The Greedy Milkman Story in English _ Stories for Teenagers _ @EnglishFairyTales

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00:00Once upon a time, in a small village, lived Henry and his wife, Gloria.

00:06Henry was a milkman.

00:09Together, the husband and the wife owned a cow shed.

00:13The couple used to take care of all their cows.

00:16They fed them good hay and nursed them well.

00:21Due to this, Henry and his wife, Gloria,

00:26Due to this, all of Henry's cows would produce excellent quality of milk.

00:32Everybody in the village would only buy milk from Henry.

00:37Henry and Gloria earned well and led a good life.

00:41But despite of that, Henry was not happy.

00:45He always dreamt of buying a big house and expensive clothes.

00:50I saw a big house on the outskirts of our village.

00:54We should buy that.

00:56We can get a very expensive car and many servants to serve us.

01:01We will wear the most expensive clothes.

01:04And all these poor villagers will be jealous of us.

01:09This greed will take you nowhere.

01:11We earn enough and we should be happy with what we have.

01:15How can you be happy?

01:17How can you be happy in this small house?

01:20In this cow shed?

01:22Oh, the smell of these cows is just too much.

01:27But this is our livelihood.

01:29Not for long.

01:31Mark my words.

01:33Someday, I will be the richest man in this whole village.

01:40Each day, as Henry went to sell milk,

01:43the villagers would praise him.

01:45Henry, this milk is so good and healthy.

01:49You must be taking such good care of your cows.

01:53Oh, yes. Yes, I do.

01:56But not for long.

01:58Once I become rich, I will sell all those cows.

02:02I don't like that smell in my house.

02:06But these cows are your livelihood.

02:09You shouldn't complain about your work.

02:12You shouldn't complain about your work.

02:15It helps you survive.

02:17I sell eggs for a living.

02:19That is a smelly job, too.

02:21But I don't mind it.

02:23That's my work.

02:25Well, well, well.

02:27Then maybe you were meant to sell eggs.

02:30But I am meant to do bigger things.

02:33To buy expensive items and expensive clothes.

02:38This greed will take you nowhere, my friend.

02:41The sooner you understand that, the better.

02:45Bah! I've wasted enough time here.

02:48All the best with your little smelly eggy business.

02:53Goodbye.

02:58Henry was in a hurry to earn more money.

03:01He would often try to find a way to become rich.

03:05That's it? This is very less.

03:08How do I sell more milk?

03:10There has to be some way.

03:14My cows are all healthy.

03:17I can push them to give us more milk.

03:20Also, this is a small village.

03:23Even if I get more milk, who will I sell it to?

03:28Wait. I can go to the neighboring village.

03:32There are many families there.

03:36But then I will have to buy another cow.

03:39And right now, I don't have enough money for that.

03:43No. I have to do something.

03:46I will buy a bigger house.

03:49Let's see.

03:50I don't have enough money to buy another cow.

03:53But then I have to increase the quantity of milk.

03:57How do I do that?

04:00As he walked ahead, he came across a river.

04:04Finally, overwhelmed with greed, Henry had an idea.

04:09How about I mix a little water in the milk?

04:14That way, I won't have to buy another cow.

04:17At the same time, I will be able to sell milk to the neighboring village.

04:23Oh, this is a brilliant idea.

04:26Nobody would notice if I add just a little water in it.

04:33And that's what Henry did.

04:35The next morning, Henry began to fill his containers with milk.

04:40But this time, he only filled them half and left.

04:44He then stopped at the river and added a little water in it.

04:48That day, just like always, the villagers happily bought milk from Henry

04:53and paid him the same amount.

04:55Due to the added water, there was more milk left with Henry

04:59which he sold in the neighboring village.

05:02That night, Henry was very happy.

05:05This is great!

05:07If I carry on like this, I will become very rich soon.

05:13He was right.

05:14Days passed and Henry was now richer than before.

05:18He bought a car for himself and renovated his house.

