I agree that watching too much TV and playing games on computer is destroying the eyes of children. But when the parents are busy with their work, who bothers to see what the kids are doing. Recently i came across www.runjhunstory.com. It has very interesting and entertaining audio stories. I started listening to one story, and for almost 10 minutes, till the story lasted I forgot other things.
I immediately got the solution for keeping children away from eye-burners.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
a story from www.runjhunstory.com
This blog is about an experiment I did last month. My cousin's son, Arya is 8 years old. And his sister Nishi, 6. I have always seen Arya snatching away things from Nishi. Even if both are given same thing in same quantity, Arya will be compelled to take away Nishi's share. It was a serious concern for my cousin. Well Arya is not very old, but you never know, which habit of childhood becomes the character later.
So now coming to my experiment, I gave one chocolate to each of the kids and before Arya could snatch Nishi's chocolate, I caught him and started telling a story.
Once upon a time there were two brothers - Golu and Molu. As the name suggests both of them were very fat and lazy. Golu was very greedy too. Golu was 2 years older than Molu. Their parents dint have too much money. Just like old days, they had to go to the forest and cut trees to get some wood. Once their mother sent them to get some wood from the forest. As an incentive, mother told that for every 1 kg of wood she will give them one candy. "A candy! wow", thought both of them. Without the incentive none of them would have even moved from their chairs. "But candy is a good reward for some trouble", they thought.
So they went to the forest. Now who will cut the trees....they started picking up the logs and tags lying around. Both collected almost equal quantity. It was dark by then. They thought of staying back in the forest for the night. they found a shelter nearby and kept their collected wood near their head and went into a deep sleep. While Molu was busy dreaming about the tasty tasty mouth-watering candies, Golu was planning something altogether different. His greed was knocking his mind every minute. Finally he got up, took some wood from Molu's bundle and tied it along with his. He looked back at the Molu's bundle. It dint look very different from what it was earlier. After some time, when Golu's greed knocked again, he got up and took some more wood. "Every kg of wood is a Candy". He again looked at the bundle and was satisfied to see that it was looking not very different from what it was previously. The greed kept on working the whole night. And Golu, kept on steeling wood from Molu's bundle. In the morning when Molu got up, he saw that his bundle was not even half of what it was when he slept. He woke up Golu and asked him, "Golu brother, did you take some wood from my bundle?" Golu shamelessly replied, "no my dear Molu, why would i do that. I have collected a lot myself". Lazy as he was, Molu decided against arguing with his brother. Upset Molu and delighted Golu started their journey back towards their village. The distance was a lot. It was night again. They had to find another place to sleep. This time they dint find and shelter. So they decided to sleep under the tree. Scared of Molu stealing back his wood, Golu suggested that we should tie our legs with each other's. So when anyone will get up to steal other's wood, the other person would get up. They tied their legs and kept the wood bundle close to their heads. Both went to sleep. In the dark night, came a thief. He saw two of them sleeping and tied. But he saw the two bundles of wood kept untied. Now it was difficult to carry both the bundles. Greedy as he was, he picked up the bigger bundle and ran away.
Sun came at its time. Both Golu and Molu woke up, looked at each other. Golu was happy that Molu dint move from where he slept. They untied their legs and got up to move ahead. But Alas! Golu shouted, where is my bundle of wood. He saw someone's foot steps near the place he kept his bundle. They realized that some thief had come in the night and stole Golu's bundle.
Upset Golu and delighted Molu reached home. Their mother gave many candies to Molu and none to Golu.
Then Golu confessed his story to his mother. Mother laughed and told, " you should not be greedy. You should enjoy what you get. And if you want more, work harder, but dont steal"
So that was the story!
Arya dint speak a single word after that. He was thinking. I liked it. But just after a few moments, i gave him another chocolate. And said, if you want more ask for it. But dont be greedy!!!
What do you think folks, will Arya change?
So now coming to my experiment, I gave one chocolate to each of the kids and before Arya could snatch Nishi's chocolate, I caught him and started telling a story.
Once upon a time there were two brothers - Golu and Molu. As the name suggests both of them were very fat and lazy. Golu was very greedy too. Golu was 2 years older than Molu. Their parents dint have too much money. Just like old days, they had to go to the forest and cut trees to get some wood. Once their mother sent them to get some wood from the forest. As an incentive, mother told that for every 1 kg of wood she will give them one candy. "A candy! wow", thought both of them. Without the incentive none of them would have even moved from their chairs. "But candy is a good reward for some trouble", they thought.
So they went to the forest. Now who will cut the trees....they started picking up the logs and tags lying around. Both collected almost equal quantity. It was dark by then. They thought of staying back in the forest for the night. they found a shelter nearby and kept their collected wood near their head and went into a deep sleep. While Molu was busy dreaming about the tasty tasty mouth-watering candies, Golu was planning something altogether different. His greed was knocking his mind every minute. Finally he got up, took some wood from Molu's bundle and tied it along with his. He looked back at the Molu's bundle. It dint look very different from what it was earlier. After some time, when Golu's greed knocked again, he got up and took some more wood. "Every kg of wood is a Candy". He again looked at the bundle and was satisfied to see that it was looking not very different from what it was previously. The greed kept on working the whole night. And Golu, kept on steeling wood from Molu's bundle. In the morning when Molu got up, he saw that his bundle was not even half of what it was when he slept. He woke up Golu and asked him, "Golu brother, did you take some wood from my bundle?" Golu shamelessly replied, "no my dear Molu, why would i do that. I have collected a lot myself". Lazy as he was, Molu decided against arguing with his brother. Upset Molu and delighted Golu started their journey back towards their village. The distance was a lot. It was night again. They had to find another place to sleep. This time they dint find and shelter. So they decided to sleep under the tree. Scared of Molu stealing back his wood, Golu suggested that we should tie our legs with each other's. So when anyone will get up to steal other's wood, the other person would get up. They tied their legs and kept the wood bundle close to their heads. Both went to sleep. In the dark night, came a thief. He saw two of them sleeping and tied. But he saw the two bundles of wood kept untied. Now it was difficult to carry both the bundles. Greedy as he was, he picked up the bigger bundle and ran away.
Sun came at its time. Both Golu and Molu woke up, looked at each other. Golu was happy that Molu dint move from where he slept. They untied their legs and got up to move ahead. But Alas! Golu shouted, where is my bundle of wood. He saw someone's foot steps near the place he kept his bundle. They realized that some thief had come in the night and stole Golu's bundle.
Upset Golu and delighted Molu reached home. Their mother gave many candies to Molu and none to Golu.
Then Golu confessed his story to his mother. Mother laughed and told, " you should not be greedy. You should enjoy what you get. And if you want more, work harder, but dont steal"
So that was the story!
Arya dint speak a single word after that. He was thinking. I liked it. But just after a few moments, i gave him another chocolate. And said, if you want more ask for it. But dont be greedy!!!
What do you think folks, will Arya change?
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