2. Story: All that Glitters is not Gold, Pride hath fall, Do not be Proud, Nothing is useless, (9th/1st Year/BA/B. Sc) by AG Ahmad

 

Moral Story No: 2

Story for Normal Students

All that Glitters is not Gold

Other Possible Morals:

i. Pride hath fall.

ii. Do not be Proud.

iii. Appearances are often deceptive.

iv. Seeing is not being.

v. Nothing is useless.

The Foolish Stag

Once, a stag was drinking water at a stream. He drank water to his fill. Suddenly, he saw his reflection in the clear water. He was extremely delighted to see his beautiful horns. He felt very proud and admired the grace of his horns. As, it is wisely said,

"Pride goes before destruction,

And arrogant spirit goes before a fall."

          Suddenly, he caught the sight of his thin and lean legs. He was ashamed of his thin and weak legs. He felt disgusted for his legs. He heaved a miserable sigh and said,

"It is unfortunate to have such beautiful horns,

With so ugly and thin legs."

          While he was feeling disgusted for his weak legs, he heard the howls of hounds. Then he saw a pack of hounds running towards him. Seeing the hounds, he started to run towards the forest. Soon, his thin legs carried him away from the hounds. As, some-one has rightly said,

“God has made nothing useless.”

While passing through the forest, his beautiful and strong horns got entangled in the bushes. He struggled very hard to get himself free but all in vain. As, it is rightly said,

"Appearances are often deceptive."

Soon, he was over taken by the hungry hounds. They fell upon him and tore him into pieces. His ugly and thin legs helped him to run very fast to save his life, but his beautiful horns brought about his death. As, it is wisely said,

"Pride hath a fall."

Moral Story No: 2

Story for Brilliant Students

All that Glitters is not Gold

The Foolish Stag

As, some-one has rightly said,

“All that glitters is not gold.”

It is a very famous saying. It means that appearances are often deceptive. We should not be misled by the attractive appearance of things and people because what appears good and beneficial may prove ugly and destructive for us. As, it is rightly said,

"Appearances are often deceptive."

The following story illustrates the truth of the above quotation.

Once, a stag arrived at a stream to quench its thirst. He drank water to his fill. Suddenly, he

caught the sight of his reflection in the clear water. He was extremely delighted to see his beautiful horns. He felt very proud and admired the grace of his horns. As, it is wisely said,

"Pride goes before destruction,

And arrogant spirit goes before a fall."

          Suddenly, he caught the sight of his thin and lean legs. He was ashamed of his thin and weak legs. He felt disgusted for his legs. He was dissatisfied and discontented with his slender and slim legs.  He heaved a miserable sigh and said,

"It is unfortunate to have such beautiful horns,

With so ugly and thin legs."

          While he was feeling disgusted for his weak legs, he heard the howls of hounds from a distance. Then he saw a pack of hounds running towards him across the field. Seeing the hounds, he started to run towards the forest. Soon, with the help of his thin legs, he was well away from the hounds. As, some-one has rightly said,

“God has made nothing useless.”

          All of a sudden, he had to cross thick bushes grown here and there. While passing through them, his beautiful and strong horns got entangled in the bushes. He struggled very hard to get himself free but all in vain. As, it is wisely said,

"All that glitters is not gold."

Soon he was over taken by the hungry hounds. They fell upon him and tore him into pieces.

His ugly and thin legs helped him to run very fast to save his life, but his beautiful horns of which  he was so proud, brought about his death. As, it is wisely said,

"Pride hath a fall."

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