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Food for Work: A Grand Mother’s Tale |
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Wise women and men have their own ways of conveying the subtle messages of life. There was an old widow in a village who used to feed the people every year in remembrance of her deceased husband. This year when she invited people, she decided to offer water herself to every body to wash their hands before taking food. While pouring water on the hands of guests, she noticed some thing in the palms and asked some to sit in veranda. And some were asked to sit inside. One rich peasant of the village known for his arrogance could not understand the logic of this kind of discrimination. He asked, “grand ma, why do you ask some people to sit in verandah while others you invite inside your house for the food?” The lady laughed and then asked back, could not he understand? It was simple. When she asked people to spread their hands to pour water, she observed whether they had knots on the mounts under fingers in the palm. Those who worked hard using their hands would obviously have harder knots. Such people were invited inside the house and the one’s who only asked servants to work and did not work with their own hands, were asked to sit in the verandah.
Next time, you invite your friends for food at home, try this!
Source: A folk tale heard in my childhood: A |
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Honey Bee, 17(1) & (2), 2006 |
