Laziness

Somaiah, a farmer, used to live in a village named Ramapuram. He was highly disciplined and completed his work on time. However, as he became older, it became challenging to work with same vigor. He hired Ram and Bheem to do the chores. Somaiah was a early raiser and used to wake up early everyday at the crowing of the rooster and wake up Ram and Bheem. Ram and Bheem never liked to get up early in the morning. Once, when Somaiah was not in the village, they killed the cock. They convinced to their master, that the cock was stolen by someone, and Somaiah believed it.

Next day, as the cock was not there, Somaiah woke up late, and so did Ram and Sam. Ram and Sam felt very happy as they could sleep for long time. Somaiah began to worry as he was not able to wake up early. The following night, Somaiah went to sleep with these disturbed thoughts. He woke up in the middle of the night assuming that day broke. Somaiah immediately woke up Ram and Bheem and sent to work. This became the routine. Deprived of sleep, Ram and Bheem got frustrated. They realized that the trouble will end if they bought a rooster. They conveyed the same to Somaiah, but Somaiah didn't agree as he feared, he might loose this rooster too.

Ram and Bheem, realized that, their laziness was the reason for all the troubles.