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THE THREE GIFTS THAT THE EAGLE GAVE THE TSAR
#Inspirational Moral Stories
A tsar
had gone hunting one day. He was about to shoot down an eagle, when
it
begged him to spare its life, saying: ‘Let me live! Let me stay with you for
three
years, and you will be very happy if you did so.’
The tsar
spared its life, and took it to his castle. The eagle began eating each
and
every lamb and calf that belonged to the tsar. Soon, the tsar had no
livestock
left, and sold most of what he had to feed the eagle. But he kept his
promise
and looked after the eagle for three years. After three years, the eagle
told the
tsar to sit on its back and flew up high over the sea. The tsar felt
afraid
that he might fall and drown, but the eagle brought him down safely.
Then, it
told the tsar: ‘You have learnt from me how to keep your promise, to
be
generous, and to be afraid of death, and you don’t need me anymore.’
The
eagle left him then. The wise tsar remembered all that he had learnt from
the
eagle. He became a very wise ruler and soon became the world’s
mightiest
king.
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