The Man Who Worried Too Much

There was once a man who worried too much.In the morning he worried that the sky might fall, in the afternoon he worried that the clouds might fall, and in the evening that the moon and stars might fall.But he worried every second of the day that the sky would fall, for you see if the sky fell, then everything in it would also fall. So every minute of the day was filled with worry, and as this was so he was always very gloomy and unhappy.One day his friend asked him,"Why are you always so unhappy?".The man answered,"I worry in the morning that the sun will fall, in the afternoon I worry that the clouds might fall, in the evening I worry that the moon and stars might fall, and every day that the sky might fall."His friend thought that was more than over exaggerating, and so he told the man that it would never happen.So the man stopped worrying, and it turned out that, of course, the things he thought might fall never did fall, and his days were then filled with joy and relief.The End

The Man and the Herbs

Once,long ago, a man had a garden full of herbs that had not yet sprouted.On the first day he had them, he went to the garden but he didn't see any herbs, not one tiny bit of green.Now you see, the man was quite poor, and he didn't have a lot of land, so all the seeds were quite cramped together.On the second day, he still saw no green.The next day after that he finally discovered one little sprout of a single herb, and he was overjoyed.However, on the fourth day, he saw no more tiny sprouts of green.That night he couldn't sleep, so he went out and pulled every root more upwards.He was tired to the brim of his toes, but happy at the thought that now all the sprouts were taller!The next day his daughter came into his room , quite restless and out of breath."Guess what happened to all the herbs?," she asked.They're all much taller aren't they?"replied the man with a smile."No, that's not it! All the herbs died!"said his daughter."What! Impossible!",the man said in disbelief.But when he went out, the herbs were, though very much stuck in the ground,dead.The End

Moral:1.If you really want something you care about to grow, give it time and space.

The Iron Rod and the Embroidery Needle

Long ago, a small boy named Li Ban was playing when he saw an old lady rubbing an iron rod.He ignored her and continued playing.On the second and third day, she was still there.Finally, on the fourth day he went over to the old lady and asked,"Why are you rubbing that thick iron rod?".The old lady replied,"I need an embroidery needle to do my embroidery, but I don't have one so I am rubbing this iron rod so I can make it into an embroidery needle".Li Ban cried,"How can you rub an iron rod and make so thin that it's actually suitable to become an embroidery needle?!That will take forever!".The old lady absentmindedly said,"Well, that's what you think,but I really do need an embroidery needle, and as there is no place here that sells them, I'll just keep robbing this rod and eventually I'll get one."Li Ban never saw that same old lady again, but he carried that lesson within his heart, and kept reading and writing to become the most famous poet of all time.The End

Moral:1.Have perseverance.

The Man Who Went North

Long ago, there were two kingdoms. One kingdom was named the Southern Kingdom and the other was called the Northern Kingdom.One day a man from the Northern Kingdom decided to go to the Southern Kingdom so he took money, food and clothes, got in his carriage and began heading north.The man's friend, who was in anther carriage close behind the man's asked,"Why in the world would you go north? You're supposed to go south if you want to get to the Southern Kingdom!" The man replied,"I've everything I need!I'll be fine!".The man's friend protested,"You may have what you need, but you're never going to get to the Southern Kingdom at that rate!".The man assured his friend,"Have no fear!I've food , clothes, money,and a carriage!What else could I possibly need?" The man's friend tried to tell him he'd never get there but the man went anyways. There is a catch, though.If you went north long enough,you'd eventually get south, but it would lots longer than if you just went south, and you'd need much more than the man took!Unfortunately, no one ever heard of the man again.The End.

Moral:1.Make sure you know what your'e doing before you set off