Inspirational Short Story : Two Brothers &
A Thief
Mihir and
Mahadev lived in the same village. While Mahadev owned the largest shop in the
village. Mihir was a poor farmer. Both had large families, with many sons,
daughters-in-law and grandchildren. One day, Mihir, tired of not being able to
make ends meet, decided to leave the village and move to the city where they
were sure to make enough to feed everyone. They said their goodbyes, packed
their few belongings their and set off. When night fell, they stopped under a
large tree. There was a stream running nearby, where they could refresh
themselves. Mihir told his sons to clear the area below the tree. He told his
wife to fetch water.
He instructed
his daughters-in-law to make up the fire and started cutting wood from the tree
himself. Now, in the branches of the tree set a thief. He saw as Mihir’s family
worked together. He also noticed they had nothing to cook. Mihir’s wife too thought the same, for she
said to her husband, “Everything is ready. But what shall we eat?” Mihir raised
his hands to heaven and said, “Don’t worry. He is watching all this from above.
He will help us.”
The thief
was worried. He had seen that the family was large and worked well together.
Surely they did not know he was hiding in the branches? He decided to make a
quick gateway. He climbed down swiftly when they were not looking and ran for
his life. But he left behind his bundle of stolen jewels and money, which
dropped down into Mihir’s lap. He opened it and jumped with joy when he saw the
contents. The family promptly gathered its belongings and returned to the
village. There was great excitement when they told everyone how they got rich.
Mahadev
thought this was a nice quick way to earn some money! He commanded his family
to pack some clothes and they set off as if on a journey. They stopped under
the same tree and Mahadev started commanding everyone as Mihir had done. But no
one in his family was willing to obey orders. They were used to having servants
wait on them-so the one who went to gather wood for the fire went off to sleep
beneath the free. And Mahadev only ordered everyone about, not bothering to do
anything himself. Meanwhile the thief had returned to the tree. He noticed the
family members were greedy and selfish. They would never be able to put up a
fight tighter. Then, Mahadev and his wife started the conversation that they
had rehearsed carefully. Mahadev’s wife said, “Everything is ready.” But what
shall we eat?” Mahadev raised his hands upwards and said, “Don’t worry. He is
watching all this from above He will help us.”
At this, the
thief jumped down from the tree, knife in hand. Seeing him, everyone started
running helter skelter to save themselves. The thief stole everything. Mahadev
and his family had to return to the village empty-handed, having lost all the jewelry
and gold they had taken with them.
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