TWELVE SHORT STORIES

TWELVE SHORT STORIES
Urdu:
Maqsood Hasni
Translated By:
Sh. Najam
Free Abuzar Barqi Kutab’khana
June 2o17

1-AN INCOMLETE MAN
2-MAN AND HYPOCRISY
3-ONE DIES BUT SURVIVES
4-WISH
5-HIT BELOW THE BELT
6-THE SWAY OF TERROR
7-GOD IS OMNIPOTENT
8-GOD AND SUBMISSIVENESS
9-THE TRAGEDY OF AN EDUCATED
WIFE
10-THE NECESSITY OF PELF
11-POVERTY AND DAUGHTER
12-NO PAIN NO GAIN

AN INCOMLETE MAN
It is quite strange that people consider
me a biped and I have also the right of
vote. I am cordially invited to the
ceremonies of weddings. Man has proved
very callous regarding subsistence and
happily allots me my due share. Like
other human beings, I have to cover my
body. People have also blesses me with
the facility of traveling and have not
imposed any restriction in the case of

buying something. Likewise, government
provides me the complete preservation of
my life and, if I commit any crime, I am
punished for it. There is no land which is
prohibited for me. So, man has not
called me a beast and it is enough to
prove that I belong to the race of human
beings. Despite accepting all these facts,
it is quite strange that men do not
consider me man and women are not ready
to accept me a member of their sex. If
these sexes, man and woman, give me the

title of middle sex. It is bearable to some
extent. But the fact is that a large
majority of men and women regard me as
a separate creature. Muslims deem the
non-Muslim a different race and, in the
same way, no Muslim have the same
feelings for Muslims and, due to it, there
take place many clashes between these two
communities. They shed blood of each
other very heartlessly but, despite all
these ideological and emotional
divergence, they consider each other

human. Enmities and affections proper
among them and emulate one another.
The theory of give and take also
continues. When they are entangled in
troubles and there is no way to escape,
they do not hesitate to violate religious
values and this is their birth right. Man
woman are come of different sees so they
are respectable and they care for each
other’s rights. They live together and, in
fact, are inseparable from each other
and, without the entity of one; the other is

incomplete and half battered. In the case
of disparity, they try to settle their
conflicts by mutual concurrence. Owing to
this mutual link, sincerity and loyalty, it
seems that man is a combination of man
and woman. Despite being a human, I
am not linked up with man and woman
socially, as they are connected with each
other. In fact, I am considered a toy or
the ape of a juggler. These two sexes
regard themselves to be crown creatures
and everything is I inferior and cheeps

expect them. Although everyone deems the
other person inferior on individual level
and considered him to be the bone of
contention and, on the contrary, the wench
has too the feelings of superiority and has
basic importance in this cosmos. It is
quite strange that people consider me a
biped and I have also the right of vote. I
am cordially invited to the ceremonies of
weddings. Man has proved very callous
regarding subsistence and happily allots
me my due share. Like other human

beings, I have to cover my body. People
have also blesses me with the facility of
traveling and have not imposed any
restriction in the case of buying
something. Likewise, government
provides me the complete preservation of
my life and, if I commit any crime, I am
punished for it. There is no land which is
prohibited for me. So, man has not
called me a beast and it is enough to
prove that I belong to the race of human
beings. Despite accepting all these facts,

it is quite strange that men do not
consider me man and women are not ready
to accept me a member of their sex. If
these sexes, man and woman, give me the
title of middle sex. It is bearable to some
extent. But the fact is that a large
majority of men and women regard me as
a separate creature. Muslims deem the
non-Muslim a different race and, in the
same way, non- Muslim have the same
feelings for Muslims and, due to it, there
take place many clashes between these two

communities. They shed blood of each
other very heartlessly but, despite all
these ideological and emotional
divergence, they consider each other
human. Enmities and affections proper
among them and emulate one another.
The theory of give and take also
continues. When they are entangled in
troubles and there is no way to escape,
they do not hesitate to violate religious
values and this is their birth right. Man
woman are come of different sees so they

are respectable and they care for each
other’s rights. They live together and, in
fact, are inseparable from each other
and, without the entity of one, the other is
incomplete and half battered. In the case
of disparity, they try to settle their
conflicts by mutual concurrence. Owing to
this mutual link, sincerity and loyalty, it
seems that man is a combination of man
and woman. Despite being a human, I
am not linked up with man and woman
socially, as they are connected with each

other. In fact, I am considered a toy or
the ape of a juggler. These two sexes
regard themselves to be crown creatures
and everything is I fervor and cheap
expect them. Although everyone deems the
other person inferior on individual level
and considered him to be the bone of
contention and, on the contrary, the wench
has too the feelings of superiority and has
basic importance in this cosmos.

