TOUCHING INCIDENT

* TRUE INCIDENT: There was a man in Mumbai who was diabetic. He had a wound on his leg. It started festering and soon became a huge ulcer. When showed it to the doctor, the doctor said,"The leg needs to be amputated.If it isn't ,the gangrene could spread to the areas above. That will cause serious problems. The man was shocked to hear this.Not only was he dismayed at the prospect of losing his leg, he realized he would have to pay ten thousand rupees for the operation. He did not have a steady income even to support his family with what he earned. He became utterly dejected.One day the pitiable man went to the railway tracks. when the train was approaching, he placed the affected leg over the track.The train ran over the leg,severing it. But he also lost so much blood that he almost died. People took him to the hospital. When asked why he had acted thus, he said," I have no money to pay for the amputation. If it's not amputated, I will not be able to live either. With no money for the operation, I saw no other way before me. That's why I had to resort to this extreme measure."

TWO SHORT STORIES

* FAITH IN GURU: A devotee prided himself on his strong faith in Guru. He wanted to educate the tribe people living in the dense forests.The locals warned him about the wild elephants in the forest. But he entered the forest without heeding their advice. After sometime, he came across a wild elephant. He ran for his life.When asked if he had lost faith that his Guru would take care of him, the man said," Of course I have faith in my Guru! I just didn't have faith in the elephant.

* FAITH AND EFFORT: Three frogs fell into a big bowl of cream. Unable to get out, they desperately swam around in the cream. Finally one of them said,"There is no hope for us. We might as well give up!".Saying so,he sank and drowned.Then the second frog said," I always thought he was the strongest of us all. If he can't make it, I don't stand a chance!".He also gave up and drowned. But the third frog, who was the smallest of the three and who had always been considered the weakest, refused to give up. He continued to swim. All through the night he swam and swam, round and round in the bowl.Finally when morning came he was so exhausted he couldn't swim any longer. He was just about to drown when he felt something solid under his feet-it was an island of butter. By swimming through out the night ,he had churned the cream into butter. He stood on the island of butter and rested for a little while and then he hopped out of the bowl to freedom.

Heights

Read:
* Height of traffic sense -Driver of a railway engine waving his hand out of the window before turning a bend.
* Height of jealousy : Pakistan making a film on Jinnah after seeing " Gandhi".
* Height of fair play : Boss giving raise to a clark who sleeps during office hours because his snoring prevented others from sleeping.
* Height of laziness: Putting sugar in tea and waiting for an earth quake to stir it.
* Height of Revenge : A grocer buying post cards from a post office situated in a far off area because the post master of his own area does not buy provisions from his shop.
* Height of Irony : Customers complimenting a restaurant owner for serving hot food for the first time as the restaurant was on fire.