Motivational Stories: Part Five

By Raja Sharma

In this fast paced world, people hardly get time to pause and think about the forces which motivate or retard them. They are immersed in their works so deeply, earning and arranging that there is hardly any time for them to read the stories which children used to read in the past.

Nowadays, most of the children are lost in the world of electronic gadgets, course books, and the things which they think will make them successful in future, which is obviously told them by their elders. Gone are those elders who used to sit with their children to tell them beautiful inspiring stories.

I am trying to add my share by reviving some of those stories in this series. These short stories are not only interesting, but also highly inspiring and motivating.

If you are really serious about your children, I mean if you want to make them good human beings, besides seeing them successful in their respective careers, kindly tell them these stories. You will begin to see the magical effects of these stories on the young minds of your children.

All the best

Raja Sharma M. Sc. (Physics), M. Tech. (Metallurgy), M. A. (English)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Feb 15, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301088805

Raja Sharma

Raja Sharma is a retired college lecturer.He has taught English Literature to University students for more than two decades.His students are scattered all over the world, and it is noticeable that he is in contact with more than ninety thousand of his students.

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Motivational Stories: Part Five

Raja Sharma

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Motivational Stories: Part Five

Raja Sharma

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Preface

In this fast paced world, people hardly get time to pause and think about the forces which motivate or retard them. They are immersed in their works so deeply, earning and arranging that there is hardly any time for them to read the stories which children used to read in the past.

Nowadays, most of the children are lost in the world of electronic gadgets, course books, and the things which they think will make them successful in future, which is obviously told them by their elders. Gone are those elders who used to sit with their children to tell them beautiful inspiring stories.

I am trying to add my share by reviving some of those stories in this series. These short stories are not only interesting, but also highly inspiring and motivating.

If you are really serious about your children, I mean if you want to make them good human beings, besides seeing them successful in their respective careers, kindly tell them these stories. You will begin to see the magical effects of these stories on the young minds of your children.

All the best

Raja Sharma M. Sc. (Physics), M. Tech. (Metallurgy), M. A. (English)

Chapter One: Don’t Take them for Granted

Once upon a time there was a huge apple tree. A little boy used to come there and play around the tree almost every day. The boy would climb up the tree and eat as many apples as he liked.

Having filled his stomach with the fresh apples, the boy would sleep under the shade of the tree. The tree loved the boy too, and seeing the boy its leaves began to flutter with joy.

With the passage of time, the little boy grew up and became a young man. He stopped playing around the tree.

One day, when the young man came near the tree, the tree said to him, Why don’t you come and play with me?

I am not a kid anymore, and I don’t like playing around tree, said the young man very curtly.

The tree felt sad.

The young man said, I need money to buy things now.

The tree said very sadly, "Dear friend, I do not have money, but I have apples. You can pick all