MAN AND HYPOCRISY
I am quite agreed that there is a hell of
difference between hearing and seeing
and, in fact, the importance of this
proverb is proved when we accept
everything with cogent arguments.
Similarly, the process of research should
not be one-sided. It is the duty of the
man who conducts research, to keep in
view both aspects positive as well as
negative without demarcation, between the

two. Although I had a cursory meeting
with Mr Wali, I came to know that,
despite being a member of the upper
class, he was simple- minded and
gracious person. He talked very
generously and never tried to prove that he
belonged to an aristocratic family. Some
people came to see him during our meeting
he politely and cheerfully received them.
Owing to his excellent, behavior, he was
not a capitalist but, in fact, he was the
stooe of a capitalist. Wealth and

humanity could not go together. My
doubt was not based on rationality
because he was really great. He had his
own mills, lands and transport.
Although wealth and humanity are
self-contradictory yet the man, who
possesses these two characteristics, ought
to be dubbed as an angel. I found him
well-wisher and named him “The
affectionate god” I venerated him very
much. I chanced to encounter him many
times after this meeting and found in him

the same polite behavior and affection. If
any one called him bad, I could not
believe it, because I had had very lengthy
meeting with him. Many workers had
also described many incidents of his
generosity. As I myself chanced to
experience his affection there was no
ground to deny them. Some of his
laborers leveled some allegations against
him and I regarded them as vindictive
and malicious figures. Some people
always feel jealous of the progress and

prosperity of others. I thought, man
should not pay attention to them because
threw exists a difference between
observation and hearsay. One day, my
former verdict about him proved
unfounded. It so happened that he used
to come to see his sister-in-law and
many underdogs also went to him in order
to have alms and he never disappointed
them. He considered his sister- in-law
his mother and gave her latest clothes and
fruits. He regarded her husband as a

celestial biped. One day, I got wind of
his illegal relations with the daughter of
this celestial biped. It was quite
unbelievable because I did not expect such
rumors about him. The other thing was
that she was thirty years younger than he
and a civilized person could not fall from
his lofty stature. One day, this rumor
became hot potato and everybody got
aware of this relations. He got married to
her and tortured his wife Hazra by
appointing this co-wife. Hazra

co-operated with him when he was
leading a life of complete penury. He
used to praise her attitude of tolerance
and patience and called her ‘goddess of
faith’. He admire her qualities in front
of his kids and friends. Now he had
sublime stature in society. Hazra lost her
glamour and became a slut or a hug for
him on the surface of earth. The second
marriage was not an objectionable task
but, in fact, Islam authorized four
marriages only in case of behaving with

justice. There was not any glimpse of
equality and he had intense
Feelings of hatred for her. He told about
her great authority in the house, but, in
fact, she bore no liberty to do with her own
will. He managed the weddings of his
poor worker’s daughter and in this
content, I was aware of two incident and
I did not know its real factors. After his
uncivilized second marriage, he arranged
the marriages of only those girls who had
sexual relations with him. He had to

choose his minions for their marriage so
that he could continue copulations with
them. He was the owner of a vast
business but he was the sharer of
twenty-five percent in a mill. Other
members regarded him very honest and
due to this, he enjoyed great authority.
One day, it dawned this ‘honest’ man
had embezzled a large amount of money.
His sharers cancelled his shares because
he had proved a dishonest person. It was
really surprising to note that a pauper

had developed himself so rapidly. In this
contest, shrewd people were of the view
that he was unreliable by birth and got
wealthy dishonestly. According to them,
he was a cautious smuggler of heroin and
this was also revealed one day. The real
purpose of describing all this that five
senses can deceive man and every negative
aspect could be wrong. Some values
outwardly seem to be right but they have advantages
in their nature. So there must be clear cut difference
between these complicated values.

ONE DIES BUT SURVIVES
He knew that he had not promised to
return. But he hoped that he would see
him once again. It was the optimistic
attitude that had maintained the relation
otherwise it is soul-dissecting to wait for
some one because man has got entangled
in the marsh of selfishness and his chief
aim lies in becoming economically strong.
He had spiritual relation with him, who
was a poor man. But he himself had

every requisite of life. Along with that, it
was against the aristocracy to wait for a
beggar. Doctors wait for patient to fleece
him of money. The wife is fully conscious
that her husband will not return with an
empty pocket. The shopkeeper deceives
the customers to sell his defective goods.
The employer longs for new applicants to
snub for bettering his dishes. Landlord
wants to be saluted by his tenanls. The
tenanls wait for landlord in order to solve
their problems. In short, everyone has to

kindle in the hell of waiting for someone.
It is quite strange that his act of waiting
was not related to any material aspect.
He reminded him of some memories and,
the worth-mentioning things was that
these memoirs were not pleasant in any
way because man wants to forget the
moments of perturbation, hardships and
obstinacy. In fact, these feelings disturb
man when he is in a state of happiness
and, to face the tragedies of life is not an
essay task and only a brave man can face

them with a smiling face and it is also a
fact that everyone is not bold. Today,
when he returned home tired, his better
half welcomed him after hardly bringing
happiness over her face. He consoled her
that he required the services of the most
qualified doctor in the city for her remedy
because she was more costly than money.
Perhaps he was “ the first haves” who
regarded human more credible than pelf
otherwise money has great supremacy over
blood relations. While comforting his

wife, his child caught his legs and, at
this moment, he reminded the “ gone
person”, he used to do the same that
resulted in the removal of all the fatigue.
He became happy to have cheap thing
from him. He wanted to give costly things
to his child but he belonged to a poor
family. But he never missed him in his
memories, he hurray picked up the child
with tearful eyes. He called the skive of
the house and emphasized to look after the
children in a proper way as he was taking

his wife to a doctor. In the mean time,
the elder son, startled from slumber and
came there . He was just like him in
childhood. The gone person had once said
“my dear son listen to me carefully
because it will be very conducive for you.
You know it well that I belong to the
category of poor toiler. I am not make
property for you and you will have to
survive going through hardships. I am
sure if you hard work, you will come out
the hell of poverty.” The gone person also

