Gukira #indwara y #ibiheri ukagira uruhu rwiza

#uruhu #rwiza #kwivura

The Ants and Grasshopper | #The Moral There’s a time for work and a time for play. One bright autumn day # a family of ants was busy working in the warm sunshine. They were drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer when a starving grasshopper came up. With his fiddle under his arm # the grasshopper humbly begged for a bite to eat. “What!” cried the ants # “Haven’t you stored any food away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all summer?” “I didn’t have time to store any food before winter #” the grasshopper whined. “I was too busy making music that the summer flew by.” The ants simply shrugged their shoulders and said # “Making music # were you? Very well # now dance!” The ants then turned their backs on the grasshopper and returned to work.

A Glass of Milk | #The Moral No good deed goes unrewarded. There once was a poor boy who spent his days going door-to-door selling newspapers to pay for school. One day # as he was walking his route # he started feeling low and weak. The poor boy was starving # so he decided to ask for food when he came to the next door. The poor boy asked for food but was denied every time # until he reached the door of a girl. He asked for a glass of water # but seeing his poor state # the girl came back with a glass of milk. The boy asked how much he owed her for the milk # but she refused payment. Years later # the girl # who was now a grown woman # fell sick. She went from doctor to doctor # but no one was able to cure her. Finally # she went to the best doctor in town. The doctor spent months treating her until she was finally cured. Despite her happiness # she was afraid she couldn’t afford to pay the bill. But # when the hospital handed her the bill # it read # ‘Paid in full # with a glass of milk.’

The Needle Tree | #The Moral It’s important to be kind # as it will always be rewarded. Once # there were two brothers who lived at the forest’s edge. The oldest brother was always unkind to his younger brother. The older brother took all the food and snatched all the good clothes. The oldest brother used to go into the forest in search of firewood to sell in the market. As he walked through the forest # he chopped off the branches of every tree # until he came upon a magical tree. The tree stopped him before he chopped its branches and said # ‘Oh # kind sir # please spare my branches. If you spare me # I will provide you with golden apples.’ The oldest brother agreed but was feeling disappointed with how many apples the tree gave him. Overcome by greed # the brother threatened to cut the entire tree if it didn’t provide him with more apples. But # instead of giving more apples # the tree showered him with hundreds of tiny needles. The brother fell to the ground # crying in pain as the sun began to set. Soon # the younger brother became worried and went to search for his older brother. He searched until he found him at the trunk of the tree # lying in pain with hundreds of needles on his body. He rushed to him and started to painstakingly remove each needle with love. Once the needles were out # the oldest brother apologized for treating his younger brother so badly. The magical tree saw the change in the older brother’s heart and gifted them with all the golden apples they could need.

When Adversity Knocks | #The Moral We can choose how to respond in difficult situations. Asha was getting frustrated and tired of life # so she asked her father what to do. Her father told her to bring an egg # two tea leaves # and a potato. He then brought out three vessels # filled them with water # and placed them on the stove. Once the water was boiling # he told Asha to place the items into each pot and keep an eye on them. After 10 minutes # he asked Asha to peel the egg # peel the potato # and strain the leaves. Asha was left confused. Her father explained # “Each item was placed into the same circumstance # boiling water. See how each responded differently?” He continued # “The egg was soft # but is now hard. The potato was hard # but is now soft. And the tea leaves # they changed the water itself.” The father then asked # “When adversity calls # we respond in the same manner as they have. Now # are you an egg # a potato # or tea leaves?”