The Farmer and His Lazy Sons

The Farmer and His Lazy Sons

In a village a very hard working farmer lived. He had three  sons. All three were strong and healthy, but very lazy. This worried the farmer. The farmer grew old and sick. But still, his sons spend their time sleeping, eating and playing. He became more and more anxious about their future. He wanted his sons to take care of his fields as he did. So, one day, he called his sons to his side and said: “dear sons, there is a great treasure hidden in one of my fields to make sure that you three never go hungry”. After a few days, the farmer died and the sons were very sad for some time. After that, the sons decided to search for the treasure which their father had told. They took the farmer’s spades and mattocks and dug every portion of their field hunting the treasure. But they found nothing. A friend of their father saw this and suggested them to sow some seeds as they have already tilled their fields. They accepted the suggestion and did the same. It rained well that season. Days passed. The fields rewarded their labour with abundant crops that season. The sons were delighted to see crops swinging with the wind in their fields. The sons realized what was the hidden treasure and said to each other “this is the treasure our father wanted us to find”. From that day on the sons did away with their laziness and started working hard. So, the moral of the story is " Fruits of hard work are always sweet"