Once there was an old farmer. He had a son. His son was very lazy. He spent his most of his time in eating and sleeping. He did not do any work at all. He grew lazier day by day.
One day the farmers call his son and said, “Look, I shall give everything in charity. I shall not give you anything unless you earn one hundred rupees. For that I give you three days time.”
His son went to one of his friend and borrowed a hundred rupees note for him. Then he spent the rest of the day in eating and sleeping. In the evening he came home and gives the hundred rupees note to his father. He told his father,”Father, I have worked hard today and earned these hundred rupees note.”
The farmer took the note and threw it into the fire. ‘‘This note is not yours. You have not earned it,” he said. The son was not angry at all. He just smiled and walked away. The next morning he again borrowed a hundred rupees note from another friend and spent his time in eating and sleeping. When he returned home in the evening he gave that note to his father.
His father took the note and again threw it into the fire. ‘‘This note is not yours. You haven’t given up your bad habit yet.” The son was not angry but he was disappointed. He did not succeed in cheating his father.
At night his mother went to him. ‘‘My son”, said she. ‘‘You must have really go work now. If you work hard and give all you have earned to your father, he will believe you. You have only one day to prove your worth.’’
The son took his mother’s advice. He went to work on his neighbor’s farm. He worked but he could get only twenty rupees that day. He becomes sad. He came home and gave the money to his father. The father took the note. He went near the fire. Before he could throw the note, his son rushed to him and snatched the note from his hand.
He asked, ‘‘why do you want to throw it into the fire? I have spent the whole day working in the hot sun just to earn this money.”
His father smiled and said,’ I believe you now. At last you have earned this money by yourself. I am very happy. Now you can take care of my property very well because you have understood real worth of hard earned money. And he gave his all property to him.