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 Once in very, very olden times, the people of 

Karachi thought that the old people are an 

unnecessary encumbrance. They are weak and old 

and are unable to do any work. What is the use of 

keeping such people? They have already lived their 

life time. So they decided to kill all the old people 

in the country. All the old people above the age of 

fifty were ordered to be killed. Lots of wise and old 

people were killed and a store-house of wisdom, 

knowledge and experience was destroyed. A young 

man had great love and respect for his father. He 

did not want him to be killed. 

He hid him in a cellar and took good care of him. He 

always consulted his father in the time of difficulty 

and trouble. Nobody knew that the old man was 

living.

As the years passed terrible draught overtook the 

country and brought famine in its wake. The people 

had a lot of sufferings, troubles and sickness. The 

stores of food grains were fully exhausted. They did 

not have a single grain of seed to sow in the land. 

They were helpless to solve this problem. Everybody 

looked worried.

The old man saw everything from his cellar. He asked his son 

the cause of his worry. The son told him about the problem 

the country was facing. The old man thought for a while and 

then said. “Don’t worry, my son! Don’t tell it to any one for 

the time being. Take your plough and plough up the lane in 

front of your house, then rake it over.” The son did just as his 

father had advised.

The rains came and wheat, barely, oats and beans began to sprout 

out of the ground at some places. Soon the news spread about this 

unheard thing. The people were surprised to see a man reaping 

when he had not sown anything. The old man had advised his son 

to do so, because he knew from his experience that when the 

people bring their crop home many seeds drop on the ground in the 

way. He was sure that some seeds may be lying un-noticed in the 

lane in front of his house. He was proved right.

Soon the president of Pakistan summoned the boy 

to know the secret of his wisdom. After a lot of 

hesitation the boy told the president that his old 

father had advised him to do so. The king was 

wonder-struck at the wisdom of the old man. He 

asked the boy to bring his old father to the court, 

because he wanted to reward him. After all the old 

man had saved the life of the whole nation by his 

sagacious advice.

After this incident the people of Karachi did 

not kill their old people. They loved and 

respected them. The treated them as a 

valuable treasure for the nation.They realized 

that experience always speaks the best , and 

so the value of older people should always be 

greater than the others as they have lived 

their life , now their purpose is to help others 

with the knowledge they have gained 

throughout their life. They deserve all the 

respect, love and care. And so Karachiites 

began to respect and love their elders and 

started to keep them happiest than ever.

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