wit and wisdom stories

T he  father came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door. He has been missing him very much lately due to his long work hours.  Son asked, "Father, may I ask you a question?" Father replied: "Yeah sure, what is it?" "Father, how much do you make an hour?" asked the son. "I make $20 an hour." said his father. The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. He started counting the money he had and gathered exactly $20 and gave it in the hands of his father and said,  "Father, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you." The father of the boy realised that day that his son needs $20 worth of time than his $20. Money may be an unwise investment indeed where true love is required!

O nce upon a time there lived a little old man and a little old woman. The little old man had a kind heart, and he kept a young sparrow, which he cared for tenderly. Every morning it used to sing at the door of his house. Now, the little old woman was a cross old thing, and one day when she was going to starch her linen, the sparrow pecked at her paste. Then she flew into a great rage and cut the sparrow's tongue and let the bird fly away. When the little old man came home from the hills, where he had been chopping wood, he found the sparrow gone. "Where is my little sparrow?" asked he. "It pecked at my starching-paste," answered the little old woman, "so I cut its evil tongue and let it fly away." "Alas! Alas!" cried the little old man. "Poor thing! Poor thing! Poor little tongue-cut sparrow! Where is your home now?" And then he wandered far and wide seeking his pet and crying, "Mr. Sparrow, Mr. Sparrow, where...