123. The Sailor and the Mynas #Inspirational Moral Stories
Once there was a sailor who travelled to faraway lands.
When he returned home, he always brought something nice for his wife. Once, he
sailed away to a distant land. There, he s w a man selling exotic birds. Among
them were eight talking mynas. The sailor bought them all for his wife. But on
his way back home, he remembered that -- his wife's lucky number was nine. Cleverly,
he bought a native myna and placed it in the cage with the foreign mynas. When
the sailor presented them to his wife, the talking mynas chirped: "Outside
the gates, we were eight. But with time, we are nine. " The sailor's wife saw the ninth myna and
asked, "Why is one of them silent?" The sailor told him about what had
happened. Instead of being angry, his wife said, "How thoughtful of you to
remember my lucky number!" Then she cooked him a lavish meal.
Moral of the
Story: The story teaches us the importance of
thoughtfulness and how small gestures of consideration and care can bring joy
to our loved ones.
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