THE TORTOISES TEAR

A Short Moral Story.

Long, long time ago, an old magician called Odin visited the animal kingdom. He was the greatest and most powerful magician in all the worlds. He gathered all the animals and told them,

“I want to give animals the gift of magic, making you able to become powerful magicians on your own. To gain the magical power, each animal will fetch me a bottle of salt water. However, I will cause the salt river to dry up in fifty minutes, so if you’re not fast enough, the river will dry up before you even reach there to fetch the water, and you will lose out on this great opportunity. Your time starts now!”

Instantaneously, all the animals got their bottles and started running towards the salt river. They ran as fast as they could in order to reach there before the river dried up.

The first animal to reach the salt river was the cheetah. He was fast enough to reach there in twenty minutes. He quickly filled his own bottle and returned to the magician and he immediately gained the magical power. He began to dance with excitement.

The antelope was the second animal to reach the salt river. He was followed by the horse, then the lion, then the hare, then the kangaroo, then the ostrich, then the deer, then the zebra, etc. They all shouted in jubilation as they gained the magical power.

However, unfortunately for the tortoise, he was a very slow animal. He was moving at a slow speed and therefore was surprisingly far from the salt river. He kept moving and moving, never looking backward, until he finally reached there, but the river had already dried up.

All the animals began making fun of the tortoise for his slow pace. They laughed at him heartlessly and mocked him for missing out on the great opportunity.

Meanwhile, the tortoise covered his face and immediately began to shed tears. He cried and cried for a while, until his eyes became red and swollen. As he returned, he was still crying and approaching the magician.

However, to everyone’s great surprise, the tortoise suddenly offered his own bottle of salt water to the magician, and he automatically gained the magical power.

Everyone was completely shocked by what had happened. They wondered how the tortoise came to have the salt water since the river had already dried up before he reached there.

Just then, an animal asked the tortoise curiously,

“The salt river has already dried up… how did you obtain the salt water?”

The tortoise smiled and answered,

“I may be slow in nature, but I’m blessed with exceptional wisdom. The thing is… shortly after the salt river dried up, I realised that tears are salty, just like salt water. And then, I began to cry into my bottle. Everyone thought I was crying out of sadness and disappointment, but I was actually filling my own bottle. Truly, wisdom is rare!”

MORAL LESSON:

Wisdom is the knowledge which helps us to find practical solutions to problems. Be wise. Be smart. Be Clever. And be quick-witted. Life can put you in a very difficult situation, but if you’re wise enough, you can easily find your way out

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