Inspirational Short Story about Life and Happiness | Learn English Through Story
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2021
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Learn English Through Story: Reading in English is one of the most effective ways to improve language skills.This video is a story about life and happiness. The 99 Club is an inspirational short story that teaches a valuable lesson about satisfaction, happiness and content in our life.
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Once upon a time, there lived a King who despite his luxurious lifestyle was neither happy nor content.
One day the King had woken up earlier than usual to stroll around his palace. He entered his huge living room, and came to a stop when he heard someone happily singing away. Following this singing, he saw that one of the servants was working and singing happily.
The happiness of a common man fascinated the King. Why was the ruler of the land with all the luxuries, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly peasant had so much joy in his life? The King asked the man, “Why are you so happy?”
“Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies. My wife and children are content with whatever little I bring home. I am happy because my family is happy."
Hearing this, the King dismissed the servant and summoned his Personal Assistant to his chamber.
The king was not satisfied with the man’s answer. Later in the day, he sought the advice from one of his most trusted advisers hoping that he will be able to find out the reason behind the servant’s contentment.
The adviser listened attentively and came to a conclusion. He said, “Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club."
“The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" inquired the King.
The adviser replied, “Your Majesty, to understand what ‘the 99 Club’ is you first need to place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it on the man’s doorstep.”
That very same evening, the King arranged for 99 Gold coins to be placed in a bag at the servant's doorstep.
After a tiring day, the man was returning back to his house when he saw a bag on his doorstep. He took the bag into his house and opened it. He let out a great shout of joy. He could hardly believe it. He called his wife to show her the coins.
He began to count all the gold coins. He realized that there were 99 coins and he thought it was an odd number so he counted again and again only to come to the same conclusion ... 99 Gold Coins.
Finally exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection with the 100th coin.
He got up the next morning, in an extremely horrible mood, shouting at the children and his wife. He went to work as usual, but not in his usual cheery mood. He stopped singing while he worked and only thought about getting the 100th coin to complete his collection.
The king witnessed the drastic transformation in the man and was puzzled. The king asked the advisor why the man wasn’t happy and satisfied anymore. The advisor replied, “Your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99 Club.'
He continued, "The 99 Club is just a name given to those people who have everything but yet are never contented, therefore they are always working hard and striving for that extra one to round it out to 100!"
We have so much to be thankful for and we can live with very little in our lives, but the minute we are given something bigger and better, we want even more! We can be happy and content with a little in our lives. The moment we desire to get bigger and better, we forget to appreciate what we already have and enter the world of discontent and unhappiness. We lose our sleep and our happiness. We distance ourselves with the people we love while striving for better. That’s what joining The 99 Club is all about.
Hearing this, the King decided that from that day onwards, he was going to start appreciating all the little things in life.
It’s not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
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My grandfather told me this story in hindi and now I tried to convert it in English but I can't but because of this video I can do this . I need to convert this story in English for my school magazine . Thank you 👍
Welcome! glad it's helpful
Understandable reading. Please read slowly.
Nice history :) i like that :)
Thanks