There was this kid who lived in a cottage in the woods with her mother. When the baby threw tantrums and cried, the mother warned her that if she cried, she would give her away to the wolf in the woods. The wolf, passing by, heard this and stopped out of the door, waiting. The kid soon stopped crying and the wolf heard the mom and kid happily play inside. It stayed there still waiting, hoping the kid would cry again, and that the mother would give her off to him.
The kid did cry again, the next day making the wolf happy and hopeful for a moment, when he heard the mother say the same words. The wait was again in vain, since the mother and kid yet again started playing joyfully inside.
This went on everyday, with the wolf waiting patiently, hoping and losing hope, rather than finding an alternative to find his food and live, while the kid happily grew up on the other side.
The wolf realized it too late that he had wasted his life being stupid to keep waiting with a false hope, for something that was never going to be.A meaningless wait!
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ReplyDeleteGood story, had never heard abt it.But many a times even in life, the wait is meaningless, worthless but people never stop waiting.
I have been that wolf many times in my life..sometimes too much of optimism leads to endless wait..nice story :)
ReplyDeleteha ha ha !!! nice good story.
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