Write a story that ends with the saying "cut your coat according to your clothes"
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This proverb advises to cut and stitch the coat according to the cloth available in hand also warns that the size of the coat should not exceed the piece of the cloth in hand. Or else the coat will be unfit to wear or the cloth will become wasted, being not able to make a wearable cast. It is necessary for everyone to make a proper plan before one begins to put any task into practice. A person who spends more than his income will soon fall into trouble. He has to face the financial problems and hardships and thereby mental agony. So this proverb instructs to live within our means and resources. Those who do not know to make both ends meet would suffer much and their lives would become miserable. Thus harmony and proportion are very much essentials for income and expenditure.
Some people are showy in life in order to make others to think that they are sophisticated and rich. Seeing others being rich and great one should not imagine oneself like them. One must build a castle on the ground… not in the air… with a strong foundation…that too within his means and ability so as it should stand last long. When building is constructed the base must be very strong to bear the weight of the whole building. If one does something without knowing his limitation he will soon repent his action. If a person spends more than one’s income, he will have fall in some or the other peril. So this proverb we should spend money according to our income and resources.
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Cut your coat according to your cloth.
How Shambaru learned the bitter truth
Story by: Selie Visa
Shambaru lived in a village were the main occupation was cultivation. Because of the fortunate location of his land, irrigation was good. With a few cows and buffaloes, he would prepare the fields for sowing. During harvest, the quality and the quantity of his produce surpassed all other villagers. The villagers never stop commenting how lucky he was. The village community belongs to the middle class. But over the years it became the general idea that Shambaru was more well off than the rest of the villagers.
The story goes that one day Shambaru saw a luxury car passing his village. It actually might have been any ordinary car because luxury cars don't come to those remote parts.
Seeing the car changed him drastically. He started to give up traditional garments and opted for costly western clothes. With his new lifestyle, his little savings in the bank also started decreasing. Shambaru was still unsatisfied because he thought that without a car he would never look like a rich person. He went to the bank and took a heavy loan and bought the car. Driving around in his new car he felt excited. He was turning heads everywhere he went in his car. Some elders of the village warned him about cutting the coat according to cloth. But he paid little attention.
But soon reality struck and he realised his great blunder. The bank demanded the installments of the loan. He didn't have any money to pay the installments. The bank took back the car and even his house. With no saved money in the bank, he cannot start a new beginning because the money he saved was meant to purchase seeds at very low rates offered by the government.
This story of Shambaru teaches us that we should cut the coat according to our cloth.