Parables of Wisdom
Learning About Thankfulness
आभार के बारे में सीखना · આભાર વિશે શીખવું
How many people does it take to make one plate of dinner? Pihu starts counting
- 3 min full story
- 2 min children's telling
- For all ages
Six year old Pihu pushes away her plate of bottle gourd and dal and says she hates it. Instead of scolding her, her mother suggests a counting game, and the numbers grow larger than Pihu ever expected.
What it teaches Gratitude Contentment Interdependence
The opening of the children's telling
Pihu was six. She lived in a tall building in Ahmedabad with Mummy, Papa and Dadaji. Pihu was a happy girl, but at dinner time she liked to grumble.
One evening Mummy gave her rotli, dal and dudhi for dinner. Pihu did not like dudhi at all. She pushed her plate away. "I don't want it!" she said.
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To carry into the day
Every meal carries the work of hundreds of hands; thankfulness is simply remembering them.
To talk about together
Tomorrow at breakfast, how many helpers can your family count?
Retold for JainStory from the traditional narrative and checked against published Jain sources. Details vary between tellings.