In English
Mend Character In Tender Age
I shall narrate a small story at this juncture. Once, there was a poor woman who was a fish hawker. She was selling fish keeping the basket on her head while keeping her boy child in her lap. Another hawker woman, who had a mango basket on her head, happened to pass by. At this moment, the boy had picked up one mango from her basket and started eating. The mother saw this and started praising him for the deed. Then the boy felt thieving as a praiseworthy thing. From then onwards, he was engaged in the art of theft; and over a period of time, he became a notorious murderer. Finally, he was caught and was sent to the gallows. Before his execution, he expressed a wish to see his mother. The mother came weeping. He asked her to come close to him. When she came near, he gave her a big slap on her cheek and told the shocked mother that she was the cause behind his ruinous life because when he first stole a mango, she praised and encouraged him instead of detesting the act. The mother had encouraged in his initial stages of wrongdoing. It was like sowing bad seed in a tender heart which had grown into a big tree of destructive and deplorable practices. Therefore, you must not deviate from good discipline. You must get up early in the morning; attend (Morning Prayer), , and other scheduled programs of the day. Also, you must observe principles of cleanliness like regular baths etc.