 Once three scholars on the way to the civil service examination stopped to buy refreshments from a woman who sold pastries by the wayside. One man was calm and quiet, while the other two argued over literature. The woman asked where they were going. The latter two told her they were going to take the civil service examination. She said, "You two scholars won't pass the exam: that other man will." The two men swore at her and left. When the results of the examination turned out as the woman had predicted, the two scholars who had failed went back to find out how she had known they would not pass, while the third man would. They asked her if she knew physiognomy. "No," she said, "all I know is that when a pastry is thoroughly cooked, it sits there quietly, but before it's finished it keeps on making noise." |
Sunday 5 June 2011
My Little Story-1
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exactly... like a empty tin...
ReplyDeleteI can't getting u Shreemathi....
ReplyDeleteAs you may have heard a popular maxim - "Empty vessel sounds much," so is the situation in the above short and sweet story. The writer's main aim here is to say that one who knows the things well remains silent and patient, where as one who is half-learned or almost zero in the subject chatters much like the two half-learned scholars who started chattering like a jukebox placed in the centre of a square.
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ReplyDeleteAbsolutely correct.......
ReplyDeleteThe goods which occupies a lower position is heavier