The Goose with the Golden Eggs

Once when a Lion was asleep, a little Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough. They imagined that if the bird must be able to lay golden eggs, its insides must be made of gold. And they thought that if they could get all that precious metal at once, they would get mighty rich very soon. So the man and his wife decided t o kill the bird. However, upon cutting the goose open, they were shocked to find that its innards were like that of any other goose! MORAL: THINK BEFORE YOU ACT

The Bundle of Sticks

A father had a family of sons who were always quarreling among themselves. When he failed to solve their fights with his advice, he decided to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the bundle into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They tried with all their strength, but were not able to do it. Next, he opened the bundle, took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into his sons' hands, and asked them to break it, and they could do so very easily. He then told them: "My sons, if you stay together and help each other, you will be as strong as this bundle, and no enemy can beat you; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks." The sons understood the message, thanked, and promised the father to always be together no matter what. Moral: Union gives strength.

The Boy who cried 'Wolf'

Once there was a shepherd boy who had to look after a flock of sheep. One day, he felt bored and decided to play a trick on the villagers. He shouted, Help! Wolf! Wolf! The villagers heard his cries and rushed out of the village to help the shepherd boy. When they reached him, they asked, Where is the wolf? The shepherd boy laughed loudly, Ha, Ha, Ha! I fooled all of you. I was only playing a trick on you. A few days later, the shepherd boy played this trick again. Again he cried, Help! Help! Wolf! Wolf! Again, the villagers rushed up the hill to help him and again they found that boy had tricked them. They were very angry with him for being so naughty. Then, some time later, a wolf went into the field. The wolf attacked one sheep, and then another and another. The shepherd b oy ran towards the village shouting, Help! Help! Wolf! Help! Somebody! The villagers heard his cries but they laughed because they thought it was another trick. The boy ran to the nearest villager and said, A wolf is attacking the sheep. I lied before, but this time it is true! Finally, the villagers went to look. It was true. They could see the wolf running away and many dead sheep lying on the grass.

We may not believe someone who often tells lies, even when he tells the truth.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great effort an ear of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling away?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; "we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew.. MORAL: WORK TODAY AND YOU CAN REAP THE BENEFITS TOMORROW!

The Fox and the Stork

A selfish fox once invited a stork to dinner at his home and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish. The fox could easily lap this up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and stayed hungry. I am sorry that the soup is not to your liking," said the fox with a sly smile. "Oh, please do not apologise," said the Stork. "I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me too sometime." So a day was appointed when the Fox should visit the Stork. Finally, when they were seated at the table, the Stork served them both some soup in a very long-necked jar with a narrow mouth. The stork drank the soup easily but the fox could not insert his snout into the tall jar. This time it was the Foxs turn to go hungry. MORAL: ONE BAD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER.

10 Math Tricks

Trick 1: Number below 10 Step1: Come up with any digit below 10. Step2: Multiply your number by 2. Step3: Add 6 to your multiplied number. Step4: Divide the digit by 2. Step5: Subtract the first number you have thought from the latest number you have come with. Answer: 3

Trick 2: Any Number Step1: Come up with any number. Step2: Subtract 1 from this number. Step3: Multiply your answer with the number 3. Step4: Add 12 to the number. Step5: Divide the result by 3. Step6: Add another 5 to the equation. Step7: Deduce the first number you have thought from the last solution. The Answer will be Number 8.

Trick 3: Any Number Step1: Come up with any number. Step2: Multiply this figure by 3. Step3: Add 45 to the solution. Step4: Multiply the number by 2.

Step5: Divide the result by 6. Step6: Minus the first number you have come up with with the last number. The Answer will be Number 15.

Trick 4: Same 3 Digit Number Step1: Come up with a 3-digit number, but make sure that all the digits are similar. Ex. 111 or 222. Step2: Add the digits together. Step3: Divide your 3-digit number with the added digits. The Answer will be 37.

Trick 5: 2 Single Digit Numbers Step1: Come up with any 2 single digit numerals. Step2: Choose from any one of the numbers and multiply it by 2. Step3: Add 5 to the solution. Step4: Afterwards, multiply it by 5. Step5: Add your other single-digit number to the result. Step6: Deduce 4 from the solution. Step7: Minus another 21 from the result. The Answer will be the two single-digit numbers you have first thought of.

Trick 6: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 Step1: Choose any digit from number 1 to 6. Step2: Multiply your number with 9. Step3: Multiply the answer with 111. Step4: Multiply the last result with 1001.

Step5: Divide the solution with the number 7. The Answer will contain all the following numbers: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8

Trick 7: 1089 Step1: Think of any 3-digit number. Step2: Arrange the numbers in a descending manner. Step3: Arrange the numbers in ascending order and subtract it with the answer. Step4: Keep your answer in mind, then reverse the numbers mentally. Step5: Add this number to your answer. The answer will be 1089.

Trick 8: x7x11x13 Step1: Come up with any 3-digit numeral. Step2: Multiply it with 7, then by 11, then by 16. The Answer will be a repetition of your 3-digit numeral. (For example, your number is 123. The answer will be 123123.)

Trick 9: x3x7x13x37 Step1: Come up with any 2-digit numeral. Step2: Multiply it by 3, then by 7, then by 13, and lastly, by 37. The Answer will be number in three successions. (For example, your number is 23. The answer will be 232323.)

Trick 10: 9091 Step1: Come up with any 5-digit number. Step2: Multiply this number with 11.

Step3: Multiply the answer with 9091. The answer will be your 5-digit number in repetition. (For example, your number is 33221. The answer will be 3322133221.)