Once there lived a little boy named Karan. He was very fond of playing with gas-filled balloons. One day he was playing with his friends. They had a bet. Each of them claimed that his balloon would go the highest in the sky. At a given signal, each of them let go of his balloon. All the balloons started going up in the sky. But Karan was disappointed to see that his balloon did not go the highest. On the third day, the children were playing the same game. But Karan was confused. He didn’t know what colour of balloon to purchase. He approached the balloon-seller. Unable to decide, Karan asked the balloon-seller, “Tell me please, which balloon will go the highest in the sky?” The balloon-seller smiled at Karan and said, “My dear child! It is not the colour of the balloon that decides how high it will go in the sky. What matters the most is what the balloon has inside it.” The balloon-seller then gave Karan the balloon that had more gas than the other balloons. That day Karan won the game and came home with a smile on his face.
Moral : How high a person will rise in life depends not on his caste, colour or creed, but on his thoughts, confidence, values and character.
