Perseverance story: A fathers final lesson to his sons about work skills

There once was an old man in a small town that everyone knew and respected because of his work ethics and work skills. When the old man died he left everything he had to his three sons.

The oldest one got the house, the middle one got the cow, and the youngest one got an axe and a pair of gloves. The oldest son settled in the house, the middle one started trading milk, and the youngest one started earning his bread and butter with the axe and the gloves as he was not left with anything else.

Many years passed. The house of the oldest son looked as messy as its landlord. The cow of the middle son as lazy as its owner. The gloves and the axe, on the other hand, hadn’t stopped working for a minute. They erected cities, constructed bridges, built dams, raised mills. The younger son earned his money, so he bought his own house and his own cow.

The other two brothers thought that the axe is bewitched, so they decided to steal it. They tried working with it, but it didn’t seem right. Apparently, they thought, the axe doesn’t work all by itself. So, they stole the gloves as well. Once again nothing. The youngest brother didn’t mind losing the gloves and the axe. Being a skilled worker, he just went out and bought a new axe and a new pair of gloves. And he started working once again, merrily, while singing a song.

The brothers finally understood it wasn’t the axe and it wasn’t the gloves. It was the younger brothers work skills. So, the older brothers decided to start training their own skills to become as successful as their little brother was.