stressed that he would not exhort him time
and again. The gone person had a charm
in his tone and due to his affection, he
understood everything even being
immature. Then he manged to be a great
man and dragged out his father of the
hell of penury. When man manly dares to
achieve something, he easily finds his
cherished goal. The son of a poor toiler
passed his M.sc and he had a
respectable job. But the tragedy was that
his father died before he

got his first pay because God had
concluded not to bless his father with any
kind of bounty. Today, he could not
repeat the words of his father because
circumstances were quite opposed to. He
said his son I am taking your mother to a
doctor and care for you and your younger
brother and take him in study. The car
was very speedily going along the road
and a crop (his wife) was taking her last
breath on the other seat. He did not want
her demise like other rich, because his two

old parents had already left this world
and she was his only companion and
beloved in that world, So, he hold her
very dear and castled a glance at the
living dead body who was lost in profound
thinking. His hopes were alive when they
reached the doctor’s lab. The doctor
checked this living copse and there was no
any pleasant feeling on doctor’s face
during this inspection, it seemed that life
had lost this war. After checking her, the
doctor took him to one side and said the

reality which he did not want to hear but
he had to face it. Man has to hear a lot
unpleasant things as how could one spit
over the face of truth. He had become
quite pessimist while returning. Although
he consoled her yet she had understood
everything by his facial expressions. It is
a fact that facial expressions are more
understandable. The sun was tired and
wanted to seek protection in the amplitude
of west. He castled a glance at his wife
and she gave him a smile despite having

immense pain and affliction. The
painless of the sun had become the
lamb-black of Mary’s eyes. The
moonbeams had given shelter to the sun.
Perhaps demise wanted to deprive Mary
of mundane miseries and tortures. He
called to mind the gone person had also
pail soot in his eyes. After recalling it, he
never stopped even for a moment and
shouted: “ I will not let her die” but
Mary was not more. If pail soot spreads
in eye , the partners forget all promises and
affections and leave this world forever.

WISH
He did not want to kick the bucket. But,
in fact, he was no afraid of death. He
had encountered death many times and he
was well aware of the fact that fact that
death was not as dreadful as it was
considered by people. If a man finds
anything difficult, it becomes all the more
awful for him. Darkness is considered to
be horrifying but the people, who happen
to pass though darkness, remain

inapprehensive. Likewise the fear of
defeat and hunger also destroys man
completely. But the people, who
experience these aspects of life from very
close quarters, are not apprehensive of
them at any step of their life. He was
fully conscious of the reality of demise,
hunger and defeat. So it is exclusively
wrong to think that he was afraid of
defeat. He was put to sward many tines
in his life. Some-times, he was hanged
on the cross of poverty and hunger and,

sometimes, he had to sacrifice himself
due to his ego. Injustice never let him
free. Despite all this, he was ready to
face future catastrophes. Here it is
relevant to point out that he was not
senseless. He had borne all unpleasant
aspects of life with a smiling face and
never flinched back. `In fact, he wanted
to do something and this thing has urged
him to continue living in this universe.
There were two intricate problems for
him. Firstly, long life and secondly, a

desire to do something. He could not be to
do something special without the
assurance of long life. So he gave pivotal
importance to long life to solve these two
problems which he had been endeavoring
to solve for the last fifty years. He was
cocksure that man could live in this
universe for a long time. Further, he
knew it very well that there were certain
elements in this universe which were quit
conducive to long life. When he present
this belief to religious-minded people,

they became his antagonist and dubbed
him as infidel, atheist and confirmed
follower of Satan. He was also prisoner
due to his this belief but he was never
shaken. Now his limbs were getting
virgules but he could not be able to solve
this problem. One day, he thought that
man’s limbs did not reverse at once after
his demise and he looked upon the
different aspects of this matter. He
thought that he had aimlessly wasted
these precious years. The time was

passing and he had no choice to transfer
his limbs so that he could enjoy more fifty
years in this world. He met his friend,
Surgin, Mickey and advised him that
after his demise, his heart, brain and
eyes must be transferred to a sound body.
Later on, he wrote his last will. Though
he was weak and figureless, he remained
alive. When there was no positive
thinking and glamour in his life, he met
death. Mickal preserved all the useful
limbs of his dead physique according to

his will. Then he started transferring
these limbs o handicapped physiques
and, in this way, he made his mark in
scientific world. He made a successful
experience of in grafting his brain in a
female monkey felt some sort of tightness
and imprisonment in the doctor’s house
and it ran away. Now the brain was fully
ctive and it did not want to waste next
fifty years and wanted to do something
special at once. It chanced to encounter
some dogs in the alley. The female

monkey entered a juggler’s house in order
to rescue its life. He caught this confused
female monkey and put an iron chain
around its
neck. The doctor’s house was more
comfortable. The juggler, named Joseph
named it Lootia. He spent some days to
train Lootia and the result was very
positive and he becomes very famous.
Lootia was recognized in every house.
Many newspapers also published news
about it. Then it became a character like

Robert Johnson. Dead Hudson appeared
in the shape of Lootia and had many
achievements in the field of jugglery.
People regarded Lootia only a female
monkey and the doctor, who knew the
reality, ceased to be. People started
agreeing with Darwin regarding his
concept of the evolution of species.

