Me, My Guru - On honesty!
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At the end of the year, every child
had a healthy beautiful plant to flaunt – all except our dear Bholu. He cried,
he prayed yet his seed did not respond. He was tempted to plant some other seed
but his mother advised against it. It was a good year
for all except our dear Bholu. And then, the D day arrived. Bholu didn’t
want to go as he knew he would be embarrassed but his mother forced him to.
He went and stood in a corner
hoping no one would notice him or his plant or rather no
plant.
At the dreaded moment, the king
arrived. “Our pain and fear are helpless in stopping
time”. King congratulated each and every kid on his plant. It was
then that few kids noticed Bholu and started making fun of him. Noticing the
commotion, the king moved in that direction and saw tear filled face of Bholu
holding an empty pot. He asked Bholu for reason and Bholu replied “I don’t
know. I watered it daily and kept it in sunshine, yet no plant came out of it.
I am sorry to have failed you!” The king hugged the boy and with tears filled
eyes yelled “Meet the new king of this kingdom”.
Everyone was aghast. How could king
choose a boy who couldn’t even grow or take good care of a simple seed? When
asked, king explained “I gave burnt seeds to all kids. No child was to come
with a plant that way but everyone did – except this boy. He didn’t cheat! He
was honest! How can a person who can’t be honest in such a simple test be
expected to be honest while running such a huge kingdom?
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