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The moral of the story is treat others as you want to be treated, and there are other quotes that are related to this such as "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", " you reap what you sow", "what goes around comes around" etc. It's expressed in the story by how the old woman treated to the sparrow and the old man. and vice-versa. If you treat people good you get treated good back. Same as if you did something wrong or bad there are consequences as a result. There are consequences to every action you make, and it's entirely up to you on how deal with it.
Once upon a time there lived an old man and an old woman. The old man,
who had a kind heart, kept a young sparrow, which he tenderly nurtured.
But the dame was a cross-grained old thing; and one day, when the sparrow
had pecked at some paste with which she was going to starch her linen,
she flew into a great rage, and cut the sparrow's tongue and let it loose.
When the old man came home from the hills and found that the bird had
flown, he asked what had become of it; so the old woman answered that she
had cut its tongue and let it go, because it had stolen her
starching-paste. Now the old man, hearing this cruel tale, was sorely
grieved, and thought to himself: "Alas! Where can my bird be gone? Poor
thing! Poor little tongue-cut sparrow! Where is your home now?" and he
wandered far and wide, seeking for his pet, and crying: "Mr. Sparrow!
Mr. Sparrow! Where are you living?"
One day, at the foot of a certain mountain, the old man fell in with the
lost bird; and when they had congratulated one another on their mutual
safety, the sparrow led the old man to his home, and, having introduced
him to his wife and chicks, set before him all sorts of dainties, and
entertained him hospitably.
"Please partake of our humble fare," said the sparrow. Poor as it is,
you are very welcome."
"What a polite sparrow!" answered the old man, who remained for a long
time as the sparrow's guest, and was daily feasted right royally. At
last the old man said that he must take his leave and return home; and
the bird, offering him two wicker baskets, begged him to carry them with
him as a parting present. One of the baskets was heavy, and the other
was light; so the old man, saying that as he was feeble and stricken in
years he would only accept the light one, shouldered it, and trudged off
home, leaving the sparrow family disconsolate at parting from him
.
When the old man got home, the dame grew very angry, and began to scold
him saying: "Well, and pray where have you been this many a day? A
pretty thing, indeed, to be gadding about at your time of life!"
"Oh!" replied he, "I have been on a visit to the sparrows; and when I
came away, they gave me this wicker basket as a parting gift." Then they
opened the basket to see what was inside, and, lo and behold, it was full
of gold and silver and precious things. When the old woman, who was as
greedy as she was cross, saw all the riches displayed before her, she
changed her scolding strain, and could not contain herself for joy.
"I'll go and call upon the sparrows, too," said she, "and get a pretty
present." So she asked the old man the way to the sparrows' house, and
set forth on her journey.
Following his direction, she at last met the tongue-cut sparrow, and
exclaimed: "Well met! Well met, Mr. Sparrow! I have been looking
forward to the pleasure of seeing you." So she tried to flatter and
cajole the sparrow by soft speeches.
The bird could not but invite the dame to its home; but it took no pains
to feast her, and said nothing about a parting gift. She, however, was
not to be put off; so she asked for something to carry away with her in
remembrance of her visit. The sparrow accordingly produced two baskets,
as before, and the greedy old woman, choosing the heavier of the two,
carried it off with her. But when she opened the basket to see what was
inside, all sorts of hobgoblins and elves sprang out of it, and began to
torment her.
But the old man adopted a son, and his family grew rich and prosperous.
What a happy old man!
The story is from here
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