HIT BELOW THE BELT
It was quite unbelievable for me that the
butcher offered the bone having some meat
to the lean dog, who was watching the
flesh greedily. Otherwise most of the
meat-vendor preserved the nasty and
unsalable meat the arrival of the
customers. They deceived the customer by
adding these parts to the fresh one and,
in this way, get benefit of futile meat
parts. Likewise, they mix the skinny

parts into the minced meat and deprive
the dogs of the thing they deserve. I felt
that he was a honest butcher and it was
an order matter that many dogs started
at the bone and due to their howling many
others got assembled with a mentionable
wrath. However, this lean dog had
challenged the others that he had the
temerity to fight against all as he enjoyed
the right to avail himself of the
opportunity. He was of the view that this
bone was his share. The other dogs were

yelping but the lean dog was staunch to
keep it. It is quite impossible to snatch
something from one’s jaw without a clash
and especially when the possessor, is also
more dreadful. That is why despite being
more furious, none of the rival had the
temerity to assail at him but they evolved
the policy to go on by treats, but he was
never frightened by their bluffs, he seemed
to be aggressive because, on the one hand,
he was becoming a sign of danger for
peace and, on the other hand, going

against the rules of war which asked to
subdue before powerful might, It looked
like that he was not aware of the dog’s
living. I got angry on the honesty of that
butcher who had created uproar among
dogs by proving himself honest in this
prevalent matter-ridden period of life.
Otherwise, they were bosom before his act
of honesty and no one was snubbing each
other. The fact was that, the butcher was
wrong in his approach and he was not
responsible to fulfill the demands of their

bellies. There was a big throng of people
at the shop and, in fact, this act of his
was amounting to getting man starved.
His act of owing the bone was an open
conspiracy against human hunger because
he could sell it after dividing it into
pieces. However, he had devised to
condense his earning that also caused for
a law and order situation. The customers
got bewildered by the dogs and they
forced the butcher for making them free at
the earliest. A blocky and dreadful came

ahead to make an end of this futile war.
He seemed to be the Head of dogs and he
had to maintain his leadership by
winning this war. The other dogs muster
courage and started barking more loudly
than before. In fact, they were
encouraging their leader and also
reproaching the lean dog. According,
this bone belonged to their leader because
he was powerful. But some opined that
everyone deserved the share and their
leader ought to divide it equally. But no

one dashed the conspiracy sparked by the
butcher just to create a tussle amongst the
dogs. Their looked at his disciples who
considered their leader to be
democratic-minded one and were quite
ready to attack. The lean dog moved
behind a little bit when the leader attack
at him forcefully and he felt that lean dog
had the courage to resist but he could not
face them for a long time. Seeing their
leader, the other stooges also attacked but
the lean dog was trying to protect the bone

and there was great collusion among them
for some minutes and the lean dog got
injured and tired and was deprived of the
bone.
Now their leader had the bone and was
eating it quite separately. The dogs,
considered it to be the right of their
leader, kept silent but other were not
happy due to the undemocratic attitude of
their leader. The dog who had given them
the guarantee to save their rights, was
now quite indifferent to them. They were

in great fume but were forced to keep
silent because they could not challenge the
powerful dog. They all were standing
there helplessly. Owing to the queer
activities of dogs, people got frightened,
thinking lest the dogs should also bite
them. Perhaps, the butcher had
deliberately done so to create hurly-burly
The lean and injured dog was watching
the butcher helplessly and there was a
proud in the smile of the butcher because
he had the profit of the stable bones.

THE SWAY OF TERROR
The parrot continued his story in a
lamenting manner. He described that the
jungle was full of different animals.
Although feeble animals were a source of
diet for ferocious animals yet there was
great charm in life along with the
preservation of entity. Every animal
tried to breed hi race and no one could
think that he would be deprived of the
fascination of life one day. Quite

surprisingly, the fox became the head of
all the animals of the jungle. In fact, the
acquisition of throne was the result of his
painstaking labor. That imposter
presented the theory of snobbery to wild
animals and sowed abomination among
them in a cunning way. As a result, they
developed hostility and started killing one
another. Likewise, that swindler
poisoned the ears of innocent and lean
animals saying that beasts had no soft
corner for them and created a gulf between

them. So he achieved his cherished goal
by creating hate and superiority. But the
vindictive fox did not remain content with
it and resort to tale-bearing in order to
enmesh them I animosity. Calumny was
also resorted to and anyone was tempted
to captured throne. In short, the whole
wood was presenting the sight of
commotion and hurly-burly. It was the
golden opportunity to overcome and, if
anyone tried to obstruct, he could not
escape from horrible end. The parrot

stopped for a while, probably he was
facing some problem. The master took out
something from the bag and give it to
him. After eating it, there appeared
glamour in the parrot’s eyes and he
started narrating the story fluently as
well. When massacre and hurly-scurry
was in its extreme, the fox claimed a rock
and shouted “My friends I feel that our
king, loin is unable to mould politicians
according to latest rules and he has no
any policy to check the present tumultuous

situation. Y must elect me your leader
and I assure you that there would be
complete tranquility and order and no one
would be injured. I have so rare and
excellent plans with sway and I would not
shake your trust.” They kept silent for
sometime then a group of animals came
ahead and chose him their king and
assured of their loyalty. At last, this
treacherous fox succeed in his object and
every bird, animals and beast accepted
his sovereignty. Everyone raised the

