Parrot's help

Once upon a time in Ramapuram village, lived a firewood seller Sundaram. He lost his parents, when he was young, and so, lived with his grandmother. Under his grandmother's parenting, he learned to be kind and being helpful others. One day, while he was cutting a tree, he saw a parrot that fell on to the ground and became unconscious. Because of the fall, it suffered a few injuries. He sprinkled some water on the parrot, and applied some sap of tree leaves on the injuries. The Parrot recovered after some time and said, "You treated me with kind heart and saved my life. I will definitely help you, when you are in need" and flew away. Sundaram took the parrot's words casually and continued with his life.

One day, the king went to forest for hunting. He lost his diamond ring on the way. The diamond ring was his inheritance passed down from generations. The king felt it as a bad omen to lose such a ring. The next day, the king announced to the people in the kingdom, "whoever finds the ring will be felicitated by valuable gifts". Next day, while Sundaram was cutting trees, the parrot rested on his shoulder and said, "Dear friend, the other day you saved my life. Now, I got an opportunity to repay the gratitude. Take this ring, hand it over to king.", and gave him the ring which the parrot found in a deep valley. Sundaram handed the ring to the king and received valuable gifts and handsome money. He started a business with the money, took good care of his grandmother and lived rest of his life happily.

Kindness

Once upon a time in a village, lived a firewood seller, Rangaiah. He helped others in what ever way possible for him. One day while he was cutting a tree, a chick(baby crow) living in the nearby tree accidentally fell off on the ground. Rangaiah immediately took the chick into his hands and helped the bird drink some water. He tore his hand towel and tied it to the injured leg of the bird. He carefully placed the bird in the nest. The mother crow which went to bring food returned just then. It watched the goodnees of Rangaiah and felt very happy.
Few days later, one afternoon, Rangaiah had his lunch and laid at under tree shade to take a nap. He heard some noise and woke up from sleep with astonishment. He saw a bear in front of him. He got frightened and tried to run away from the place. However, by then, the bear came too close and started to scratch him. He tried his best to come out of its clutches, however he failed. The mother crow watched all this from the tree. It determined to save Rangaiah from the bear and so started to poke the bear. Inspite of crow's attack, bear didn't leave Rangaiah. Crow got an idea and poked the bear in its eye. Bear started to shout from pain, let go Rangaiah from its clutches and ran into the forest. Rangaiah felt very happy for the crow's help and left for his home.
   
If one is kind and helpful to others, the returns will multifold, when in need.
    

Realization

Once upon a time, there lived an absolute cheapstick named Daanaiah. He earned lot of wealth, however he never used to do charity. He became infamous for his misery in the village. He believed in wealth creation irrespective of what others think about him. He used to lend money for a very high interest. He took possession of the villager's properties, however small they are, when they failed to repay the debt.
     Few years later, he started to dislike his own life. He always felt some vacuum and lacked enthusiasm. One fine day, a saint visited the village. Daanaiah heard villagers praise the saint's discourse. Daanaiah went to the saint and pleaded, "I have lot of wealth, however I am not able to relish and rest in peace. Please advice me". The saint replied, "Son, I don't need to resolve your problem. Just watch the crow on the ground, you will realize yourself". Daanaiah started to watch the crow. He saw a morsel of rice before it. It shouted "caw! caw!" until many crows came. They all ate the morsel to their satisfaction and left. "See, crow waited for others and ate along with them. Similarly, a man should always serve his guests first before satiating his own hunger. One should donate and do charity work to make life more meaningful", said the saint. Daanaiah realized his mistake.  From then onwards, he started to donate and brought true meaning to his name.