One day the head maid of the Queen came to the palace crying. The Queen asked her why she was upset.
Queen crying story
What happened?
Why are you crying?
But, the maid couldn't answer her. She kept weeping. The Queen considered it a bad omen and started crying. All the maids started crying when they saw the Queen crying. This affected the other employees of the palace.
The King witnessed this. The King became upset when he saw the Queen crying....and he also started crying.
He asked the chief minister to find out the reason for this. The chief minister asked each and every palace employee. Finally, he went to ask the Queen. The chief minister went to meet the Queen.
He asked the Queen... Your Highness, I asked everybody in the palace... ...but nobody could answer me. Please stop crying. Why are you upset? I'm a washerwoman.
The only donkey I had died this morning. How will I carry the clothes for washing? When everybody found the reason... ...they stopped crying. Everybody was happy again. Who's greater than whom? Lots of debates and arguments... ...only to decide who's greatest.
One day the five fingers in our hands faced the same problem. They wanted to decide who was the greatest. I'm the tallest. I'm the most beautiful. I'm the greatest. You stay away from this argument.
Why? I may be small but I'm also important. C'mon, tell me something. Which finger comes forward to greet people first? Who comes out to bet first? Are you talking about yourself? Yes, tall man.
You get irritated with me and make fun of me. But, remember that I come first. Stop joking. You're of no use. Look at me. People deck me up with a ring. This is how they treat me royally. I'm beautiful.
I'm the greatest. I'm bigger than all of you. I'm the tallest one. I come in the middle. All four of you're my guards. This is the reason I'm the greatest one. My dear friends, why don't you see that you're not as useful as me? I guide, I teach. I show I teach. Please pardon me, friends.
Don't feel bad about this. But, tell me if you're as smart and intelligent as me? Yes, we are. Yes. Yes. We've seen many people like you. We've seen people smarter than you. Please excuse me.
Can I say something?- What? I think that I'm important,a little more than the rest of you. Thumb, what do you want to say? Tell me something, my friends. What will you be able to do if I'm not with you? Will you be able to write? Fly kites? If you want to lift heavy objects or eat something sour and nice... If you've to pick up a capor turn off a tap...
Whatever you want to do can't be done without my help. Do you mean that you're the greatest? Never. That's because I'm useless without the rest of you. What are you saying? Neither you nor she nor the other fingers the greatest one. A person alone can't do everything.
We are the greatest. Yes, we. There's nothing we can't do. But, we can do it only if we're together. We can't do anything single-handedly. He is right. All five fingers are united. We'll help each other.
You're right. We can spend our life happily with each other. Yes, just like a hand... In humans. We work together. We stand united. We are united like the fingers in one hand.
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