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Daniel Aikins

10 months ago

A WISE FARMER

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Poetry

10 months ago



Once Upon a time there left a man named padmanaban in a village called achuttapuram he had four sons and a huge land which had one acre of fields and crops in it since his grandfather or his four fathers had not given him a vast amount of wealth all he had to look after himself and his family was the land his sons were getting older each day and he did not know how to get them married as the wealth he had was very minimal as he was getting really worried one day he sat with his friend Rama lingam under a tree and had a

conversation Rama lingam looked at him and said this listen I have been watching you for a long time and you seem to be very sad could you please tell me I'm going through your lot right now my sons are at the age of getting married but I am unable to get him married because of the lack of wealth and resources that I have and also all of my children right now are very irresponsible and unruly don't worry about that my friend your sons will gain responsibility dignity very soon all you have to do is make sure

that each of them get married that would instill a lot of responsibility in their minds and they will be all become mature and grown up very quickly you just have to execute that plan after hearing what ramalingam said padmanaban felt a little better padmanaban then immediately walked away from the conversation and went to his house to talk to his sons listen to me my sons now we can try and manage and help each other with what we have but if you were to get married it will be very difficult for all of us to

look after each other have you ever thought about how to increase our wealth and how to make our lands better if you have any ideas please tell me right now the first and the Elder son listen to what his father said quietly he then looked at his father and said this father if our one acre land is not giving a sufficient wealth and resources to manage every entire family why not wait just buy another land and form in that land to gain profits after listening to what the Elder son had to say his father was very worried and says this my son we

 have been forming in our own land for the past several Generations if we were to sell our land or buy another land even the people that respect us all these years will stop respecting us this is not something that we can even consider the father padmanaban pointed to the other three brothers and them if they had any ideas to prosper the family with wealth and resources but unfortunately they also gave very similar answers this worried padmanaban very much he went back to ramalingam and said this what your eldest son said

isn't too bad of an idea there is a lot of logic in that his solution to your problem seems like a very quick and efficient one don't you know a thing about forming ramalingam farming is about to lack and timing nothing will happen to us it is not easy to buy a land or sell it and at the same time it is also not easy to form it I think I have to push my sons so that they have to understand what life is like I believe that just like when four seats fall out of a tree each seed grows a plant differently your sons have to be

taught that all four of them are special and talented in their own ways don't worry I have an idea ramalingam proceeded to convey an idea to padmanaban after listening to that idea padmanaban was very happy and satisfied he went back to his house and told to his sons my sons I'm going to the city for a very important business trip and I will not be available for the next four days I want you guys to take care of yourself and your mother after left the very next day while his Elder son was standing outside of the house a stranger

 came towards padmanaban house and said this sir is anyone there at home who are you sir and what do you want sir in a village far away I possess a land which has a lot of bamboo trees in it since I am getting older in age I am not able to cut this bamboo out and make proper yield of the resources that are there in my land I would like to know if there is anyone who can cut the bamboo trees and clean my land can you please let me know after listening to what the stranger said the eldest son thought about it for

 a while and replied to him you have a lot of bamboo trees in your land you can hire somebody from the nearby Village to come and cut the bamboos and make a lot of profits what you are saying is very good idea my friend but unfortunately I am way too old and I cannot do that work I just want somebody to come and take the bamboo trees and do whatever they want with it if he can do it it would be very glad to take the bamboo trees from my land this idea in interest the eldest son very much he thought about the

 massive amounts of profits that he can make from taking the bamboo trees and selling it in the city as he kept thinking about it he was only worried about the traveling cost the eldest son looked at the stranger and said this then fine I shall also bring my brothers with me to your land so that we can finish the job as fast as we can after listening to what the Elder son said the stranger said that he would be there by tomorrow morning to pick them up that evening the Elder son looked at his brothers and said this listen to me my

brothers tomorrow we have a massive task ahead of us this task will pay us a lot and we shall split the money equally all the brothers agreed toward the eldest brother said the next day morning Brothers worked day and night to cut off the bamboo trees in that land they took the bamboos and went back to their home this is a very difficult task to work in your land or a farm if all of us get married it will be very difficult for us to look after and help each other therefore I suggest an idea where we take all the bamboos that we had just

 taken from the land and we sell it for a high price this will help us use the money to start a business all the fur Brothers accepted what the Elder son said they remembered the trials and tribulations that their parents had gone through the next day as they were ready to sell all the bamboos they have taken from the strangers land the second brother comes running from outside to the house and says this to the oldest brother right there instead of selling bamboos in the city I have a businessman who is willing to purchase the bamboos with

higher price I have informed him to come and talk to you so he is right here the younger brother introduces the businessman that he was referring to his older brother the businessman looks at the brothers and says this I have already seen yesterday I didn't know that you are about to sell the bamboos or I would have talked to you earlier if you can sharpen the bamboos I would be able to purchase it for a higher price then you can sell it in the city itself is that okay with you okay sir I need some time to think and evaluate your

proposition I shall discuss with my brothers and I shall get back to you soon after the eldest son said that to the businessman he gathered all his brothers together and he tried to have a conversation with them while he was talking to all his brothers the third brother left to converse with the businessman before we can go and talk to the businessman we shall ever yet who is going to to pay as a higher price if it is the people in the city we shall sell it to them or else we shall sell it to the businessman all the Three Brothers

