LAUGHING STOCK
Once there was a boy called Pat who had a habit of laughing at
every small thing. One day, he went to a bank with his mother.
When she was depositing money, three robbers entered the bank.
They opened fire.
All the people in the bank got scared. Suddenly, Pat started
laughing loudly. The robbers thought that there must be some trap
laid for them in the bank. Their minds got distracted and in the
meantime, the guards overpowered them.
The robbers were handed over to the cops. Everybody praised Pat.
When his mother asked him that why he laughed, he replied, “The
mole on one of the robber’s face was very funny.”
CRAVE MORE; LOSE WHAT YOU HAVE
Once a lion was roaming in the jungle in search of a prey. Luckily,
he saw a rabbit sleeping fast under a tree. He was delighted to get a
meal with no efforts at all.
The lion was about to spring at the sleeping rabbit when he caught
sight of a deer passing by. He thought of going for a bigger prey, as
it would be a much nicer meal.
So, he chased the deer but failed to overtake it. He gave up the try
and returned to the area where the rabbit become napping.
Reaching there, the lion saw that the small animal changed into not
there. As it became getting dark, it become hard for the lion to
appearance out for any other prey and so he needed to continue to
be hungry.
“I have been served right. Had I contented myself with the rabbit, I
would not have starved at least”, murmured the lion.
What we learn from this story is that greed for more causes loss of
what one already has.
ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST
Once a fox was roaming around in a forest looking for food.
Suddenly, he saw a pig rubbing his tusks against the trunk of a tree.
The fox looked about carefully but couldn’t see any danger for the
pig anywhere. Despite being so clever, he couldnÂ’t understand
why, the pig was doing that.
He couldn’t control himself, went to the pig and asked, “The
hunters are not out today, nor can I see any other danger, then why
are you doing that?”
The pig replied, “Dear! We live in a forest where enemies are there
at every step. Who knows when I’ll have to face them and use my
tusks against them? So, if I don’t do it now, I may not get time to
sharpen my tusks when I need them the most.”
This story teaches us that always be ready for the bad times to
come.
(KELINCI DAN BUAYA)
Once upon a time, a Rabbit wanted to cross a river, but he could
not swim. He had an idea, he saw a boss of Crocodiles swimming
in the river. The Rabbit asked he cross of crocodile.
“how many crocodiles are there in the river?” asked the rabbit
The boss of crocodile answered, “we are twenty here”.
“where are they?” the Rabbit asked for the second time. “what is it
for?” the boss crocodile asked.
“all of you are good, gentle and kind, so I want to make a line in
order. Later, I will know how kind you are,” said the Rabbit.
Then the boss of the Crocodiles called all his friend an asked then
to make a line in order from one side to the order side of the river.
Fust then, the Rabbit started to count while jumping from one
crocodile to another: one…two… three… four…until twenty.
And finally, he thanked all Crocodiles because he had crossed the
river. In the fable we can find massage is, before act, we think to
do first, so that we can finish the difficult problem.
(ELANG DAN BURUNG GAGAK)
An eagle, with its wings force grabbing a lamb with his nails and
took it away into space, a crow saw the incident, and imagined in
his mind an idea that he had the power to do the same thing as the
eagle.
And with its wings opened wide and then flew through the air with
fierce, he rocketed down and quickly hit the back of a sheep, but
when he tried to fly again he realized that he could not raise sheep
and he could not fly anymore because his nails had been entangled
in the sheep’s wool. Though he tried to release herself, the bondage
was too difficult to be released so that he felt broken there and
stayed on the back of the sheep.
A herdsman who saw the crow flapping its wings trying to escape,
herdsman saw what had happened, herdsman ran and then soon
caught the bird and tied and confine the crow, after the afternoon
he gave it to his children at home to play.
“What a funny bird!” they laughed, “What bird is that, father?”
“It’s crow, my son. But if you ask him, he would answer he is an
eagle.”
(KELEDAI YANG BODOH)
Once, a farmer owned a donkey and a lapdog. The donkey worked
hard all day, hauling heavy loads. The lapdog stayed with its
master all day and lived in the house with him. It did not work, but
was allowed to sit on its master’s lap. The donkey grew jealous of
the lapdog.
“Perhaps if I behave like the dog, like wag my tail and jump on the
master, the master will start loving me as much as he does the
dog.” So the donkey waited for its chance.
One day, when it was left unattended, the donkey broke its halter
and ran into the farmhouse kitchen, where the farmer sat at the
table. The donkey rushed up to him and began wagging its
tail vigorously and knocked off all the things on the table. It then
started jumping around and frolicking like a little dog and finally,
plunked itself down on the farmer’s lap.
The shocked farmer yelled for help. The farmhands came running
in and dragged the donkey off to its stable and gave it a beating it
would never forget for the rest of its life.