05:22He was so used to adding water to the milk

05:25that he didn't think of buying another cow even once.

05:29As the demand for milk increased, so did the water in it.

05:34This went on for weeks.

05:36But then the villagers began to notice.

05:39There was chatter in the village about the new watery milk.

05:44Wanting to know the truth, a few villagers gathered outside Henry's house.

05:50What's the matter?

05:52Henry, we have some complaints about the milk you sell.

05:56It tastes like water.

05:59What? How dare you say that?

06:02We pay for milk, Henry, not water.

06:05You can't fool us anymore.

06:07Nothing has changed.

06:09You all cannot appreciate the goodness.

06:12I work really hard.

06:14Go buy from somewhere else if you don't like it.

06:18I don't need you.

06:21I have many other villages who love the milk I sell.

06:27Henry darted inside the house and slammed the door.

06:31The villagers were shocked at Henry's rude behavior.

06:36Something isn't right.

06:38I agree. We have to find out.

06:41They all planned to find out the truth.

06:45The next morning, Henry, as usual, walked towards the river.

06:49He opened his half-filled containers and filled water in it.

06:53But little did he know that he was being watched.

06:59How dare he?

07:01This is not fair.

07:03This is how he is getting richer.

07:06He has the same number of cows and yet he is selling milk to so many families.

07:13The villagers understood the whole thing

07:16and decided to teach the greedy milkman a lesson.

07:20The next day, Gloria went to the market to buy pulses.

07:25That night, as Henry came back from work, they both sat down for dinner.

07:33What is that?

07:35Did you cook the stones?

07:38Stones? No, these are pulses.

07:42No, they are not.

07:45I don't believe this.

07:47The vendor sold you small stones along with the pulses.

07:52How dare he? I will go see him tomorrow.

07:56That night, Henry and Gloria went to bed on an empty stomach.

08:02Henry angrily went to the vendor the next morning.

08:06What did you sell us?

08:08We didn't pay for stones. We paid for pulses.

08:11Go buy from somewhere else if you don't like it. I don't need you.

08:16Henry angrily went back home.

08:19After a while, he went out to buy a dozen eggs.

08:23When he came back home and tried to break them,

08:26he realized that ten of the twelve eggs were rocks.

08:30He was furious.

08:32What did you sell me?

08:34I paid for eggs, not rocks.

08:39The same way that we paid for milk and not water?

08:43Go buy from somewhere else if you don't like it.

08:47I don't need you.

08:50Henry left angrily.

08:52The next day, he bought a silk shirt.

08:56On his way home, it began to rain.

08:59Water washed away all the color of his shirt.

09:03When he reached home, he realized the shirt was not made of silk, but of jute.

09:09This went on for a few days.

09:12Each time Henry went out to buy something,

09:15he would come home with something different.

09:18I am tired of this. Why can't they sell us the right thing?

09:23They are fooling us. This isn't fair.

09:27Henry was so busy thinking about himself and his greed

09:31that he didn't realize he had done the same thing with others.

09:35Over time, even the neighboring villages began to complain.

09:40Slowly, everybody stopped buying milk from Henry.

09:45With no money left to spend,

09:47Henry began to sell off items which he had bought out of selling low-quality milk.

09:54Now Henry was a poor milkman.

09:57He had only a handful of cows left

10:00and only a few houses which he could sell milk.

10:04Now you realize what you have done.

10:07Your greed is the reason we are poor.

10:09Had you continued to sell good milk the way you used to,

10:13we could have bought a bigger house and expensive clothes someday.

10:17All you had to do is keep patience and continue working hard.

10:22I agree, Gloria. I should have listened to you.

10:26I didn't just lose my money.

10:29I also lost respect and trust of the people.

10:36Henry continued to sell milk and tend to his cows.

10:40He knew now how dangerous greed can be.

10:43He had learned his lesson.

10:45From that day on, he never added water to the milk

10:49and stayed happy with what he earned.

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