19. Moral Story - The Needle Tree
There lived two brothers near a forest. The elder one was very mean to the younger brother – he would finish all the food and wear all the new clothes of his younger brother. One day, the elder brother decided to go into the forest to get some firewood and sell it at the market. As he went around, chopping tree after tree, he stumbled upon a magical tree. The tree said, “Oh, kind sir, please do not cut my branches. If you spare me, I will give you golden apples.” He agreed but was left disappointed with the number of apples the tree gave him. As greed overcame him, he threatened the tree to cut the entire trunk if it didn’t give him more apples. The magical tree, instead, showered upon the elder brother hundreds and hundreds of tiny needles. The elder brother lay on the ground, crying in pain, as the sun set.
The younger brother was worried, and so he searched for his elder brother. He found him lying in pain near the tree, with hundreds of needles on his body. He rushed to his brother and removed each needle lovingly and gently. After he finished, the elder brother apologised for treating him badly and promised to improve. The tree saw the change in the elder brother’s heart and gave them all the golden apples they would ever need.
Moral of the Story
It is important to be kind and gracious, as it will always be rewarded.
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