There was once a king who was active and intelligent. But his subjects were very lazy. Once he hit upon a plan to teach his subjects a lesson. With the help of an architect he built a big stone and had an iron box made. He filled it with many gold coins. At lead of night he had that big stone placed in the middle of the busy road of his capital. He put the iron-box fill of gold coins under the Stone.
Next day a company of merchants noticed the stone. But they never thought of removing it for the convenience of the passers-by.
Some time after an officer of the king also passed that way. But he did not care to remove the stone. Later on a young soldier went I round the stone and said, “Strange how is it that a big stone lies in the middle of the road to obstruct the passage of men? Is it not the duty of the government to remove it at once from the road? To live under such a government is a curse indeed.” He thus found fault with the government for its negligence of duties and went on his way.
The king in disguise noticed with great curiosity the behavior of his subjects. The stone remained in the middle of the road for a week.
Being disgusted with his lazy people the king had the stone removed. People, to their wonder, saw that there was an iron-box under the stone. It was marked with the label, ‘for the man who moves away the stone.’ They were also surprised to find inside it a purse full of gold coins. They were ashamed and they left the place one by one.
Moral: Laziness is the mother of misfortune or ill-luck.
Next day a company of merchants noticed the stone. But they never thought of removing it for the convenience of the passers-by.
Some time after an officer of the king also passed that way. But he did not care to remove the stone. Later on a young soldier went I round the stone and said, “Strange how is it that a big stone lies in the middle of the road to obstruct the passage of men? Is it not the duty of the government to remove it at once from the road? To live under such a government is a curse indeed.” He thus found fault with the government for its negligence of duties and went on his way.
The king in disguise noticed with great curiosity the behavior of his subjects. The stone remained in the middle of the road for a week.
Being disgusted with his lazy people the king had the stone removed. People, to their wonder, saw that there was an iron-box under the stone. It was marked with the label, ‘for the man who moves away the stone.’ They were also surprised to find inside it a purse full of gold coins. They were ashamed and they left the place one by one.
Moral: Laziness is the mother of misfortune or ill-luck.
