247E-Book Story: Be Good To Your Enemies - #Moral_Story

Be Good To Your Enemies


Long ago, there lived a little boy named
Sammy. He was a good boy. He was good in his
studies, obedient to his parents, more
intelligent than many other boys in his class
and kind to everyone. Grown-ups as well as
those junior to Sammy loved him very much.
But that aroused jealousy in many other boys
who longed to be as loved as Sammy.
Now there was another boy named Timmy who
studied in the same class as Sammy. Unlike
Sammy, he was not good at studies and always
liked to play during school hours. He
misbehaved with his parents, bullied his
classmates and even ill-treated Sammy. He
always tried to put Sammy down and belittled
him before other kids in the class. But no
matter what he did, Sammy's grades kept
getting better and better. Whether in studies
or in sports or from his classmates, Sammy
kept getting accolades from everywhere.
On his eighth birthday, Sammy got a nice pen
as a gift from his parents. He brought it to
school so that he could use it to take down the
notes of the lectures that the teachers gave in
class. This was a very beautiful pen and it could
help one write very fast. When Timmy saw it,
he was very jealous of Sammy. He asked
Sammy,
"Hey, where did you get that? Did you buy it?"
"My parents gave it as a birthday gift to me."
replied Sammy.
Timmy was overwhelmed with anger and
jealousy. The bad boy that he was, he rarely got
any present from his parents. He decided to
steal Sammy's pen. During recess, when
everyone had gone out from the class, Timmy
opened Sammy's bag and took out his pen.
Then he hid it inside his bag and went out to
have his tiffin.
When Sammy came back and could not find his
pen, he informed his class teacher about it.
There was a hunt for the missing pen and the
class teacher ordered the class monitor to
search the bag of every children inside the
class. The missing pen was soon found out of
Timmy's bag and the furious teacher asked the
errant boy,
"Now Timmy, what do you have to say about
it?"
Timmy was in tears. He had nothing to say.
When Sammy saw Timmy cry, he took pity on
the boy. The kind boy that he was, he had no
ill-feeling against his classmate. He requested
his class teacher not to take any action against
Timmy, now that his stolen pen was found.
This opened Timmy's eyes. He could now see
what a good boy Sammy was. He asked for
forgiveness from his teacher and Sammy. From
that day, he became friends with Sammy and
gradually changed himself to be as good as
Sammy. Everyone began to love Timmy and
Sammy was proud of his new friend.
Despite being hurt by Timmy, Sammy gave him
back only love in return. This is how we should
also treat our enemies. Who knows? One day,
our behaviour may just change themselves for
the better.

Moral: Do not harm someone even if he
harms you. Be good to all.

