Lifes Lessons
Evil
begets Evil
By Stephen Barasa
There was once a king who was so
cruel and unjust that his subjects
yearned for his dethronement.
However, one day he surprised
them all by announcing that he
had decided to turn over a new
leaf.
In life,
Never
give up
“No more cruelty, no more
injustice,” he promised, and he was
as good as his word.
He became known as the ‘Gentle
Monarch’.
Months after his transformation
one of his ministers plucked up
courage to ask him what had
brought about his change of heart.
And the king answered, “As I was
running through the forest I saw
a fox being chased by a dog. The
fox escaped into his hole but not
before the dog had bitten into its
leg and lamed it for life.
Later I rode into a village and saw
the same dog there. It was barking
at a man. Even as I watched, the
man picked up a huge stone and
threw it at the dog, breaking its leg.
The man had not gone far when he
was kicked by a horse. His knee
was shattered and he fell to the
ground, disabled for life.
The horse began to run but it
fell into a hole and broke its
leg. Reflecting on all that had
happened, I thought: ‘Evil begets
evil. If I continue with my evil ways,
I will surely be overtaken by evil’.
So I decided to change”.
The minister went away convinced
that the time was ripe to overthrow
the king and seize the throne.
Immersed in thought, he did not
see the steps in front of him and
fell, breaking his neck.
Moral: If we do well to others
our good will happen. Likewise
if we are evil to others our turn
will also come.
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THE SEED - VOL 27, No. 10 OCTOBER 2015
By Auntie Stella
Death seemed to be certain.
nce upon a time
there lived a big
fat Mouse and a
lively little Mouse. These
two friends loved each
other so much. One day, as
they were hopping along
together something terrible
happened.
“Oh God, help us pliiiiz!” the
little mouse cried.
O
They were involved in a
little accident and fell into
a pail of fresh milk. “Oh! We
are in serious trouble here,
how will we got out of this
mess?” wondered the little
mouse. “I guess we have to
swim out,” the big mouse
replied calmly.
So they embarked on the
task. They swam for hours
and hours hoping to get
out but the sides of the pail
were steep and slippery.
The big mouse was really
exhausted, he didn’t have
any energy left to swim and
he lost courage.
“Why keep struggling
against the inevitable? I
cannot swim any longer,” he
moaned.
“Keep on! Keep on!” urged
the little mouse, who was
still circling the pail. So
they went on for a while.
But the big mouse decided
there was no use to keep on
swimming.
“Little brother, we may as
well give up” he gasped. “I
am going to quit struggling.”
Now only the little Mouse
was left. He thought to
himself. “Well, to give up is