Greetings to all you readers who are visiting my site. I shall not write something factual or textual today but instead contribute a little story which I read and considered to be meaningful during this period of time when everybody including myself are chasing after money and leaving little time to ponder over the cumulating of merits i.e. good deeds. My apology to any western readers who may not like it as it is of an oriental origin.
The title of this story is "Grateful birds buried a corpse".
Long time ago in a village in ancient China, there was a man who lived alone by himself. He was not rich but had a heart of gold. He used to accumulate money in order to buy birds which were kept in cages by other villagers. He then set the birds free. He was always happy when he saw the birds flying out of the cages and chirping away merrily. Inspite of being poor, he has freed many, many birds.
He left no money when he died. He also had no friends or relatives. There was no money for his funeral and his body was left on a hill-top.
Not long, thousands of birds suddenly appeared. In their beaks were some soil. They then dropped the soil over the corpse of the kind-hearted man. Before the day was over, the corpse was completely covered with soil, giving him a decent burial. These grateful birds came back to repay the kindness which the man had bestalled on them.
