Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Princess who wanted the Moon


Was gazing at the sky yesterday night, when suddenly i caught hold of a rare n amazing glimpse!!
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one moon n one star...
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for stars are so rare here..
and i was quite happy to have that glimpse yest..
i captured it in my digi cam flash..
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and then all of a sudden, i remembered the story of "The princess who wanted the Moon"..
I had read that in my English Gulmohar somewhere in i guess 4th or 5th Std..
and wanted to revisit it today again!
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here are the links!!
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The first part of the story signifies how worse can things turn up if the kids are grown in a pampered and uncontrolled manner..
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and the second part of the story signifies how fruitful it can be when we think out of the box....
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well, i need to work upon both of these lessons!!
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I have been behaving quite impulsively and hurting others quite often...
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Fruitful thinking often leads to better results, as there is no straight solution to most of the problems...
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Hope, i keep on working on these 2 aspects!!
Ending with the beautiful prayer!!
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Thank you God, for the world so sweet,
Thank you God, for the food we eat!!
Thank you God, for the birds that chirp,
Thank you God, for everything!!!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I also remember that story. Had gulmohar in primary (was in DAV at the time). I especially remember the princess's justification that the moon would would grow back like a tooth, even if one was plucked out for her. We adults may think that the moon is always there, even if it vanishes from sight during the day, but children have their own method of weaving logic and in some way are perhaps right too!!.

Anonymous said...

I remember reading this story in the third grade. It was in my open court classics book for that grade. We were pretty much the only class who read the book and told her which were our favorites. This was one of mine and I was looking for it everywhere even if it wasn't in the open court book. I just wanted the title and author so i could read it somewhere.I'm so glad I found it.