Right-Mind and Wrong-Mind
Two friends, Right-Mind and Wrong-Mind, found a bag of gold coins together.
"Let us bury it under this tree," said Wrong-Mind, "and take a little when we need it."
But that night Wrong-Mind crept back and took the whole bag away.
Later he told everyone that Right-Mind was the thief. The village judge asked for proof.
"The tree itself will speak," said Wrong-Mind, and he hid his father inside the hollow trunk.
But the judge grew curious, looked inside, and found him. The truth came out, and the gold went back to its honest owner.
A lie needs more lies to hold it up, and the whole pile falls down.
HonestyDid you know?
Old Indian villages settled quarrels with a panchayat, a council of five trusted people.
Try this at home
If you break something today, be the first one to say so.
Questions to talk about
Ask these after reading. The answer is underneath each one.
What did the two friends find?
Answer: A bag of gold
Who was hiding in the tree?
Answer: Wrong-Mind's father
What is the moral?
Answer: Lies fall apart in the end
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