In a faraway village, lived a hardworking farmer who had a vine yard . Year after year his vineyard gave rich harvests and the farmer became very successful.
He had three sons, who were young and energetic but never bothered to work.
As the farmer grew old, he began to worry about his son’s’ future.
Then he fell ill and realises his death is fast approaching. He called his sons and said to them, “Dear sons, I see my death is near, but before I say goodbye to you, I want to share a secret.”
He told them, “There is a treasure hidden under the fields. Dig the entire field after my death, to find it”.
The old farmer diesdand his sons performed the last rites. The sons began to dig for the treasure without leaving out any part of the field but found nothing.
However, their digging of the field led to a healthy crop and resulted in huge earnings. These earnings made the sons realizs what their father meant. The moral of the story is ‘Hard work always pays off’.
A dream does not become a reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Rashidha Amani Riswan,
Grade 7,
Al-Huda College
Colombo