A SMALL THING COSTS MUCH

One day, while walking down the road, a father said to his son, “Look, a horsesh is lying in the
mud. Pick it up.”

The son said, “I hate to pick up things from mud.”

The father picked up the horsesh and kept it in his pocket. On reaching the village, he sold the
horsesh and bought some cherries.

Father understood the desire of his son and dropped a cherry on the ground. The son picked it up,
washed it and ate it up.

Then the father said to him, “Sometimes even small things cost much. These cherries are because
of that horsesh that you refused to pick up from the mud.”

The son understood what his father meant.

HAL KECIL DENGAN BIAYA BANYAK

Suatu hari, saat berjalan menyusuri jalan, seorang ayah berkata kepada anaknya, “Lihat, kuda-
kuda terbaring di lumpur. Angkat.”

Anak laki-laki itu berkata, “Saya benci mengambil sesuatu dari lumpur.”

Sang ayah mengangkat kuda itu dan menyimpannya di sakunya. Saat sampai di desa, ia menjual
kuda itu dan membeli beberapa buah ceri.

Ayah mengerti keinginan anaknya dan menjatuhkan ceri di tanah. Anak laki-laki itu
mengangkatnya, mencuci dan memakannya.

Kemudian sang ayah berkata kepadanya, “Terkadang barang kecil pun harganya mahal. Ceri ini
karena kuda yang Anda tidak mau ambil dari lumpur.” Anak itu mengerti apa maksud ayahnya.