slogan that the fox was great and gifted
him with such other epithets. In other
words, he was not only a liege but their
liberator too. This fraudulent fox divided
all the territory and ordered that none
would interfere in other land. Lions were
allotted the land near human border and
other carnivorous animals were given the
land near loin’s area. Feeble and
vegetarian animals were also granted
their own specific land. The middle
portion of the jungle was spared for

crawling animals. It was decided that
every animal should provide food,
including human meat, to the fox. Loins
entered the human territory and, in this
way, created destruction. People got
frightened and left this area, on the
contrary, the hunter hatched plans get rid
of them. Sometimes, flesh- eating
animals went to the area of loins
unknowingly and met a sudden death. On
the other hand, the carnivorous animals
looked out for the vegetarian and entered

their land. So the lions had become the
sign of death and terror. Man, who had
been a fervent antagonist of the dwellers
of woods, had to migrate or was killed by
loins. Loins were either shot by hunters or
imprisoned. Other flesh-eating animals
were tortured to death by loins wittingly
or unwittingly. Likewise, the carnivorous
animals started killing the vegetarians.
Every animal felt rejoiced and praised
the wisdom of the fox. They were
satisfied at the division of the jungle

and, on the top of all, they were
supplying diet to the fox honestly and
dutifully and human flesh was included
in it. Owing to the use of animal and
human flesh, there appeared some
radical changes in the fox and he became
beast to some extent. All loins,
carnivorous vegetarian animals and men
ceased to be. Now there was no animal in
the woods expect the fox but, in fact, he
could not become a perfect loin. The
parrot kept silent and perhaps he

demanded some mashed-bread. The
whole crowd remained silent and listened
to the parrot’s speech carefully.
Probably, they were enjoying the story.
The owner of the parrot put his hand into
the bag and showed him the empty hand
and the parrot only said that the
remaining part of the story would be
narrated tomorrow. Now his master said
that they would have to come tomorrow
because the parrot was not in a mood to
continue the tale. You would definitely

feel happy to hear this story tomorrow.
But we are hungry and, if eat something
tomorrow, we will enjoy the remaining
part of the story. People started throwing
coins on the sheet which was spread by the
master on the ground during his address
to the people.

GOD IS OMNIPOTENT
The rat could not dare pass by a loin.
So, he tried to exploit a sleeping tiger by
moving about here and there on his body.
But this effort could not affect the tiger
on the contrary; The rat got away fully
tried and begin to gasp. The tiger felt a
tickling sensation and got up from a
sound sleep. The tiger caught the rat and
was furious at his insolence. But, on the
other hand, he was felled with mercy at

this gaunt body and despite being able to
kill him, he did not do so. The tiger
asked the rat, what kind punishment
should be imposed on him for his
insolence. The rat begged for mercy and
requested for spring his life as well. He
further said that, one day , he would be
very useful for him. The loin laughed at
the rat’s loud claim and freed him. He
regarded this claim of the rat nothing
more than a boast. The people who went
against the will of Divinity always

harmed themselves. The armed forces of
Abraha were destroyed by the petty birds
and, in this way; he got chastised, due to
his pride. Paroah had also vanity do to
his wealth but Moses who had been rears
in his own house, got checkmated by him.
Caron could not be able to by only two
moments with the help of his immense
pelf. In brief, who sever had claimed of
sublimity got prostrated due to dive will.
Kings, Kingship and their glory could
not help on forever. Sometimes, they had

to face such circumstances that they could
not imagine to encounter them. The tiger
was wrong in his approach. Though he
was monarch of the woods, was
incomplete in his personality. One, who
is perfect in his personality, becomes the
shadow of God in this universe. God’s
creature benefit from him. Even saints
keep in view the dictations of their Lord.
If they assay to cheat Him,, the cannot
rescue themselves from punishment. Even
a gigantic figure has to face humiliation

in the face of divine will. Man is
handicapped in certain matters and has
supremacy in other affairs. One day, the
loin was caught in the net of a hunter. He
tried his level best to get rid of it, but his
every attempt proved to be futile. The rat
appeared from somewhere and fond the
monarch of the jungle totally helpless. He
started cutting the net with the help of his
sharp teeth and, in this way, the mighty
tiger could be able to have ventured or
assistance of a petty and negligible

creature. The tiger felt ashamed on
account of his former words and began to
respect every dweller of the wood. But
there are certain pigheaded persons who
never help in view their previous
experiences and go on feeling proud of
their power and stature. There hardly
any iota of doubt in the statement that
developed countries has made great
progress in the fields of industry
military. Further there are more
developed and progressive than other ones

and, in fact, there are certain changes
which are happening in the poor areas.
Further, it is passing through a crisis.
It will quite appropriate to dub world
landlord of this cosmos. He considers
that he has full command in the world.
According to his standpoint, he can
maneuver land, ocean and space.
Further, he can allot government to any
person and has the power to drive anyone
of his throne. To cut short, he is all in all
in this universe and can amply his

authorities according to his sweet will.
Owing to illness, the Man of earth,
Minister of for east during his visit. The
whole world saw that The man of earth
was prostrated at the feet of Asia. That
snob was absolutely helpless in the face of
Almighty’s will. The celestial God
taught a lesson that, in fact, he
omnipotent and bears the authority of
virgules people. Though the tiger
contains extraordinary power, he
incomplete despite that. He should not

only pay other animals equal respect but
also accept their specific stature. If Man
of earth does not keep in view this lesson
of the Lord and not fulfill the demands of
justice. God will have to create someone
to deal with him in a proper way without
any exaggeration. He has, no doubt,
immense power.

