Panchatantra2 ...Bharund-The Bird with Two Heads

On the shore of a lake there once lived a strange bird called Bharund.He had one stomach but two heads and two mouths.
One day,Bharund was eating a delicious fruit with one of his mouths and simultaneously describing its taste.The other mouth too wanted to taste the delicious fruit,but the first mouth refused the request saying: "We both have a common stomach,so where is the need of your tasting this food? It would be better if I gave the remaining portion of this fruit to my wife".
The next day,the second mouth got some poisonous food.He told the first mouth he wanted to eat the poisonous fruit.The first mouth said:"Do not eat this fruit,else both of us will die".
Being angry with the first mouth for not giving it the sweet fruit,the second mouth did not pay heed to this advice and ate the poisonous fruit.As a result,both of them died.

MORAL:
1). Many people work against their own interests because their lower nature does not allow
them to do the right thing.Leaders have to be particularly careful not to fall into this trap as
the top position offers stronger temptations.
2). If those at the top do not reach consensus and each acts in his own interest,the company will
suffer the consequence of mismanagement and collapse.
There's a great saying: "If you want to test a person's character,give him the power !!!"

Panchatantra1..The Brahmin and the Crab

For those who like to read short stories.....Friends, Indian literature is considered to be the richest literaure in the world, but still we keep on reading novels of foreign author(no doubt they have better vocabulary and grammer content, but would hardly reach to the simplicity and moral content of ancient Indian literature). Panchatantra is know as the oldest and simplest book to teach management fundas using animals as objects(a fable u can say), here's a short story from it. And I plan to put a new story from Panchatantra once every week or fortnight.

A brahmin named Brahmadutt lived in the city.One day,he decided to go to another city for some work.His mother asked who was accompanying him.He replied that he was going alone.Brahmadutt's mother advised him to take somebody along,as having a companion is very useful while travelling.
Brahmadutt's mother gave him a crab and said: "This crab will be your companion on the journey".
Brahmadutt proceeded on his journey with the crab,which he kept inside a small camphor box.In the afternoon,he decided to take rest under the shade of a tree.Beign tired he soon fell asleep.While he was sleeping a snake emerged from the hollow of that tree.
The snake was attracted by the smell of the campor box and tried to swallow it.The crab came out from the box and killed the snake.
When Brahmadutt woke up from his sleep, he found a dead snake lying near the camphor box.He realised that the crab had saved his life.

Moral of the story:
1) One should never underestimate anyone's usefulnes.
2).Parents and elders are more experienced and wiser than us.Therefore,almost always,their advice is bound to be useful.
3).Its always better to have a good company when going to dangerous places.