would have lost his life! It was then that she > realised the significance of the words:> > "The evil you do remains > with you: The good you do, comes back to you!"> > Do good & > Remain Blessed > > > > Your Mail works best with the New Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads. / in/internetexplo rer/> Your Mail works best with the New Optimized IE8. Get it NOW!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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