Be content with what you have

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Once Tenali Rama saw a man on the road holding a big round shield over his head in the direction of the sun. Curious to know what the man was trying to do, Tenali Rama went up to him and enquired.

Tenali : What are you doing?

Man : I am trying to hide the sun. It is too bright.

Tenali : My friend, why are you troubling yourself so much? I have a simpler solution to your problem." Saying this, Tenali Rama picked up a grain of sand in his hand and blew it into the man’s eyes.




 

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