agree to it they take from morning till evening to sharpen all the bamboos the third brother comes back home and says this to the elder brother my brother has the bamboo sold at a good price how shall we sell the rest of it to the businessman about the price of the bamboo tree some of them told me to fix up your mat with the bamboo stems and it would cost more than just the bamboo tree if he can ourselves do this work why can't we make max out of these bamboo trees and sell it for a higher price he's right if we can make match

out of this bamboo trees we can make more money by selling it but we first have to learn about that as these brothers were conversing with each other the mother was listening to this quietly from the side padmanaban's wife then came and she smiled and says this I know how to make a mat out of the bamboo trees my sons I don't want you to worry about anything anymore I shall teach you how to make them the Four Brothers along with their mother started making bamboo mats in the house padmanabhan came back

from the city and was shocked to see everything he looks at his family and says this what is going on in my house could somebody explain to me what is happening the eldest son replied to his father and explained him everything that had happened listened to his son and walked away with a simple smile on his face the brothers were not able to understand why their father smiled and they started making mats baskets and chairs with the bamboo trees after they finished making all the products the next day the third brother

says this to the businessman sir I would ask you to kindly forgive me because we work hard to create all these bamboo products we have decided to not sell this to you and tried to sell this to the people ourselves the businessman was very shocked to hear this and he looked at the brothers and said this my friends listen to me it is much harder to sell a product than to make a product it takes a lot of time talent and expertise to have the skills to sell product I would request you to kindly think about your

decision and please reconsider what you told me sir I would like to tell you that a day before we did not know how to cut the bamboo trees but we learned it we did not know how to sharpen your bamboo tree but we learned it we did not know how to make a mat out of your bamboo tree but we learn it in the same way we will also learn how to sell your bubble tree the businessman accepted what the third brother had said and he left immediately all the other brothers also accepted the idea meanwhile padmanaban walked past his sons and he

looked at them with a smile he went back to Rama lingam who looked at padmanaban and said this to him welcome my friend how was the journey to the city ramalingam asked this question to padmanaban jokingly and padmanaben said this to him I'm honestly did not know that this would work ramalingam always never understood how to make my sons become mature and responsible but you have found a way to do it and I will always be grateful to you thank you very much ramalingam you don't need to thank me for this I just need one help from you

tell me what you want ramalingam I can do whatever is possible the man that visited your house as a stranger is none other than my relative he has a daughter named Devi who is at the age of getting married all I want from you is to get married to one of your sons and that would be a way of giving me gratitude padmanaban was quite shocked to listen to what ramalingam had said he then says this to him I did not realize that the stranger that you sent to my house was your relative this is very surprising to me I have no issues in having one of my

sons marry your relative but I have to make sure that you are all right with the fact that my son had just started his business he is not that experienced and he is not that wealthy if that is all right with you then we can consider padmanaban says this in a very delightful manner The Stranger says this to ramalingam I can tell a person's character just by the way he talks from the way I interacted with his sons I can tell that this is a good family I am willing to give my daughter to one of his sons padmanaban was delighted to

hear this Rama lingam looked at padmanaban and said this my friend you don't need to worry about anything I trust him very much his name is sundaram if it is all right with you Naman I am willing to give my daughter to your eldest son I am very glad to accept your proposal but what I had dreamed of it is getting all my sons married at the same time at that moment another man walks into the conversation this man name is veerappan he has a very beautiful and talented daughter who is knowledgeable and very educated he is willing to give

his daughter to your second son as he is the man that made business with your second son padmanaban is even more shocked at how fast this is happening he then says this what about the third businessman and the fourth businessman are they also your friends do they also have daughters to share at that moment two other businessmen walk into the conversation it is a sir I am the man who met your second son and did business I am the man who did business with your fourth son if it is alright with you as we all have daughters to give to your

forces utterly shocked and confused he did not say a word now ramalingam said this I made a decision make sure that your sons know how to work and be responsible and at the same time your sons getting married padmanaban looked at his friend Rama lingam with Theory ice with the utmost gratitude that he had he understood that his friend realized the problem that he had and did everything he can to fix it and he says thank you so much my friend ramalinga tomorrow we shall see the business skills of my sons and we shall come to

your decision the next day all the Four Brothers went to the market and sold all the bamboo products that they had since their prize was much cheaper in the village than in City everything was sold out immediately the sons collected all the money that they had made and went home and gave it to their father the Elder son looked at padmanaban and said this further this is the first money that we have made with our hard work and our determination we would like you to give this to us with your blessings thank you my sons what I would like to

do is first to take off the price that you had for the bamboo the Elder son was quite surprised and he asked this but father didn't we get that bamboo for free from the Stanger in this land you're right the stranger did give you the bamboos for free but if we were to do this business again we have to purchase bamboos as not everybody would be giving it to us for free but why should we do it again we did what we did because it came to us for free padmanabin laughed at what his eldest son said and he says this my sons we

within 10 days you have earned so much money that I haven't earned with my Farmland in five years you have realized how to do business in a span of a week I want you to continue to pursue your skills and your Ambitions and achieve more and more in your life I want all of you to be successful and prosperous all the four Sons understood what their father said and proceeded with their ambition to make more money with the bamboo business that they have learned they went on to purchase more bamboos and started selling some more bamboo

products by manufacturing them and selling them as padmanabhan promised to ramalingam all four of those Sons were married at the same day with the father's blessings kept the secret of how all this occurred from them till the rest of time all the four Sons lived happily ever after with the newly wed wives if you like this story please like it and share it for more such interesting stories please subscribe to our channel news stories book English [Music] [Music] foreign



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