TITLE : Day Dreaming Bears No Fruit

One there was a man who was physically strong enough to earn his daily bread easily . He could also afford to save portion of his income on a regular basis. He had secret desire. He wanted to be a rich man as quickly as possible . His favourite pastime was to resort to day dreaming where he used to think of a luxury life having all amenities of life. One day while returning from his working place he sat under a shady tree to have a rest putting the jar full of honey which he would get in payment for his work . “Now I have had enough honey , a jar full” , he thought, “ I will sell all my honey for a piece of gold and buy ten sheep. All the sheep will bring forth young and in the course of one year I shall have twenty sheep . Their number will steadily increase , and in four years I shall be the owner of four hundred sheep . I shall have twenty sheep . Their number will steadily increase, and in four years I shall be the owner of four hundred sheep. I shall then buy a cow ox and acquire a piece of land . My cow will bring forth calves, the ox will be useful to me in plowing my land , while the cows will provide me with milk. In five years time the number of my cattle will have increased considerably , and I shall be the possessor of great wealth. I shall then build a magnificient  house, acquire slavers “My wife will bear me a son , a robust and beautiful child. A lucky star will shine at the moment of his birth, my son will be blessed and happy and bring honour to my name after my death. Should he, however, refuse to obey me , I will beat him with this stick, thus.”

And so thinking the man raised his stick, which hit the jar of honey and broke it into pieces. The honey his savings , the basis of his dream was thus lost . His day dreaming spoiled the fruit of his toilsome labour . Did the event help the man to get rid of his favourite pastime. Nobody knows because he was never seen again around that place