Story of W.M. Ryburn
Lesson Name- Torch Bearers
Author Name- W.M. Ryburn
About The Author
W.M. Ryburn is a famous English who writers on games and sports and general topics. His style is journalistic. Sometimes he writes on political and social subjects.
About The Lesson
Once a merchant had toiled hard and had made a lot of money. He wanted to give all his money to the son who proved himself to be the cleverer of the two. So he decided to solve his problem by given them a test. In the test, the younger son was proved intelligent. In this way we can say that age does not make one great but it is wisdom that makes one great. So we should think for some time before our every action. It is our great responsibility to make our selves a good citizen, In fact, we have to train ourselves for citizenshio and for the servive of our country.
PART-1
Once upon a time, many centuries ago, threr lived an old merchant. All his life he had toiled hard, buying and selling, with the result that he had made a lot of money.As the years went by, he laid by more and more riches. But the day came when he felt that he had not long to remain in this world. He began to wonder what he should do with his money.
Now, he had two sons. He made ou his mind that he would not divide his money between them, but that he would given it all to the one who proved himself to be the cleverer of the two. The problem to be solved was that of finding out which of the wto sons was the cleverer. He decided to solve this provlem by giving then a test.
Calling the young men, he said to them. "Here are two rupees. I want you to take one rupees each and then to go put separately and buy something which will fill this house. You are not to spend more than one rupees."
The two sons looked at him as if he had taken leave of his sense. "How can we posssibly buy enough of anything to fill the gouse with only one rupees?" They asked themselves. And they were reluctant to pick-up the rupee. But the old man insisted on their soing as he told them. "Offyou go,"he said. "And don't take too long over the business. I expect you back in a couple of days."
So each young man took-up a rupee and went out. The first one wandered through the bazar, but nothing could he find which would in any way serve his purpose. All day long he wandered about, looking in all the shops, nothing could he find. He became more and more certain that something had gone wrong with his father. He was about to give up his search in despair, when he saw a bullock cart weth a load of hay "That looks hopeful,"he thought. "Iwonder how much hay I can get for a rupee."
He went up to the dtiver of the cart and enquired about the price of the hay. There was a good deal haggling over the price, but, in the end, he was able to buy the load of hay for a rupee. (This was in the days when a rupee would buy a great deal more than it would buy now.)
So the young man led off the cart with the hay to his father's house. Hopefully he piled into the house. But when it was all in, he found that there was not enough to cover even the floor, let alone fill the whole house.
When the second son went out with his rupee, he did not go strainghtway to the bazaar. Instead of diong that, he sat down and began to think. For a long time, he sat thinking about what he could possibly buy. At length, at evening time, an idea struck him. Taking his rupee, he walked quickly down the bazaar till he came to a shop where candles were sold. He spent his rupee on candles, of which he got quite a number. Then, taking his candles with him, he made his way back to his father's house. When he got there, his brother was standing disconsolately looking at the hay spread out on the floor.
It was now getting dark. Quickly the second son stood two or three candles in each room. Then he lit them. At once the house was filled with light.
His father was very pleased with him and said,"My son, you have shown true wisdom. I an ready to hand over all my money to you."
Now, we all live in a big house which we call our native country. We have each of us been given, some one rupees, some two rupees and some four rupees. These rupees are not rupees with which we ban buy things, byt they are different powers we have been given. Each of us has power of body, powers of mind, powers of character.
Each of us has strength, time, intelligence, which can be used. As we leave school and go out into the world, we are tested as to how we are going to use these talemts which we possess. Are we going to use then to buy useless hay, or are we going to use them to spread lighy throughout our house, that is, our country? If we are going to be good citizens, then we shall spend ourselves in the service of our country.
No country can progress unless it has good citizens. So that if we love our country and want to serve it. we shall try to becomes good citizens.
While we are at school, this is what we should be doing. We should be training ourselves in citizenship, and cultivating the characteristics of good citizens. If we so this, when we leave school and home, and go out into different parts of our country, we shall be anle to fill it with the light of good citizenship.
