tHE TALE OF THE ODD BOy [a moral tale]

This story is just a tale to teach about contentment. Read and enjoy...

There was once an odd boy who always wanted what was not
his own: his friends' toys, his cousins'
clothes, his parents' books...he
ended up being so envious that
even the hairs on his head were
given to jealousy. One fateful day, it
just so happened that a single hair on
the crown of his head woke up
completely green due to a small stain. Now, when
the other hairs saw this they
became so hugely envious that
they too ended up turning
into green colour.
The following day, a hair near his
hairline was stained by
something blue. Seeing this,
again all the other hairs on his head ended
up blue. So, day after day, the
boy's hair would completely
change colour, driven by the
boundless envy his hairs felt.
Everyone loved this boy's
colourful and ever-changing
hair; except the boy himself. He
always wanted what other
people had, so, of course, he
wanted to have hair just like the
others had. One day, this
angered him so much that he
furiously pulled at his hair. One
rather thin hair couldn't endure
all the pulling, and it let go;
falling to the floor with quite a
nice smooth flight.
Of course, the other hairs saw
this, felt envious, and they all let
go too. Within a minute the boy
was as bald as an egg, and the
look of surprise on his face
seemed like a bad joke.
After many tears and tantrums,
the boy understood how all this
had happened, and how it had
all been a natural consequence
of his envy. He decided that,
from then on, he would try to
enjoy what he had, without
becoming obsessed by what
others had. Trying to put this
into practice he started by
making the most of his smooth,
shiny, hairless head.
He turned it into his own private
drawing canvas. From that day on, he
took to painting beautiful,
colourful scenes on his bald
head. People enjoyed these so
much that the boy finally
developed into one of the
world’s best - and certainly
the world's most original -
artists.

mORAL OF THE STORy
Always be satisfied with what you have. Not being contented with what you have will only yield you negative results.

Make the most of what you have just like the odd boy later did.

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