A short story on don't count your chickens before they hatch
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Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
Meaning: It is an idiom which means we should not be too confident that something will be successful, because it may still go wrong.
Once upon a time there lived a carefree and complacent young man named, Jagu. He had high dreams but low actions. He often dreamed and boasted that one day he will amaze the world with his feats. His father was a very wise man. He wanted to put some sense in him. He wanted to instil in him that if he wanted to be successful, he must work for it. So, he made a plan to teach hi lesson.
He took the help of a fortuneteller. He sent him to Jagu. The fortuneteller said to Jagu. “I am a famous fortuneteller; I know something big is going to happen in your life on the first day of the next month. Take this flower and keep it with you.”
Jagu was quite excited to get the flower from the fortuneteller. He went home and told the incident that success was coming his way. He will prove it to the world on the first day of the next month. He told all his friends and relatives.
Everyone was curious to see as to what would happen on the first day of the next month. The most excited person was Jagu himself.
The night before the first day of the next month he could not sleep. And the next morning as he woke up, he found the day to be as normal as the other days had been. No news of any success came. The day came and just went ordinarily. Jagu became quite dejected.
At the right time his father came and told Jagu, “Success does not come with dreaming and predicitons, you have to work hard and win it and create it. Go out, and create your own success with efforts.”
Jagu learnt the lesson and stopped counting his chickens before they were hatched.
The Lottery ticket
Suman bought a lottery ticket for the first time in his life, that morning. The winning prize was 5 lakhs rupees. He noted that the draw date was a day later and was excited at the very thought of getting all the money, even if he had to pay part of it as tax.
He then went home, instead of going to work and sat down to make a list of things he would do, with the money. The Kawasaki bike he would buy, the list of places he would visit and so the list went on. He felt restless and went to the Kawasaki bike showroom. On the way back, he stopped at a couple of Travel Agents’.
Suman could not sleep that night and kept tossing and turning.
Next day though, he went to work, his mind elsewhere. In the evening he rushed to the lottery agent’s office to check the draw result. It was put up on a bulletin board. He checked, rechecked and then checked again a third time, but could not find his number. He asked the agent, who shooed him away. Dejected and tired, Suman walked home.
Moral: Don’t count your chicken before they hatch.