GOD AND SUBMISSIVENESS
He used to be obedient, innocent and pure
and, due to his obedience, he had become
the vicegerent of God. But when he came
to know that a supreme and crown
creature had been created, he was failed
with rage and became malignant. When
he was ordered to bow before this
creature, he appeared to be arrogant. He
refused to bow because he regarded it as
inferior. So, he was declared condemned

for ever. Being humiliated by the
Creator, he planned to wreak his
vengeance on his rival by proving him
inferior. The Master blessed this
creature with His bounties and was of the
view that, without any exaggeration, it
was the most lofty creature and would
last long at any rate. After being
banished from the Divine court, he was
greatly aggrieved and furious. One day,
while planning about future, he stung this
new creature. The crown creature felt

intoxicated due to poison and was sent to
unknown land. After coming in senses, he
came aware of his mistake. He conceded
his blunder and promised to be cautious
now. Intoxication never caused positive
and fruitful results, Every new creation
was badly affected by jealously,
irritation, retaliation and snobbery. Then
he developed this curse consciously or
unconsciously and stared longing for this
vice. With the passage of time, he was
gradually ensnared in the meshes of this

sin. All riff-raffs yearned for it. Many
good-hearted people had seriously
ventured to dislocate it root and branch
but those who were habitual of it,
conspired against these people. These
drunkards kept on drinking and its
physicians went on curing it and every
notorious vagabond wanted to be number
one in this field. They violated all human
values in order to achieve “distinction”
but, in fact, they could not approach its
extreme. He crossed every limit but could

not be satisfied. Then, one day, he got
deeply involved in jealousy and revenge
and felt great pleasure in them. In this
specific state of mind, he thought that all
resources belonged to him. One
religious-minded tried to impede him.
He prepared one of his followers to deal
with him in a proper way. There was a
formidable collision and everyone
convulsed. He felt mentally elevated by
this sanguinary conflict because it had
comforted him. The element of barbarity

seemed to be its prime and he was not
aware of its irretrievable consequences.
Bloodshed bestowed on him great
satisfaction. He joined his stooge in order
to fulfill his lust. When his disciple had
to face humiliation, he tried to leave this
inhuman field but he had reached the
point of return. The intensity of
covetousness harbors a horrible results but
its lust continued. In fact, its venom goes
on increasing. Although he had joined the
down- trodden class of paupers yet he

bore immense vanity and majesty in his
tone. The Creature crushed him and he
was prostrated at the feet of others. He
implored and thou became a symbol
warning for new generation. It was the
first decline of his lust. He should have
amended himself quite at the outset. Now
he got badly entangled in the meshes of
humiliation.

THE TRAGEDY OF AN
EDUCATED WIFE
Twenty years is not a short period and
even during this period abomination
changes into intimacy. I got united with
Zaib twenty years before and now we were
fully acquainted with the habits and
necessities of each other in this period.
Likewise, we had got used to each other’s
weak points. Time had strengthened the
chains of relations and, in fact, we had

become inseparable from each other when
we had any rift, we settled this dispute
by mutual concessions. The fact was that
there was the element of emotionalism in
our love. I lived twenty years with Zaib
and we were inevitable for each other
during this period. Although she loved
me yet her attachment to her son,
Naveed, in fact, was to the sentiment
extent. But I never complained in this
behalf because my son really deserved this
affection and maternal love. As a result,

he got inclined to his mother and it was
quite natural because a child is always
more inclined to his mother. It was really
surprising that, despite being the only
child, Naveed remained aloof but his
mother wanted to be with him every time.
We did not feel this very habit of his
beginning. Now he was eighteen and
behaved willfully with his mother. He
went to the extent of saying that I was
very simple-minded because I chose
ignorant and illiterate wench and spent

twenty years with her. We got angry at
his remark but he was serious while
addressing me: I pondered over
Naveed’s statement and the excellent
moments which chanced to have with Zaib
in loneliness. Although Zaib was an
uneducated woman yet she was faithful
and well-mannered. She co-operated
with me in the days of poverty and
encouraged me in the hour of trouble.
After a long contemplation, I thought
that Naveed’s statement was tantamount

to high-handedness. I tried my level best
to free myself from the impact of
Naveed’s words but they were sticking to
my mind that I had spent twenty years
with an unlettered lady. If I had spent
these years with an educated woman, my
life would have become more pleasant.
Although Zaib was an uneducated lady
yet she proved to be a helping hand for me
in crisis. I had got a distinguished
status in the society and she was the
equal sharer in my progress and looked

after me in the best possible way. Despite
all her favor, I was forced to think that,
if she had been educated, she would have
been more conducive regarding the rearing
of Naveed and his mental normalcy.
When conflicting behaviors prospered,
they gave rise to estrangement and rift.
We got entangled in little rifts and I
thought she was not doing her job in the
best way. I found errors even in her
household affairs. She complained about
my attitude to her and I thought she was

really innocent because ignorance was not
her guilt. Hina had been working with me
for the last two years and I never paid
deep to this fact that she was a beautiful
and well-mannered girl. She was
looking very attractive and I fell in love
with her despite having a faithful wife. I
wanted to get united with her to have a
cheerful life. I thought that Naveed
would be pleased to have a
well-mannered mother and I would be a
prosperous man with her kind

