Three Sacks of Rice

Summary 

This story is about three brothers. Following the death of their father, a single mother raised all three children. All three boys were nice and hard-working. The eldest one ran a shop, the middle one was a priest, and the youngest one just finished his education and started to look for jobs as well. 

One day, one of their father's friends came and asked their mother about getting his daughter married to one of the sons. He already had a plan in mind, so he told their mother about his plan, and she agreed. 

So the father's friend went to meet all the three sons, and he told them I am giving you this sack of rice, and I am going out for a few months. Can you please take care of it for me? The friend went away for over a few months, and then he returned, which was almost a year.

He went to visit the eldest brother. First, the eldest brother told him about the rice, saying it had been lying to him for a while, so he was worried about it getting spoiled. So, he sold the rice and gave the uncle the money he got for the rice.

He went to visit the middle one next. The middle one said that he was worried about the rice getting spoiled, too, so he gave it to the poor, and they all prayed for him. He said that he was willing to pay for the rice. The friend said no, the blessings of the poor were more than any amount of money.

He last went to meet the youngest son, who told him he used the rice and that he went to the farmer with whom he works. He asked him to give him some spare land, and he asked him for paddy. He made one bag of rice in 25. He kept five bags aside for his friend, gave him a small amount of money and said, I would like to keep a good amount of money for all the hard work he put in. The father smiled and said he had found his son-in-law.