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer who
had a little land. His name was Tuan and he was
a very kind and good-natured person. He lived
in a hut on his land with his wife and children
and earned by selling whatever crops he could
produce on his small land.
Tuan loved to help others. Whenever someone
fell ill or needed something badly, Tuan was
there to help that person. If someone died in
the village, Tuan assisted the family members
of the deceased person in whichever way he
could. If anyone fell ill at night, Tuan was right
beside the village doctor to help him prepare
the medicines and tend to the sick. There
seemed to be none who hated this man. He
appeared to be loved by one and all.
But there was one person who hated Tuan with
all his heart. He was Juan, a neighbour of Tuan,
who lived in the land next to him. A lazy person
by nature, Juan hardly put in as much effort to
cultivate his land as Tuan did to produce crops
in his own. So when the harvest season arrived
every year, Juan found that he had very few
crops to sell. Tuan on the other hand, earned a
handsome profit through the selling of his
produces.
One year, Juan could no longer contain his
jealousy. Just days before Tuan was to reap his
harvest, Juan set fire to his crops at night. Tuan
was asleep at this time and it was only the
alertness of one of his other neighbours that
saved much of his crops from being perished in
the deadly flames of the fire that Juan had
lighted.
When the flames were doused, Tuan saw which
direction the fire had started from. Juan's
animosity towards him was unknown to Tuan.
But he let the matters rest and decided to take
action only if he saw Juan repeating his
dastardly act once again.
That year, Tuan managed to sell the rest of his
crops at a good price but he could not make
much profit for a good part of his produces had
been burnt. He had a heavy heart but he did
not like to tell anyone about it.
Only days later, Tuan was awakened by the
sound of lamentations. He went out to find a
crowd beside Juan's hut. He rushed to find that
Juan's son had fallen ill. He found that the
village doctor was unable to provide a cure to
his illness. Tuan knew what he had to do. He
untied his own horse and rode it. Then he
rushed to the town that was ten miles away and
fetched a more experienced doctor who lived
there.
This doctor was able to guess the disease
correctly and provided an exact cure for it.
Within hours, the boy was found to sleep
soundly and Tuan went with the doctor to take
him back to the town.
A day later, Juan went to Tuan's hut and began
to weep bitterly. He confessed to his sins but
was surprised when Tuan told him that he knew
about it all.
"You knew that I had set fire to your crops? And
still you fetched the doctor for my son?" asked
the astonished Juan.
Tuan nodded and said, "I did what I knew was
right. Could I do wrong just because you had
done so?"
Juan stood up and embraced Tuan. Both men
were in tears and so were the others who stood
by them.
From that day, Juan changed himself. Within a
year, he could produce much crops in his land
through his hard work. When the others asked
him how he had changed so much, he only
replied,
"It was the goodness and love of Tuan that
transformed me."

Moral: Be nice to your friends. Be nicer to
your enemies.

Many many years ago, there lived a dog named
Tom. Tom was adopted as a pet in a wealthy
household and he was daily showered with nice
foods and affections by her mistress Mrs
Havisham. All day, Tom lived in a kennel within
the compound of the house and he tried his
best to guard the home of his mistress.
Whenever a thief or a burgler came within the
vicinity, Tom would bark as loudly as he could
to scare the living daylights out of the culprit.
He was the favourite of his mistress. When
night fell, he slept on a nice blanket inside his
kennel and when day broke he had his food
served before him in no time.
But the neighbourhood dogs were not so lucky
and they were jealous of Tom's fortune. Now
and then, they would bark from outside the
gates of Tom's house and utter curses at him.
All this disturbed Tom a little, but he would
only say,
"Poor fellows, they have to struggle so much
for their food while I am so lucky. I must not
shout at them and add to their misery."
So he kept quiet and went about his business,
turning a deaf ear to their insults.
One day, as he was taking a walk with his
mistress, Tom found that some young boys
were throwing stones at those same dogs who
insulted him. The dogs were cornered and they
had nowhere to go. They could in no way avoid
being hit by the stones thrown at them. Many
of them were bleeding and barking feebly in
protest. But the boys were not in a mood to let
go of them so lightly. They picked up bigger
stones and rocks to have more fun at the
expense of the weak, helpless dogs.
Tom could not hold himself back. He was of a
strong build and had a very deep voice. He
knew that he could scare the boys. He managed
to wrench his leash free out of his mistress'
hands and he ran towards the boys.
The boys were startled at the terrible barking
that Tom directed at them. Their blood froze at
the sight of the huge Tom baring his fangs and
running towards them. They dropped their
rocks and ran away as fast as their legs could
carry them.
"Go home" Tom said to his bloodied abusers
"no one will disturb you anymore."
He ran back to his mistress who had seen all
that Tom did. She patted Tom and praised him
for his courage.
That night, Tom's mistress saw a strange sight.
The dogs whom Tom had saved in the morning
had gathered near the gates of her house. It
seemed to her as if they were telling
something to her pet.
"Maybe they are thanking Tom for his brave
gesture." she thought.
And right she was! From that day, Tom and his
abusers had become friends. Tom's kindness
had won over his abusers' hatred and he had
earned their love, respect and admiration that
nothing on earth could buy.

Moral: Be good to all, even if they happen to
be your enemies.