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  There was a fisherman who used to catch a lot of fish from an ocean. He used to throw a fistful of bait in the water. The fishes used to rush to the surface water to get the bait and the fisherman used to throw the net over them. A lot of fish were being taken away from the ocean. The fishes in the ocean were deeply upset because daily they used to lose their near and dear to the net of the fisherman. The helpless fishes finally went to a turtle at the bottom of the sea telling them about their problem and requested it to save them. The wise turtle who is well acquainted with the human beings reassured them and gave them an idea.  One fine morning the fisherman came in his vessel for fishing. The fishes started executing their plan. The first shoal of small fish appeared in front of the fisherman even before he threw the bait. The fisherman was happy to throw the net and he captured them. He felt this catch is enough to fulfil his hunger for the day. He thought of returnin...

  A Raja Guru was asked to train the five princes in Archery. He placed a toy bird on the branch of a tree and asked each one of them to aim at the eye of the bird. The Guru asked each one of them to tell what they could see. The eldest prince said that he could see the tree, its branches, the bird and its eye. The next one told he can see the branch on which the bird is sitting, along with the bird. The third prince told he can see the bird and its eye. The fourth one told he can see only the head of the bird and its eye. Finally, the fifth one told that he can see only the eye of the bird and nothing but the eye. The fifth prince hit the bird's eye while other princes missed their target.  The Guru asked what was running in their mind when they were aiming at the bird. The eldest of them told that he was concerned that the arrow may disturb other birds sitting on the tree. The second one was wondering how good the fruit hanging besides the bird would taste.  Another p...