The Loyal stories

                                                      The Loyal Ruhi

              Once there was a farmer's family who lived in a Village. They are three in family a young farmer, his wife and his daughter, baby daughter is just 10months old. She is only daughter to the farmer family and they Love's her soo much.

One day at evening time, while returning home from fields, the farmer found a little mongoose lying near the road, the mongoose with an accident, when the farmer saw mongoose it looked pale and hurt. The farmer covered a cloth on mongoose and picked it up and brought to his home. He called his wife when she was working inside the house and show's her mongoose leg hurt and blood floating. They both gave the mongoose first-aid treatment and tied a cloth on it's leg and after some time they gave it food and water. Farmer made her sleep under the tree to give some rest.

While mongoose was taking rest, young farmer got an idea and told his wife gently that little mongoose would be a pet for their son. His wife did not like the idea of having mongoose near their daughter, but accepted reluctantly.

Farmer asked his wife, we should give a name to our pet mongoose what would you suggest? His wife said am not interested in giving any name to it. Then young farmer thought for few minutes and  addressed their little pet mongoose has "Ruhi", so that it will be a good friend to our daughter, said to his wife smoothly.

Now, three in family turned into four: A Young farmer, his wife, their baby daughter and a pet Ruhi. They keep living together.

One day the farmer's wife had to go to the market. she put her daughter to sleep and told her husband to look after her. She told him not let the Mongoose go near to their daughter. She somehow felt that it is not safe to let animal go near to their daughter. The husband assured her that he would look after the baby.

Soon after the wife left for the market, the farmer was called by local moneylender. The moneylender wanted his money to be returned that he had lent to the farmer, some time back. The farmer had a good harvest that season and had the money ready with him.

The baby was sleeping and thus the farmer could not take the child with him. He placed the child in cradle and left her with the Ruhi. He believed that ruhi was an intelligent animal and could take care of their daughter.

After some time, the farmer's wife came back with a basketful of vegetables, she found the mongoose waiting for her outside the house.

she looked at the mongoose and realized that something was not right. The face and paws of the mongoose were covered with blood. she was astounded and with great anger said, "You dirty creature, you have killed my daughter! " she cried and struck the Ruhi(Mongoose) on the head with her basket full of vegetables.

She ran inside and was relieved to find the baby daughter sleeping peacefully in his cradle.

"But on the floor lay a Black Snake, torn into pieces and bleeding. The snake appeared very poisonous."

The farmer's wife realized what had happened. The Ruhi(mongoose) must have seen the snake and realizing that it might harm the baby, the mongoose would have torn the snake into pieces.

But what had she done! farmer's wife rushed back to the mongoose. With tears in her eyes, she lifted the heavy basket and bent down to look at Ruhi. "The Loyal Ruhi was dead."

                                                                                                                                                                                           

                 

                               Don't Break Tie's

         

           Once a father and son went to the kite flying festival. The young son became very happy seeing the sky filled with colorful kites. He too asked his father to get him a kite and a thread with a roller so he can fly a kite too. So, the father went to the shop at the park where the festival was being held. He purchased kites and a roll of thread for his son.

His son started to fly a kite.  Soon, his kite reached high up in the sky.  After a while, the son said, “Father, It seems that the thread is holding up a kite from flying higher, If we break it, It will be free and will go flying even higher.  Can we break it?”  So, the father cut the thread from a roller.  The kite started to go a little higher.  That made a son very happy.

But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. And, soon it fell down on the terrace of the unknown building. The young son was surprised to see this. He had cut the kite loose of its thread so it can fly higher, but instead, it fell down. He asked his father, “Father, I thought that after cutting off the thread, the kite can freely fly higher. But why did it fall down?”

The Father explained, “Son, At the height of life that we live in, we often think that some things we are tied with and they are preventing us from going further higher.  The thread was not holding the kite from going higher, but it was helping it stay higher when the wind slowed down and when the wind picked up, you helped the kite go up higher in a proper direction through the thread.  And when we cut the thread, it fell down without the support you were providing to the kite through the thread”.

The son realized his mistake.

“Our loved ones helps us to survive the tough time in our life with their support and encouragement to us reach higher heights.”