Short Story- The Crowned Prince of Seoul

Once upon a time, a King ruled over the great city of Seoul with lot of love and care. He was a mighty king who waged wars at  many capitals and widened his Empire. The King had three sons. They were Dak-Ho the Eldest Prince, Dong-Sun, the middle aged Prince, and Chin-Hwa, the Youngest Prince.  

 

 

Chin-Hwa was Brave, Kind and Intelligent. Many years Passed. The mighty Ruler grew more old and began to realize that his end was near. So, he decided to test his sons and make him the king. He called his Sons 'Dak-Ho, Dong-Sun and Chin-Hwa, you three come here. So when all were there, The King told them:" Anyone who can fill the room with something, is to be made the king' So, the Princes began to think about it.

 Dak-Ho filled the room with precious diamonds. But it did not fill the room fully because there were not enough diamonds! Dong-Sun filled the room with water! But he himself drown into water! Chin-Hwa simply kept a big Lamp in the center of the room. The light, brightly showed itself all over the room. The old king was very happy. So, Chin-Hwa was the crowned prince!

The Greedy Prince learns a lesson

 Once upon a time, a Wealthy King had a Very Greedy Son named Charles. He was very Proud of his beauty. He wished to have new Clothes Everyday. He was and Adamant Prince. Charles threatened the Cook to serve Golden food for him everyday.

 The Poor Cook couldn't serve Charles such meals! Day by Day, Chares grew more Adamant. Soon, The King and the Queen got more sad about Charles's Future. One very Cold day, As always, Charles was admiring himself , standing in front of the grand Mirror. Charles asked his mom. "Look Mom, I am so pretty. 'He turned to the puzzled Queen and demanded' So, I want new clothes made of soft Silks, And a variety of food. The thing is I want all food to be made of  Gold. I want them now!' The Poor Queen couldn't say a word or to to Argue with Charles!

 Suddenly, all of a sudden, Charles came into a very rich and wealthy palace. He was so afraid. Thousandths of Servants were assembled. Some were polishing his shoes and some were exercising him. Charles ran to the room saying " Please stop and let me to be alone' Then he shut the door and went inside. He fell on the grand bed. Some hours passed. He was glad that he got rid of the clumsy servants. But Charles was disappointed that he was very hungry! He went to explore the room fully. 

He opened the cupboard to dress himself up. But all the dress fell on the greedy prince! Then all the maid who heard the noise came rushing she helped him get up and some came and folded the clothes. Charles then ordered for food. As thought, Charles was served golden bread and Emerald Peas and Ruby cherry and more Ornamental food. Charles ate them. But Unfortunately, It was like a  rock! His teeth fell! All of a sudden, he returned to his own palace. He realized his mistake and apologized to his mom and dad.

The Clever Daughters

Once upon a time, in a big Kingdom, there was a Clever Queen who wanted to test each Citizens if they are clever enough. On the same Vast Empires, There lived a poor Farmer who had three Very Clever Daughters. The Eldest one was named Isha, another one Martha and the Youngest one Ema. One day, The Poor Farmer went to the Queen's chamber and Bowed down respectfully.' Ho My Honor, Can you please Spare me a few Gold pieces? I have nothing to feed my Clever Daughters." Hearing the Poor Farmer's Request, The Queen got an Gleeful and Jocular Idea.

 The queen replied to The Poor Man " I will give you an Extract amount of Gold if you send your Daughters out to   learn a Art. After they had returned, Come to my throne. I should see what they had they had learnt. If not, you will be Executed.' The Farmer was so Embarrassed!. He Sadly walked back home and told his daughters what the Queen had said. Martha advised her father" Father, Don't worry. We all will go to learn a Art. Then we will go to the Queen's Chamber. With a heavy Heart, The poor man agreed. Next morning, Isha, Martha and Ema set out to learn a art. 

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Isha reached a Village. There, she met an old Lady who was terribly Ill. Isha offered to help the old Lady with cooking. Days Passed. Soon, Isha was very very Excellent at cooking skills. The old Lady blessed Isha for helping her.

