英语故事-LazyBrahmin

1、英语故事Lazy BrahminThere once lived a lazy brahmin namedKhushi.Every day he would set out in the morning with his begging bowl. Somegenerous neighbours used to take pity on him and give him food. However ， there were days when he didn t get anything to eat. On those days he preferred to starve rather t

2、han going out and doing some work.One particular day proved to be very lucky for him.A rich man in a generous mood gave him a pot full of flour.Khushi couldn t believe his eyes. He thanked the manprofusely and ran back home.He hung the pot of flour just above his cot and lay down. He looked at the p

3、ot and thought ，“ I wish I was rich ，then I wouldn t have to beg for food everyday ”。 Soon his imagination began to run wild.Hethought ， “ Whatif the country is suddenly struck by a famine. There will be no food. Food will become an expensive commodity. And I needn t worry. My pot has enoughflour to

4、 last for a very long time”。 Then suddenly an ideastruck him. “ I should makesomemoney while the famine lasts. I should sell my flour to the needy. Yes ， Yes. I ll go to the market and announce openly Who wants to buy excellent flour ？”“ Soon people shall crowd around me. Somebody from the crowd wil

5、l scream ，” I will pay you ten rupees for theflour. “Another manwill counter bid ， “ I ll pay you twenty rupees”。“ What， twenty rupees ， a third manwill say， I ll pay thirty rupees for that flour.”“ I ll sell the pot of flour for thirty rupees.”“ With 30 rupees in hand ， I will buy two goats ， one m

6、ale and one female. I shall feed them grass ， fatten them and breed them. My goat will give birth to littlekids. I willsell goat s milk to my neighbours. By selling milk I ll earn money.Then I ll take my goats to the market to sell them. Looking at my healthy goats ， a bystander will offer me 100 ru

7、pees. I will give him my goats. With hundred rupees ， I can buy a silk dhoti and lots of other things. No， no ， I willnot waste my money. Instead I will buy two cows. I will get my cows mated and soon there will be cute little calves. I will sell cow s milk and also make cheese and butter. I will se

8、ll cheese， butter and ghee to my neighbours. Then I shall make sweets out of the milk. I will buy a small shop and sell my sweets and diary products. Menand women， who taste my sweets will come back asking for more. Soon people shall throng my sweet shop. I will make lots of money. With the money I

9、shall buy gold. I will soon become a merchant ， a gold merchant.I will build a big house with beautiful green lawns. There will be a pool in the courtyard filled with lotus flowers. White swans will also grace my pool.Soon I will be a well-known man. My fame will spread far and wide. I ll have rich

10、friends. Then a rich landlord will ask me to marry his beautiful daughter. One look at the beautiful girl and I ll decide to get married. We shall be very happy. Soon a son shall be born to us. I will name him Kusha. Later I ll have a daughter. I shall name her Khusali.My kids will be very smart and

11、 naughty. They will play pranks and worry the neighbours. Everyday I shall hear complaints from the neighbours. One day I will get angry and I shall run after my kids with a stick. I will teach them to be well mannered.I will hit them with a stick.Saying this he picks up a stick lying next to thecot and hits the pot. Dhumdhum The pot comes crashingdown. Disturbed by the crashing s