co-operation. I got married to her
secretly. I thought that he would
definitely be happy to have an educated
mother and everything would be all right.
Hina had also promised to set everything
right.
I entered my house like a great
conqueror. Zaib and Naveed were
already introduced to her as my secretary
and they welcomed her cheerfully. After
some time, I asked Naveed how he found
Hina. He praised her and I got

encouraged that he had accepted her as
his mother. When I was cocksure about
Naveed I told him that she would stay in
the same house. Firstly, he did not
believe and got dumb but Hina herself
corroborated what I said. After this, he
went inside without saying anything.
After some time, I entered the room and
found him and his mother weeping
bitterly. It was very late now because
Hina had become my wife and I could not
divorce her due to Naveed and Zaib.

Hina had also become a traditional
woman and they started quarrelling over
triflers. Hatred, stubbornness and
protest against one another developed in
this house. Naveed had become confirmed
mother-fixated and I reached the result
that, although man got entangled in
mutual rifts, yet close, relations were not
cooled down by them.

THE NECESSITY OF PELF
I remember it very well that he contented
after giving me the bread of his share. He
had been toiling for money broth future
day and night. Whenever I got ill, he not
only called for doctors but also prayed to
God for my recovery. Without any
exaggeration, he loved me very much and
could not deny his love and hind ness.
Parent’s affection for their children is
pure in view of all negative aspects.

Parents yearn to see their offspring with
higher status. They regard, there is
nothing like their children for them in the
world. It is a fact that even thief and
wicked are considered to be gentleman
and innocent by their parents. They also
ignored my evil deeds and loved me at
heart and kept on giving me all the things
I needed. I thought that it was their
high-headedness. Every poor father
should be aware of the activities of his
son. Whenever I demanded for money,

my father happily fulfilled my
necessities. In this way, I became selfish
because I did not care for the necessities
of others. I passed my times in frivolous
pursuits instead of going to school. But
my father has started depending on me.
After a long time, he came to know my
profligacy and tried his best to amend my
educational weakness he provided me with
a tutor but I could not make use of the
tutor. Sometimes, he treated hardly to
refine me but the time had passed. He

could not prove himself to be self-willed
because he was loving person. His hopes
were shaken and he decided to make me a
technical hand. I worked at some places
to learn some art but I could not acquire
knowledge and my childhood came to an
end. Our necessities increased and,
secondly, my father got ill that resulted
in condensing income. His (Father’s)
health had been declining day by days
and he advised me to work time and
again. he went to the extent of saying that

I should be at least self-dependent. He
was right and I must work now. But
misfortune let us free and my father got
seriously ill and there was no any source
of income now. Due to curing my father,
our expenses had enhanced. First of all,
my mother wisely handled this situation
by spending the safe money, but, after
that, we had to sell the household things.
At last , all the articles were sold and we
were forced to borrow money. But the fact
is that people do not offer loan to mere a

pepper. Likewise, no one was giving us
charity they considered themselves more
deserving than us. Along with that, the
family with a young boy could not be
declared us deserving in this connection.
Now it was quite necessary to provide the
father with medicine rather than food.
We used ten rupees daily for his pills and
it was our responsibilities to provide him
with medicine daily. In this context, my
mother performed her duty in an excellent
way. But when she was quite penniless,

she requested people for ten rupees but
nobody helped her and even the doctor
refused to give her medicine without
money. I accepted that I had ten rupees
and it was necessary to buy medicine for
him. But I had two grounds for not
spending money on his treatment. His
death was inevitable because everyone had
rejected the miserable requests of my
mother. So, it was an open folly to spend
ten rupees, and I did not bear with any
stupidity in the case of money. The other

thing was that I could not help smoking.
If I spent this money on the treatment,
how would I lead that day. I am of the
view that love and need are two different
things and they should not be mingled
with other. So, my father died due to the
non availability of medicine and it was
Divine will. In fact, he was to die but I
saved my ten rupees in a prudent way.

POVERTY AND DAUGHTER
Poverty was not strange for him because
his ancestors had come of a poor family.
His particular surroundings had the
clear-cut reflection of poverty and
penury, and they were leading a life of
total mercy. So, the truth was that he
got poverty in his bequest. Sometimes,
the feelings of poverty became
conspicuous, in the beginning but, the
particular way of thinking became all the

more prominent when his daughter, Zobee
had become young. As she was now
adult, her life became vexatious. He had
to encounter many hardships and
deprivations everyday and on account of
that, his entity broke into pieces. But the
necessities of life again urged him to do
something. The thought of poverty
disturbed his wife a lot when she chanced
to hear about the marriage of Zobee any
coeval. Fozee zealously and wildly
described the marriage ceremonies and

wept on her lot and then, finally declared
him slothful and good-for-nothing.
These ill-words increased the intensity of
his grief. He thought, he had endeavored
his level best but, unluckily, dearness
had proved a foe for him and had effected
all his utter plans. Secondly, appetite
went on increasing due to the age factor of
his children. So he had to buy but more
clothes to hide the bodies of his off
springs. To be true, all his attempts were
futile and, in this way, dearness

