SAMEERAM

 Before you read  You may know that the dog and the wolf are closely related. You may also know something about how over the centuries, human beings have domesticated and tamed wild animals. Here is a story about how the dog became a tame animal. How the Dog Found Himself a New Master! 1. DOGS were once their own masters and lived the way wolves do, in freedom, until a dog was born who was ill pleased with this way of life. He was sick and tired of wandering about by himselflooking for food and being frightened of those who were stronger than he.  2. He thought it over and decided that the best thing for him to do was to become the servant of one who was stronger than anyone on earth, and he set out to find such a master.  3. He walked and he walked and he met a kinsman of his, a big wolf who was as strong as he was fierce. “Where are you going, Dog?” the Wolf asked. “I am looking for someone to take up service with. Would you like to be my master, Wolf?” “I don’t se...

 అథవ్రత కథాప్రారంభః వ్యాస ప్రోక్తే స్కాంద మహాపురాణే రేవా ఖండే శ్రీసత్యనారాయణ వ్రత కథాం ప్రథమోధ్యాయః శ్లోకాలు: 1. ఏకదా నైమిశారణ్యే ఋషయ శ్శౌనకాదయః పప్రచ్ఛురాగతం సర్వే సూతం పౌరాణికం ఖలు| ఋషయ ఊచుః 2. వ్రతేన తపసా కేన ప్రాప్యతే వాంఛితం ఫలం, తత్సర్వం శ్రోతుమిచ్ఛామః కథయస్వ మహామునే॥॥ సూత ఉవాచ: 3. నారదేనైవ సంపృష్టో భగవాన్ కమలాపతిః సురర్షయే యథైవాహ తచ్ఛృణుధ్వం సమాహితాః। 4. ఏకదా నారదో యోగీ పరానుగ్రహ కాంక్షయా  పర్యటన్ వివిధాన్ లోకాన్మర్త్యలోకముపాగతః ॥ 5. తత్రదృష్ట్వా జనాన్సర్వాన్ నానాక్లేశ సమన్వితాన్  నానా యోని సముత్పన్నాన్ క్లిశ్యమానాన్ స్వకర్మభిః ॥ కేనోపాయేన చైతేషాం దుఃఖనాశో భవిష్యతి ఇతి సంచింత్య మనసా విష్ణులోకం గతస్తదా॥

Before you read   Discuss in class: Do you like homework?  Do you do it yourself, or do you get help? What homework do you usually have? Who Did Patrick’s Homework? PATRICK never did homework. “Too boring,” he said. He played hockey and basketball and Nintendo instead. His teachers told him, “Patrick! Do your homework or you won’t learn a thing.” And it’s true, sometimes he did feel like an ignoramus. But what could he do? He hated homework. Then one day he found his cat playing with a little doll and he grabbed it away. To his surprise it wasn’t a doll at all, but a man of the tiniest size. He had a little wool shirt with oldfashioned britches and a high tall hat much like a witch’s. He yelled, “Save me! Don’t give me back to that cat. I’ll grant you a wish, I promise you that.”  Patrick couldn’t believe how lucky he was! Here was the answer to all of his problems. So he said, “Only if you do all my homework till the end of the semester, that’s 35 days. If you...