Greediness leads to difficulties
The
story of the great King Shibi is well known. He is very famous for his
forgiveness and generosity. Even in his kingdom, there used to live a miser by
name Narayana. Narayana had earned ten crores, but never gave anybody anything.
Leave aside giving food to co-existing animals and neighbours, he never even
gave proper food to his own mother. One day he had to buy some fruits, so he
started bargaining in the shop in his village. Feeling that the cost is very
high, he walked all the way to the near by town to get for a lesser price. If
the shopkeeper said 1 ana, he used to ask for 1/2 and so on. Finally in his
greed he decided to go to a farm and steal them, since then he will get for
free. He walked a very great distance to a farm. Though he was not young
enough, he put effort and climbed the tree. With great difficulty he got some
fruits and continued because of his greed. He in the greed started ascending
the tree more and more. Suddenly he slipped and was hanging from a branch of
the tree, which was pretty high from the ground.
Fortunately
a elephant master was going along and narayana shouted for help. He also
offered half of his property in case the elephant master helped him. The
elephant master , in greed for narayana's money, went with the elephant near to
him and stood on it and was trying to bring narayana down. Meanwhile, the
elephant saw the near pond and it went away to drink some water, leaving the
elephant master hanging on to narayana.
The
elephant master then begged narayana, "swamy I will give my elephant to
you, please hold the branch tightly". To the relief of them there was
a horse rider passing by. The elephant
master shouted to him for help and
offered his elephant in return of favour. The horse rider in greed for the
elephant, went to help them and the horse too took the way of the elephant.
Morals
in the story:
1.
One must never be greedy. Because of greed a man stops thinking and acts
foolish.
2.
A greedy man not only destroys himself but also others.
3.
People must help each other with love and affection, but not for money
1)What ‘E’
means freed from something others are subject to? Exempt
2)What ‘D’ is
a shortage of food? Dearth
3)What ‘J’ is
legal authority? Jurisdiction
4)What ‘M’ is
an adult with arrested mental development ? Moron
5)What ‘W’ is
to close and open an eye quickly? Wink
6)What ‘F’ is
the sugar found in honey and fruit? Fructose
7)What ‘K’
are friends and relatives? Kith/Kin
8)What ‘E’ is
the crime of obtaining money through fear or force? Extortion
9)What ‘N’ is
to recommend or propose for something? Nominate
10)What ‘U’
is suave or blandly polite? Urbane
11)What ‘W’
is a furrow-like depression in the skin? Wrinkle
12)What ‘E’
is to show ,display or manifest? Exhibit
13)What ‘I’
is the habitual inability to get enough sleep? Insomnia
14)What ‘W’
are flowers or leaves wound together in a ring? Wreath
15)What ‘V’
is someone who comes to see a person or place? Visitor
effigy
(noun): a figure
representing a disliked person.
The
children made an effigy of their nasty neighbor.
figure
(noun): shape,
pattern, drawing
The
figure Louise drew on the paper looks nothing like an apple.
figment
(noun): a thing that
does not exist, something made up
Ghosts
and monsters are figments of an active imagination.
fashion
(noun, verb): the
form of something, style; to give shape or form to
The
current fashion is hair worn short.
feasible
(adjective): capable
of being done
The
engineer thought that building the bridge across the river was a feasible
project.
feature
(noun, verb): the
appearance or form of a person or object; to picture or portray
Lisette's
best feature is her eyes.
factory
(noun): a place where
things are made or built
There
is a boat factory near the river.
difficult
(adjective): hard to
do, troublesome, hard to understand
The
test was difficult and I answered only eight of the ten questions.
fact
(noun): something
known to be true
It's
a fact that the world is round.
effect
(noun): a change
caused by something, a result, influence
The
sun's effect on human skin is known to be harmful.
fertile
(adjective):
productive, bearing or capable of bearing fruit in large quantities
The
land by the river is quite fertile and many crops are grown there.
refer
(verb): to classify
within a general category, to send or direct to another source
The
patient was referred to a physical therapist for additional treatment.
infer
(verb): to come to a
conclusion from facts or ideas, to guess
Sometimes
a reader has to infer from the facts presented in an article what the main idea
is about.
Discussion
1)Are
government programs to help minorities, to get better education and jobs a form
of discrimination, or do they bring justice.
2) Does
increasing the base pay for all jobs reduce poverty by increasing the standard
of living of those with society’s lowest
paying jobs, or does it increase poverty by forcing business to hire fewer
entry –level workers.
3)The
government is spending too much money on social welfare and education
4)Life in the
old days used to be more pleasant than nowadays
5)What should
India strive for- Westernization or modernization?
1)She
..... a new car last year. did buy has
bought had bought bought
2)I... in Vienna for almost five years. live
am living have lived do live
3)It ..... since early this morning.
* is raining * has been raining * rained * rains
4)We ..... a new project in May.
* started * have
been starting *
have started * did start
5) This year the company ..... a lot of money in R & D.
* invested * has
invested * had invested * did invest
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