Öğretici hikaye – The dumb boy

Öğretici hikaye (Stories of wisdom): “The dumb boy”

There is a rich man in Pakistan with tremendous wealth. He spends his whole life on gaining more money. He is a landlord. However, the man has a son with very little understanding of things. So, the people call the son a stupid.

One day, the rich man called his son and told him to make him some tea. The son made some tea and brought it to his father. The father took one sip from the tea and to his surprise, it was very delicious. He asked his son about how the tea was made. The son said that

“I went to the backyard to look for some fire woods. But, since it was raining, all the woods were wet. So, I went to the place where you store your money and picked up a lot of cash. Then I burned all the paper money to make the tea.” The tea that tasted very good in the beginning to the father now tasted like poison.

All of us reading this story are thinking that the son is really dumb. Why? Because he burned valuable money just to make a cup of tea. But in reality, that person is dumber who burns his everlasting life for this short life.

The wisest of all men is he who remembers to prepares himself for afterlife.