An Intriguing Short story For Kids: The Hidden Treasure
This is a short story about an
old man and his four lazy sons that refused to work hard. Read on to find out
what happened to them.
An Intriguing Short story For Kids: The Hidden Treasure
Once upon a time, there
lived an old man who had four sons that were very lazy. They were so
comfortable with doing nothing.
A day came, the old man
got very sick and was about to die. The state of his sons’ future after his
death bothered him so much. None of his sons were ready to work. They believed
luck was going to shine on them one day.
The old man’s health got
worse with every passing day. He called his four sons and tried to encourage
them to take up a job but they wouldn’t listen to him.
Then, the old man came
up with a plan. He called all his sons and told them he had a treasure box
containing lots of gold coins and expensive gems too. he said that he was going
to share the treasure equally to all of them before he dies, but he wasn’t sure
the particular place he had buried it on their piece of land.
The matter pleased his
sons so much. “We are going to be extremely rich once we find the treasure,”
they said to one another.
“Father, think again
maybe you would remember where you hid the treasure,” the eldest son said to
the father.
“I can’t remember the
exact spot where I hid the treasure, but I am certain it is in our land,”
replied the father.
The matter didn’t
discourage the young men. They were happy they had a hidden treasure somewhere
in the land.
After a few days, the
father to the young men died and was buried. Few days after his burial, the
sons decided to go to the land in search of the hidden treasure box.
They dug up the entire
land but didn’t find any treasure box. They kept toiling but all to no avail.
“Let us dig this spot in the middle of the farm further, it might be where our
father hid the treasure.” Suggested the last son. They all agreed and kept
digging that spot. They dug that spot further but couldn’t find anything except
water.
“You could take up
farming you know,” said one of the passersby who noticed the free-flowing water
from the middle of the farm. The advice pleased the sons and they planted
vegetable seeds, greens and flowering plants in their land. The plants did
extremely well within a few weeks since the land was fertile and had plenty of
water for irrigation. The sons harvested the plants and sold them at a good
price. They made a lot of profits and took up farming as a means of livelihood.
“This is the Treasure
box our father talked about,” they said to one another. With hard work we have
been able to overcome our laziness and earn a lot of money to sustain
ourselves. They lived happily ever after.
He who is fit to eat is
fit to work. Hard work will always pave the way. Being lazy will never put food
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