Morals for Children and Young
Story no. 24: Visiting the sick grandmother
Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Taqi were playing with each other in the
compound of the house. Minu, who was busy in the vegetables and flowers
of the garden, asked “Any news from grandma?”
Muhammad Ali said “Why, what’s the matter?”
She said “It has been 3 days since she’s ill. Won’t it be nice if we
visited her and ask her health, maybe she is in need of food, water or
medication”.
So the children went to visit her together. When they went there they
saw her sleeping in her bedroom, but said “salaam” and seated themselves
rather far from her bed. She got up and said “Minu dear, I’m really very
thirsty”.
Minu went and brought her a glass of water. After drinking it, their
grandma said “I wasn’t well but I’m alright now that you visited me”.
The children said “Grandma, may god make you and all the other sick
people healthy”.