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THE EMPEROR’S THRUSH #Inspirational Moral Stories
Once, in
ancient China, all agreed that the thrush’s song was their most
splendid
treasure. The emperor had not seen nor heard it, and commanded his
men to
bring the thrush to him. He was disappointed to see an ordinary brown
bird,
but when it sang, tears of joy filled the emperor’s eyes! This was the
biggest
reward that the thrush could have asked for. Sometime later, the
emperor
was gifted a mechanical thrush, with many bright feathers studded
with
precious gems. A hidden switch in it could be turned on to make it sing.
It
became everybody’s favourite, and the real thrush was set free.
After
sometime, the spring inside the mechanical thrush broke down. Nobody
could
repair it. The emperor could not sleep without hearing the thrush sing!
He
became so sick that one night, the doctors feared he would die before the
morning.
During that night, the real thrush came back, as it remembered the
emperor’s
joyful tears when he had first heard it sing. As it sang, the emperor
recovered!
In the morning, everyone found that the emperor was alive,
cheerful
and energetic!
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