rishit shetty

Children Stories

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rishit shetty

Children Stories

The Magic Pond

The Magic Pond

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In a forest, there was a pond. It had strange magical powers. Any animal who happened to fall into the pond would turn into a human being. But if any animal fell twice into the same pond then it would get back to its original form. One very hot summer afternoon, two monkeys were playing on a tree, right above the pond. They both slipped and fell into the magic pond. When they came out, one of the monkeys had turned into a beautiful girl, while the other had turned into an ordinary-looking man.


The monkey who had turned into a beautiful girl fell on her knees and thanked God, "O God you have given me another life and form more wonderful than I ever imagined. Thank you!"But the monkey who had turned into an ordinary-looking man was not satisfied, "I will take another dip in this magical pond. Let's see what happens. Maybe I'll become a handsome man," he said. The girl who had been a monkey persuaded him and said,"Don't go looking for what you don't have. Be content" But he jumped into the pond and was instantly turned into a monkey again. "Oh, what a tragedy. I will try again, "he said. How so often he tried, nothing happened; he remained a monkey.


A man from the circus saw the monkey umping into the water repeatedly, "That monkey will do good tricks. Let me take him to the circus," he thought. The man caught the monkey and took him to the circus to perform tricks. The monkey spent all his life in the circus. Whereas the beautiful girl married a handsome prince and led an ease and luxury life.


Moral: Be happy with what you have


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