The Greedy Bird (Panchatantra Stories In English)
The Greedy Bird (Panchatantra Stories In English): A long time back, there was a forest where lived different kinds of animals. They live there very happily. There was situated a beautiful lake in the middle portion of that forest. A big Banyan tree was also located at the bank of the lake. In that banyan tree, a folk of birds lived.
There was different kind of birds and they were also different in age. The folk of the bird was ruled by a female bird who was the oldest in that folk and she was very intelligent. She had great leadership power and her observation power towards the future was also great.
Thus she can rule the whole group nicely. As the bird was intelligent so he believed in teamwork. All the members of that folk always obeyed his order. Thus she was known as the Queen bird of their group.
She fixed some rules for all the members of her group so they can live their life so easily and happily. That rule ultimately helped to grow their group. One of them was to the folk of birds into different groups.
According to the order, the whole folk of birds was divided into some groups, one particular group going in a particular direction, and the group which got the food first will inform the news getting food to the other member of the folk.
One day a small bird went out from his nest to search the food alone as the other member of his group did not feel well. He was very greedy and selfish too. He did not want to live their life peacefully with others. He always wants to live a lavish life.
So on that day, the bird got to a place which was a long distance from the forest and that place was near the big cities so that road was always busy and different kinds of vehicles were passing through the road.
He saw that bullock carts were passing through the road and the cards were loaded with a lot of grains. While the carts were passing at a high speed then some brains were falling On the road due to jarking.
As we already say in the previous paragraph that the bird was very greedy.
So to see the types of grains in excess amount, he become very jealous and thought that if he told the news of getting a new type of grains to the other member of the folk then they will also come from the next day. Thus he will get the grains in a very small amount.
So he did not want to hide treasure. To see the grains he could not control his craving and started eating. Gradually his tummy became. So he couldn’t fly at his normal speed. He was flying slowly. Thus it became late to return to his home.
After eating the grains when he returned to the nest and then the other birds were curious about why he become late. Then he thought of a plan in his mind. The bird told that he was in danger as there was a different kind of risk.
He could overcome himself because on that day his luck was with him and God helped him but it will not happen regularly. So you should not go into that place to consume some food. The queen bird and the other birds also thought that maybe he says the right. it will be better to avoid that destination.
The next day the bird started flying alone and went to that place where he saw the grains then from the next day he became sure that the same incident will happen daily. So he did not co-operate with his other friends and the other member of his folk.
Every day he flies alone and secretly went to that place in the direction of the city and enjoys the fresh grains. He got an easier way of finding grains so he did not find the other foods. Without participating in any work and eating a lot of the birds became very bulky.
He face some problems with body movement but he did not care about it. The days were running smoothly but one day he face something else.
One day in the morning time while the bird was busy picking the grains with the help of his beak. He did not do anything without the grains and he consume that very happily. Suddenly he noticed that a pull cart was oncoming but when he noticed that carts come in to very close him.
The bird tried to fly instantly but he could not as he became very fatty. Thus that bullock cart crushed the little bird under the wheels of the cart.
So, the story of ‘The Greedy Bird’ ends here. Let’s know the moral of this story. What do we learn from “The Panchatantra story of The Greedy Bird”?
Panchatantra Stories With Moral:
The moral of the story: The Greedy Bird (Panchatantra Stories In English)
The Greedy Bird: The after-effect of greediness is always bad. If the bird told the news of getting grains all then they can eat that and he also not become bulky but the bird did not. If he was busy picking the grains but if the other member were present there then some member of that folk must be observed the pool cart. Thus he became safe. So you should not be selfish.
