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The famous proverb "An idle mind is the devil’s workshop" is very popular. This is a story that validates that statement. Once upon a time, during an era when the entire kingdom of Silbaripuram was covered in dense forest, there lived a strong lion who was the king of the jungle. Moreover, the place was rich with diverse animals. Once, as usual, the lion set out for a hunt. That day, the lion ventured along a path he had never taken before. After traveling a long distance, he reached a sanctuary of spotted deer. There were hundreds of deer all over the place. Seeing the lion for the first time, the deer scattered and ran. However, the leader and protector of the deer stood his ground. This was because there were a few deer behind him who were unable to run. He said to the lion, "Oh King of Beasts, there are many deer in our sanctuary. The deer lying here are sick. Therefore, from tomorrow onwards, we will select and send one deer to your cave every day." The lion wa...

  It was a beautiful riverside. Because there's a famous temple in that area, a lot of pilgrims used to come there. One day, a sanyasi (sage) was resting under a banyan tree. At that time, a young man was bathing in the river. After that, he told the monk about his poverty and sufferings. The sanyasi's heart melted. He said, 'There's a priceless jewel lying on the sandbank of this river. You have to patiently and carefully pick up each stone and throw it into the depths of the river.' The young man started throwing. For the first few stones, he threw them with extreme care. After a while, his attention decreased. Later, he increased the speed, and finally, after 100 stones, he got tired. He returned to the sanyasi and complained. At that time, the sanyasi said, 'Even after getting the jewel in your hand as the eightieth stone, you carelessly threw it into the river. If you had thrown each stone carefully, you would have received great wealth.' Motivation: Ev...

 It was a beautiful lake, rich with a great variety of fish. Among them lived five fish who were the best of friends. They used to enjoy leaping and playing together on the surface of the water. One day, while they were playing, a fisherman came along with his net. Seeing the man, the fifth fish immediately sensed danger and quickly dived deep down into the water. The fourth fish, a red one, noticed this clever move but was a little too late to react. Soon, four of the fish got caught in the fisherman’s net. However, the fourth fish came up with an idea. It pretended to be dead. Seeing this, the fisherman picked it up and, thinking it was of no use, tossed it back into the water. Thus, the fourth fish escaped. Witnessing this, the third fish was inspired. While still trapped in the net, it began jumping vigorously. The first fish said, “Friend, we three are destined to become curry in this fisherman’s house. There’s no hope now. Don’t waste your energy jumping.” But the third fish ...

 Long, long ago, in the land of Silbaripuram, a merchant named Ravunni was returning from the market in his horse cart. It was his custom to buy a large number of chickens from the market once a month for his ancestral home. In the cart pulled by two horses, many chickens were inside a net. The horses were struggling to pull the cart. Seeing this, a big rooster among the chickens asked the horses, "Why are you two struggling so much to pull this cart? Is our master going to give you extra food today?" The horses replied, "Oh, this is our job. We get the same amount of food on days we work and on days we don't." Immediately, the rooster got angry and shouted, "You two are just fools! This is completely unfair. You should tell the master that more work deserves more food!" One of the horses asked, "How should we tell him?" The rooster quickly replied, "We roosters crow loudly wherever we see injustice!" As soon as he said that, the ro...

 Robert Bruce was a clever King who ruled Scotland, a European country. Once, when the King of the neighboring country, England, launched an attack, he was unable to hold his ground. His army was defeated and fled. Bruce himself managed to escape by a whisker. He ran swiftly and hid inside a cave. As he sat there, deeply dejected and silent, he witnessed a sight— A spider, at the mouth of the cave, was trying to jump from one end to the other to weave its web! In the first jump, it could not reach the other side. It failed the second time as well. However, the spider kept on trying. Three… four… five… six… it failed that many times! But on the seventh attempt, it succeeded in reaching its goal! Watching this gave Bruce a lot of food for thought. He muttered to himself— "If a mere spider does not give up even after seeing its first six attempts go to waste, why can't I, a human being, try again?" He stepped out of the cave. He secretly located his soldiers who had fled, ga...