How The Zebra Got Its Stripes

Once long ago,
in a little village that lay in the midst of high hills
and far-flung fields
there lived a poor old farmer with his two lazy sons.
The poor farmer owned a little piece of land in front of his house,
and he worked hard all day in it.
Meanwhile,
his sons were lazily dreaming about luxuries and gold.
One day,
The laziness of my sons,
it's been keeping me up at nights!
After me, they might end up helpless.
Said the old man to himself.
And, suddenly he got an idea.
Ummm, this should work.
Hey, sons!
I know you're fond of gold.
Don't you?
That's a foolish question father.
Who wouldn't like gold?
We love it!
Yes, yes, I knew.
That's why I am here.
I've buried a large pot of gold, in our field, a long ago.
So, before I die, I wanted to hand it over to you.
Is that for real?
A large pot of gold?
How deep is it?
Where is it exactly?
Asked the sons.
Poor children,
forgive this old man,
for I don't remember the place.
You have to plough the whole land for the gold.
The next day,
both the sons, began to plough the field, solely.
And, by the end of the day,
Oh, father, we've ploughed the whole land.
We're tired.
The gold must have been buried low, for the plough to reach.
Don't worry sons I'll tell you a solution tomorrow.
The next day,
the old man asked his children to sow seeds in the field.
These seeds will stretch their strong roots to the gold,
and you can pull it out, easily.
So did the sons.
And, they got disappointed as the crops didn't shoot up.
Seeds have to be watered regularly, for them to grow.
Anything, for the gold.
Said the sons.
But, the next day, things began to be different.
The sons of the old man started loving what they were doing.
Father the smell of the wet mud!
It's very pleasant.
They worked every single day, till the harvest.
And, were so happy to see the grown crops
Sons, this is the gold I was telling you.
The growing gold!
With this gold, you not only feed yourself
but millions and millions of life.
That's the beauty of farming, my dear sons.
The sons realized their fault,
and they were so happy to have become farmers.
Kids, what have you learned from the story?
The two sons in the story missed the real happiness in their lives
for a long time, because of their laziness
So, kids, remember, happiness is, working hard, and helping others.