Stories For Life | Food For Thought

  A good friendship is a strong bond Ravi and Sugath were two good friends. Wherever they went, they went together. The whole village knew about their friendship.  Once the two friends wanted to visit one of their old teachers in another village. The path to that village fell through a thick forest infested with wild animals.  On the way, Ravi asked Sugath if he could climb up trees. Sugath said that he had never climbed up a tree. The two friends continued their journey.  Suddenly, Ravi saw a bear coming towards them. He quickly climbed up a near by tree. Sugath was left alone on the road. He was shivering in fear. He had nothing to do but to lay on the road as if he were dead. When Sugath saw his good friend lying on the road, he remembered his friend did not how to climb up trees. He was shocked to see his friend on the road.   Ravi quickly climbed down and ran to his friend in a flash. He also lay beside Sugath. Sugath murmurred to see Ravi, "Friend, cl...

Contentment Is Bliss   Once upon a time, there lived a woodcutter named Banda in a village in Sri Lanka.  He worked only for a short time every morning. Then he engaged in some other work at home.  One day, a German tourist came to his village for a short stay. His name was Bernard. He showed an interest in knowing the livelihood of the people who lived in his vicinity.  The tourist observed Banda worked only for a short time every day. He was curious to know as to why Banda worked like this. So, one day he talked to Banda.  " H! I'm Bernard from Germany. I see that you work only for about an hour every day. Can I know why?"  "Well, I think this is enough for me. I have work in my garden and I do them."  "But don't you think, if you work longer you can split more wood and earn more. Then you can buy a wheelbarrow and transport more wood to the town." "Well, then?" "Then you can buy a truck with the money and transport logs to the tow...