overcome hunger and other necessities of
his life. His wife, Fozee, was
quarrelling with him due to Zobee’s
advancement in years. In fact Fozee was
not wrong in her approach because her
daughter, Zobee, was now twenty two
years old. But, on the other hand, they
were unable to give her even a penny as a
dowry Either she should have got married
or her parents should have collected the
articles of her dowry according to the
customs of the society but the pity was

that they were empty-handed. But the
time was passing very swiftly. When
someone came to propose Zobee, she was
rejected due to non availabality of an
attractive dowry. His better half
recurrently stressed the point that their
daughter was quickly marching towards
old age. So, he ought to do something
and pay his first attention to his
daughter because milk and daughter were
closely connected to each other and they
both were in dependable If their daughter

got astray and adopt a wrong and
unscrupulous way, they would not be able
to face tragedy and this world. She
uttered a lot of other things that day and
he tolerated her heart rending blames very
patiently. He also knew it very well but
he was not in position to do any thing
because he was just like a pauper. After
saying these harsh words, Fozee went
away and he got drowned in profound.
Luck favored him for a short time when
he found a bag on the way. He opened it

and got currency and very costly gold
jewellery. He was extremely jubilant and
cast a glance at the ornaments and
thought that Zobee would appear very
attractive as a bride in this jewellery.
Zobee’s friends would envy him and
owing to these ornaments, her in-law
would be proud of her. Then he saw the
currency notes which could fulfill the
requirements of the dowry. Suddenly, he
found a piece of paper which was placed
with the other articles. This was piece of

paper contained this writing: 1Borrowed
from provident Fund Rs:
40,000/2Borrowed from sister Hajhra
Rs: 20,000/3Money received by
mortgaging house Rs: 25,000/-
Money to be paid to the goldsmith
Rs.7,000/-
Dear son, I hope you would easily
arrange the wedding ceremony of your
sister with the help of this money and
would buy the articles regarding dowry
you should not worry because I would

reach very soon. (name and address were
also written) After reading this letter, he
was shaken from top to toe and changed
his mind. Now he had once again become
a humanitarian. He thought the haves
did not lose their anything because they
had their money in the banks. They had
also very reliable sources to protect their
wealth an fortune never deceived them at
any step. It is very difficult for their
money and jewellery to get lost. On the
other hand, they have not always yearned

for wealth and, if they found something,
it is quite temporary. Firstly, the
underdogs are quite ignorant of its
importance and are deprived of the ability
to handle it. They are totally unconscious
of the method of increasing it. So the
wealth goes the people who are aware of
its significant and know the art of
maneuvering it. He as mentally
anguished and reached the state of
indecision. He thought his daughter could
be married with this money but the

daughter of the other needy person would
not be able to have red dress. What
should be done now? Honesty demands
that it should be return to its original
owners. But what would become of his
own daughter. Both these girls belonged
to a poor family. This bag could not be
conducive for him and he could not use the
wealth for the wedding of his daughter.
He came out of the labyrinths of
indecision at long last.

NO PAIN NO GAIN
Owing to the intensity of heat and thirst,
the crow was very enervated but there was
no water and shade. He went on roaming
about in search of water. He was thinking
that, he would definitely die, if he could
not find water in a short time. He neither
wanted to die nor he was disappointed.
He was determined to seek water and
shady tree till the last breath of his life
but, in fact, the intensity of thirst was

creating problem for him. Now he had two
choices either he must continue seeking
water or leave it and wait for death. He
mustered courage and flew east in search
of water. He had covered a short distance
when he saw a garden and hurriedly
started flying towards it he wanted to live
and was sure of his existence in future.
Quite surprisingly, he seemed to be more
active now. He wanted to reach the
garden very soon and every cost. Though
he was flying very speedily yet the garden

seemed to be very far off. He got tired
and thought that the garden be an illusion
of his mind. He was shaken about the
entity of garden. He thought it might be
an illusion and he must seek any other
way which could rescue his life. But he
had not any other choice. To chase the
illusion was better than to leave seeking
water because there was the possibility of
life. If he died while searching, it would
be a courageous step. He stopped for a
while And the garden was quite at short

distance. He hopefully started marching
towards the garden and felt that it was
not too far. He felt grief for wasting a
precious moment. He would have been
ahead if he had not stopped. He felt
ashamed of his negative thinking because
they could bring about demise. These
negative feelings were equal to
pessimism. A devoted definitely finds his
goal at last because God helps those who
help themselves. He took on fling with
great zeal and now he appeared to be

fresh. He was spiritually exalted and
was flying without difficulty. Now he
reached the threshold of the garden. The
garden was in the urban area and it
meant that it was for pastime But he was
surprised to see that there were no bower.
Birds had left this garden when men
himself neglected it. He flew over the
garden but there was no water. He
deplored his labor. Suddenly, he found a
pitcher in the garden and felt rejoiced
and hurriedly went to it. There was very

little water in the pitcher and he made
very attempt to drink water but failed due
to the low level of water. He hatched a
plan and caught a pebble with the help of
his beak and put it into the pitcher.
Owing to heat, the pebble was dry and it
seemed that it had liked it. In a short
time, the crow poured another pebble and
the first pebble did not like this sharer.
Although it had not liked the second one
yet the bitter fact was that the wise crow
imposed his will by throwing more pebbles

into the water. The crow was gallantly
doing his job and, at last, the pitcher
became full of wet pebbles and he
drenched his thirst by sucking wetness of
them.

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