A Plant of Prosperity | Bedtime Stories for Kids

A long, long time ago, there lived a wealthy merchant named Kumara. He lived in his huge bungalow with his wife, Jayanti, and son, Amrit. Kumara was very proud of his rich status. As he had worked really hard to achieve it.

Many years ago, he led a miserably poor life. His parents were barely managed to get food for the day. But Kumara was very ambitious and toiled day and night. Luck favored him, and soon he became a wealthy merchant of the town. He lost his parents before he struck the fortune. And he deeply regretted that he was not able to give a comfortable life to them.

His wife, Jayanti, was a humble girl. She loved taking care of her family. Kumara never respected her. He always boasted of his income and about the comfortable life he was giving to her. Jayanti never disrespected him. She only focused on her house.

Kumara was busy with his business. Amrit was busy with studies. They both left home in the morning and had a hectic day. This left Jayanti with a lot of time at her disposal. She started growing plants around her house.

Soon she had a vast garden full of beautiful flowers. This kept her busy in the day. She was thrilled. Amrit liked her mother’s garden and motivated her to grow more.

The fragrance of the flowers made their house very magical. Soon in the village, their home was recognized as a fragrant house. 

When Kumara came to know about the new name of the house, he ridiculed Jayanti, ‘Poor woman, she has nothing much to do.’

One day Kumara’s friend came home. He was astonished to see beautiful flowers. He offered Jayanti to sell flowers to him; she can earn good money. Jayanti disagreed. But Amrit motivated her mother to take up the opportunity, and she said yes.

The day Jayanti received a small amount of money. She was thrilled. But Kumara made fun of her, ‘Woman can earn only from small home business.’

Jayanti didn’t mind his words. She concentrated on her work.

One day Minister of the kingdom came to meet Kumara. He said that the Queen wished to visit their home for business. Kumara was happy he thought the queen wanted to do business with him.

Another day Queen of the kingdom arrived at their bungalow. She said she was here to meet Jayanti. She had heard a lot about the fragrant house, and she wanted to visit it. She wished to do business with Jayanti. Finally, Jayanti got an opportunity that grew her income more than Kumara.

Kumara, who thought Queen was here to meet him, was enraged. But he had no choice, and from that day, he stopped making fun of Jayanti.

Moral - Small beginnings of honest efforts can help in creating big success.

Happy reading!

About the writer: 

Nisha B Thakur is the author of a Murder Mystery | The Unexpected Trail read at https://www.amazon.in/dp/B0BB88QHM5