By: Jospeh Jacobs
The Broken Pot
This story was about a somewhat greedy man who had a pot full of rice. He had gotten this rice by begging for it.
After filling his stomach by eating the rice, the man began to make plans on how he could make a large profit from his pot full of rice should there be a famine.
He planned to buy goats, cows, buffaloes, and horses. Once they all gave birth, he was to sell the babies and profit off of them. After selling them, he should have plenty of gold.
This man was fueled by one thing alone: greed and gold
Once the man was wealthy, he expected a Brahman to come and give his finest daughter to him. She was to give him a son.
Little did the man know that rising a child was more work than it was raising his animals.
One day, the boy was acting up and the man called for his mother to take him but she was busy doing housework. The boy knocked the pot over and it broke. All the rice spilt out.
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