THE PRECIOUS TREASURE

*        Long back an old man lived in a village

          along with his four sons.

*        All the sons were idlers and lazy , so the 

          old man had to work hard in his field.

*        "If you die ,what would happen to us ? 

          We don't even know how to work," the

           elder son asked in worry.

*         "I have burried a treasure for all of you

           in the field. After my death you four can 

           dig it out."

*         After some time the old man died. The sons 

           performed the last rites of their father.

*         All the sons in search of the treasure started

           digging the field.

*         Greedily they digged the field all over very

           very deep, but their was no treasure.

*         The dejected sons sowed the seeds of grains 

           in the field to gain something for their labour.

*         Timely rain yielded rich crop in the field.

*          By selling the crop they earned a big amount

            of money.

*          The eldest son said, "Father had rightly said

            that the treasure was buried in the field."

 Moral : Hard work never goes unrewarded.