Author Name- W.M. Ryburn
About The Author
W.M. Ryburn is a famous English who writers on games and sports and general topics. His style is journalistic. Sometimes he writes on political and social subjects.
About The Lesson
Once a merchant had toiled hard and had made a lot of money. He wanted to give all his money to the son who proved himself to be the cleverer of the two. So he decided to solve his problem by given them a test. In the test, the younger son was proved intelligent. In this way we can say that age does not make one great but it is wisdom that makes one great. So we should think for some time before our every action. It is our great responsibility to make our selves a good citizen, In fact, we have to train ourselves for citizenshio and for the servive of our country.
PART-1
Once upon a time, many centuries ago, threr lived an old merchant. All his life he had toiled hard, buying and selling, with the result that he had made a lot of money.As the years went by, he laid by more and more riches. But the day came when he felt that he had not long to remain in this world. He began to wonder what he should do with his money.
Now, he had two sons. He made ou his mind that he would not divide his money between them, but that he would given it all to the one who proved himself to be the cleverer of the two. The problem to be solved was that of finding out which of the wto sons was the cleverer. He decided to solve this provlem by giving then a test.
Calling the young men, he said to them. "Here are two rupees. I want you to take one rupees each and then to go put separately and buy something which will fill this house. You are not to spend more than one rupees."
The two sons looked at him as if he had taken leave of his sense. "How can we posssibly buy enough of anything to fill the gouse with only one rupees?" They asked themselves. And they were reluctant to pick-up the rupee. But the old man insisted on their soing as he told them. "Offyou go,"he said. "And don't take too long over the business. I expect you back in a couple of days."
So each young man took-up a rupee and went out. The first one wandered through the bazar, but nothing could he find which would in any way serve his purpose. All day long he wandered about, looking in all the shops, nothing could he find. He became more and more certain that something had gone wrong with his father. He was about to give up his search in despair, when he saw a bullock cart weth a load of hay "That looks hopeful,"he thought. "Iwonder how much hay I can get for a rupee."
He went up to the dtiver of the cart and enquired about the price of the hay. There was a good deal haggling over the price, but, in the end, he was able to buy the load of hay for a rupee. (This was in the days when a rupee would buy a great deal more than it would buy now.)
So the young man led off the cart with the hay to his father's house. Hopefully he piled into the house. But when it was all in, he found that there was not enough to cover even the floor, let alone fill the whole house.
When the second son went out with his rupee, he did not go strainghtway to the bazaar. Instead of diong that, he sat down and began to think. For a long time, he sat thinking about what he could possibly buy. At length, at evening time, an idea struck him. Taking his rupee, he walked quickly down the bazaar till he came to a shop where candles were sold. He spent his rupee on candles, of which he got quite a number. Then, taking his candles with him, he made his way back to his father's house. When he got there, his brother was standing disconsolately looking at the hay spread out on the floor.
It was now getting dark. Quickly the second son stood two or three candles in each room. Then he lit them. At once the house was filled with light.
His father was very pleased with him and said,"My son, you have shown true wisdom. I an ready to hand over all my money to you."
Now, we all live in a big house which we call our native country. We have each of us been given, some one rupees, some two rupees and some four rupees. These rupees are not rupees with which we ban buy things, byt they are different powers we have been given. Each of us has power of body, powers of mind, powers of character.
Each of us has strength, time, intelligence, which can be used. As we leave school and go out into the world, we are tested as to how we are going to use these talemts which we possess. Are we going to use then to buy useless hay, or are we going to use them to spread lighy throughout our house, that is, our country? If we are going to be good citizens, then we shall spend ourselves in the service of our country.
No country can progress unless it has good citizens. So that if we love our country and want to serve it. we shall try to becomes good citizens.
While we are at school, this is what we should be doing. We should be training ourselves in citizenship, and cultivating the characteristics of good citizens. If we so this, when we leave school and home, and go out into different parts of our country, we shall be anle to fill it with the light of good citizenship.
Comments
Post a Comment