Once upon a time in the faraway
land there lived a fisherman named John on the banks of a river in his small
shack. He lived there with his wife. Now, the fisherman was a nice person,
happy with his work & content with his life, he used to get up early in the
morning, sail in is small boat to the middle of the river & catch some fish
in the strong net which he had made himself & then head to the market place
to sell them. He was poor but earned enough money for two square meals. He had
also cultivated some vegetables required for his household in a small piece of
land besides his shack & used to make money by selling the excess yield. He
was happy with his life, but his wife was a very greedy woman, she always kept
complaining no matter what & was very lazy too. She never helped John
either in catching fish or in the farm, but wanted to grow rich &
lead a life of luxury. She always kept
nagging him for new clothes & jewellery, but poor John couldn’t afford it
all. He used to explain to her that if they work hard they will grow rich one
day & she used to rudely answer, “I don’t want to work hard & ruin my
beauty & look ugly when I grow rich.” John kept on doing all the work while
his wife dream't about richness.
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