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Martha came across a newly settled town. She saw a Tailor's house. The Tailor asked Martha if he can teach her Tailoring. Martha accepted to learn Tailoring. At first, Martha felt a little Awkward. But as Days passed, it became Easy to do Tailoring.

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After a long Walk, Ema arrived at a Big City. There was many grocery, cloths and Electrical stores. All of a Sudden, Ema saw an Archery school. Ema started learning Archery. Soon, she was able to be a better Archer. She thought that it was time to go to her home.

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Every daughter had learnt an Art. They all came back to there Kingdom

The Daughters went to the Palace with there Father and met the Queen who was waiting for the Daughters Arrival. The Queen asked the Eldest Daughter Isha to cook a Delicious and a grand Feast when eaten , makes them fly. As per the Queen's Order, Isha cooked a Very Delicious meal. Martha was told to stitch a cloth that when someone wore it, it made them invisible. Martha stitched a very beautiful cloth. While The Queen told Ema to aim at the  flower far away and the Bow should return to the Queen with the flower.

Ema did as she was told.

The Queen was Flabbergasted and Dumbfounded. She can't believe that the Daughters had did there job very well!!! The Queen gave the family two bags of Gold Coins.

Off, to the Tivoli Garden/Part 2/Mr. Blacksmith/Novel.

 George set out in search of Bismillah and the Daffadowndilly's. Being a very sincere man was George and he never cared about his poverty because he thought of getting money someday due to his presence of hardwork in the Blacksmith office. He walked in the direction were the hill was, looking at the map his dear friend Robert had gave him. He was nearly about to reach the age of thirty five. He was eventually thinking about how long would it take to reach the Garden and was thinking about his parents.

 Soon enough, George found Mr. Scrooge who was the Garden - keeper. George, walked with Scrooge till he had explained about each and every plants, Saplings and the marvelous trees. George reminded Mr. Scrooge. "Sire, Can you show me where Bismillah and Daffadowndilly's are?'. Mr. Scrooge nodded and said 'yes'. Scrooge went near the massive flower bed and plucked some pinkish blue and yellowish orange flowers and dumped them on the nursery bag.

'Thanks my man!' Cried George in joy.

As the next step, George neared to the grinder shop and gave it to an woman who was standing beside the shop, who was actually the grinding woman. 'Ma'am, Can you please agree to grind the flowers into powder ?" Asked George. The grinding woman agreed to do so.

Then, He went home and gave the powder to his critical Parents.

---Part2 to be continued..

A Short Story

Once upon a time, in a village , there was a wise man. His name was Gautham.

He used to go to the village panchayat.

 There were always a big crowd, waiting to ask Gautham there problem. But one thing was so bad about them. They were used to ask the same problems everyday. One day, the wise man Gautham was tired of this. So, in order to stop this, Gautham told to the group about a joke.

 All the members started laughing for a long time. After some time, Gautham replied the same joke when hardly some people laughed. After some minutes, Again, Gautham told the comedy. No one of the members present laughed. Instead, they stared at Gautham.

Gautham then said ' My dear friends, Asking the same problems always is not a great thing for all of you to do . Only the lazy and foolish people will do like this." Every body had to agree. They were so bad for themselves!!

Invention Of Mirror

Once upon a time, in ancient Honkong, there was a happy family, With a little boy called Jordan, his mom Mrs. Marie, Jordan's father Mr. Richard.. They lived with peace, joy and blithe. One day, Richard  who was an businessman was called to a faraway land for work. Both Mrs. Marie and little Jordan waved, forlornly. Richard walked away, feeling gloomy for being parted away. Soon enough, Jordan grew up to become a wise and responsible young boy.

Years later, Mr. Richard returned home with a big bag. Jordan and was so happy to see his father. While Mrs. Marie was very happy to see her husband. Then, Richard opened the big bag and out came a gigantic cake!!'This Cake is for my little bundle of joy!"Said Mr. Richard while opening the pack. Happily, Jordan ate the Cake. That night, Richard went to his wife and gave her a shining glass molded on a plain wood. It was actually a Mirror. Then, Richard announced. 'My dear, this is something called mirror. In this, you can see yourself. ' So, Marie agreed.

