36. The result of Greed

The result of Greed

A long time ago, there was an ancient village where three friends lived. They were very idle. They did not do any work for earning a livelihood. The villagers gave them food to eat. Eating food they spent the time idly. They did not try to work anymore.

Seeing their idle activities, one day the villagers stopped giving food to them. Though they felt hungry they could not get food to eat. That is why the friends got a decision for doing work. 

Taking the decision, they all left the village and went to a town. On their way, they found a bag of gold. They felt very pleased. Firstly, they arranged a feast. One friend went to the town to fetch some food. On his way, he thought of a plan. He poisoned the food to become the owner of the bag of gold. On the other hand, the two friends made a plan to kill the other to possess the bag of gold. When the friend who went to bring the food came before them, the two friends murdered him instantly. After killing him, they began to eat poisoned food and they died after some time. For their greed, they could not use the gold that they found.

Finally, we have come to know from the above short story that greed is very harmful to us. Greed makes us blind. So, all of us should remain far from the bad effect of greed.