Children Stories [5/5]

Episode 5: Change starts within you.

In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. 

Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way. 

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. 

After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. 

The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant became very delighted upon seeing this and thanked God for it. 

The moral is that before talking to others, first look at yourself and try to eradicate your faults because even Mahatma Gandhi said, "To change the world, first change yourself because change starts within you". Here, we see the peasant did what many others never understood; so we should learn from this story and implement it in our lives. 

That's all for this one. Hope y'all loved it. This series successfully ends today. Now I will concentrate on my other series "Interesting Facts" and "The Game of Destiny". Stay tuned for it !!