Parables of Wisdom
Learning About Stealing
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Tisha slipped a sparkly hair clip into her pocket, and it would not stop whispering
- 4 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
At a busy market stall in Ahmedabad, eight-year-old Tisha takes a butterfly hair clip while no one is looking. It is the prettiest thing she owns, so why can she not bear to wear it?
What it teaches Non-Stealing Honesty Courage
The opening of the children's telling
Tisha loved hair clips. One evening, at the market with her mother, she saw a beautiful clip shaped like a butterfly. It had shiny blue and green stones.
Tisha had no money. The lady at the stall was busy, and nobody was looking. So Tisha slipped the butterfly into her pocket and walked away.
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To carry into the day
What is given to me brings peace; what I take without asking brings none.
To talk about together
Why do you think the butterfly clip kept whispering to Tisha?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.