Many years passed, one day, Marie fell ill. Nobody could cure her. So, Marie called her son, Jordan.' My dear, This is a Mirror. If I go to heaven, You would dearly miss me so much, isn't it? So, In that case, please look at this thing and you will see me" Jordan grabbed his mom's feet and sobbed bitterly. 'Don't talk like that My mom, Nothing will happen to you.' At that moment, there was whole silence in the room. Mrs. Marie breathed her last!

Poor Jordan burst out crying. 

Then once, with a heavy mind, Richard decided to remarry. But, the stepmother was not like Marie, who was kind. this mother named Hanna, Was very cruel, rude, and always wanted Jordan to be shooed out of the house. One time, Poor Jordan sat on the floor of his room, locked from inside, sobbed for his dead mom and looked at the mirror, Mrs. Marie had gave him.  Jordan realized that it was not his mom's face. But, he did not give up. Instead, he gasped and hugged the gifted mirror. So, Jordan made it daily routine. 

One day, curious to know what the boy was doing, Hanna spyed at the little hole. She assumed that Jordan was hating her and was scolding her for himself. Hanna complained about the little innocent boy to Richard, Who one night scolded Jordan badly. Jordan started weeping loudly. He showed Richard the mirror and elaborated what actually happened. Now, Richard knew everything that he scolded Hanna roughly. Hanna now felt ashamed . She apologized to Jordan and as well as Richard too. So on, the three of them reunited. In the Heaven, Mrs. Marie was smiling at this!

This is how mirror was believed!

The Lazy disciple

Once upon a time, in a big village, there lived a Lazy boy named Mohan. He was one of the members of the students learning in a Ashram. All the students were ashamed of Mohan. One evening, the great saint told the students that all of them were going to the next town to perform a ceremony and also told them to collect firewood from the forest for food.

Each of them went away with there axe to chop out the wood. Mohan was walking slowly to the forest path. He no sooner came across a dry tree. He thought to himself. " I am so lucky today to have found dry tree! After cutting the tree, I can rest under that tree. Then slowly, I can walk to the Guru's hut !'Thinking, Mohan chopped down the dry tree . Then he went to the big tree, leaving the firewood beside him.

Many hours passed. Mohan finally got up. It was already night!!Mohan swirled down the path and Mohan alas! Reached the hermit's hut. Everybody laughed at Mohan continuously. One of the student mocked at Mohan 'This lazy fellow has not understood what is happening!!! Mohan, we have already ate our dinner!!you are late! And also the wood you brought is wet due to rain! Today you should sleep without eating!" Mohan realized his mistake and became clever and active.

A Cup Of Milk

 Long ago, in a village, there lived a  small and kind boy. He had no one to take care of him as he was very very poor. His name was Peter. Peter did odd jobs to earn money. One hot sunny day, Peter was very hungry and decided to go to the village houses to beg for at least a cup of water. Peter hate his luck. He kept on walking till he reached a well white - washed bungalow. Peter knocked the door. A young trader opened the door. Peter elaborated what he wanted . The young man agreed. But he took pity on the young little boy who seemed as if he would faint any moment because of hunger. So, instead of water, The young trader donated Peter a cup of milk. Peter at first, hesitated but then took the offer. 

Many many years passed. The same trader fell sick and did not recover. The doctors tried there best. But the man did not recover. One evening, a doctor challenged to try his best. Day and night, the poor doctor sat by the trader's bedside. Finally, the trader recovered from illness . Then , the trader was about to return home when a terrible thought struck his mind !! "How will I repay the bill?! It must be a great amount!!😨' The next moment, The trader called out to the servant . But...someone had already payed the bill..!!!!

You know who it was?? Beside the payment, there was written as - [Paid by a cup of milk].The trader was really awestruck! It was the little boy Peter!😃