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Story: The Old Farmer and his Lazy Sons

Once there was an old farmer who was very hard working throughout his life. He had a rich field which gave him a fine yield of grapes every year. Unluckily his sons were very lazy and easy-going. So, the farmer was much worried about their future. One day the farmer called his sons and said, "Dear sons! My days are numbered. Before my death I want to tell you about the hidden treasure in our field. Dig it out after my death". The farmer died after a few days. After performing the last rites of their father, the sons began to dig their field. They dug every inch of it but they could not found anything. So the sons sowed some seeds in their field. A few weeks later, there was good rain. Soon the field was filled with rich crop of grapes as had never been there before even in their father's life-time. Now the lazy sons understood what their father meant as the hidden treasure. From that day, they worked hard and earned their own livelihood. They had learnt that hard-work is the key to a gold mine.

Story: The Wise Farmer and his Lazy Sons

A hard-working and generous farmer lived with his three lazy, greedy sons. He was elderly, and just before he died, he called them to him and told them that their inheritance was buried in his fields, and that they would have to dig it up in order to receive it. No sooner than his spirit left him than his sons went out and tore apart the fields looking for the buried treasure. Having dug up the entire farm and found nothing, however, they began to wonder if it was a trick, and if their father, in his generosity, had already given all his money away to the poor. One of the sons said, “Well, we’ve already dug the fields, we might as well sow a crop to take advantage of it.” His brothers agreed, and they planted wheat in the fields, took in a good harvest, and sold it for a large sum.

After the harvest, the sons wondered if they might have just missed the treasure when digging for it, so they dug up the fields once again just in case; having found no treasure, they once again planted a crop and sold it. This continued for a few years, until the sons had at last become accustomed to the labor and realized the lesson that their father had left them with on their deathbed. They became honest and content, and lived their lives in peace.