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You Reap What You Sow

• Shaylea Strinati-kerr, Grade 8

One Day this charity worker called Mitchel went to the richest man in the valley called Dominic’s house and knocked on the door. He knocked and knocked. Finally, just when Mitchel was about to give up, the heavy door opened and a man walked out and looked down on the charity worker and started to turn around and head back inside the extravagant mansion of a house “Wait!” yelled Mitchel. Which stopped Dominic in his tracks. “What do you want?” He asked in an arrogant voice. “We…I mean I was sent here to ask if you would make a donation to our charity?” Replied Mitchel. “Why should I do that? I was never helped by anyone to get to the top of my career!” Dominic exclaimed with the slightest hint of resentment and regret in his voice, that seemed to grow louder and louder as every word came forth from Dominic’s mouth, until it sounded like he was close to exploding from all the bottled up emotion in him. Mitchel just stood there, staring at the man’s retreating back, as he entered his heavy door and was gone from sight. Leaving him to staring into the dark wood of the door. Then Mitchel, unable to believe what had just occurred started to leave with mixed emotions of regret, anger and most of all…confusion. Questions began to run through his head. So fast it began to hurt. “How could the richest man in the area just walk way?” “Why would he do that?” Though, the question that that plagued him was. “Why was there so much resentment in the very few words the he had uttered?” Later that very day, Dominic had an epiphany; he was standing in a clearing, many, many years later in life. There were many different kinds of people in the clearing, from all different backgrounds. One by one the people started to fade into a bright white light until there was only him. Once he was alone he wondered why he hadn’t been taken with the others into the light. Then a figure with wings came down from the light, the person was oddly familiar, them Dominic realized it was the charity worker who had been by his house earlier. Dominic asked the man. “Why was I not taken with the light like the others?” “The others” replied the man. “Had given all they had, and therefore where welcomed into heaven. While you never gave a moment in your life, so you will not be coming through heaven’s doors.” And with that Dominic was vanished into darkness. After he had awoken the dream continued to plague him. So he went to the charity and gave his money. Many years later when Dominic did actually die, he did not see the charity worker but a much older looking man, much like his father. Who said the two words that Dominic had always wanted to hear from his father. “Welcome home.”

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Jisha Rajesh

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You Reap What You Sow

Nandu and Chandu were friends since their childhood days. They lived close to each other in their small village of Devapura. They were both farmers and their farmlands were close to each other. As their friendship grew they decided to do farming together. As other members of their respective families were friends too, they all used to live like one big happy family. By the corner of their farmland, they had cultivated vegetables and fruits as well. They used to go on the night vigil together in order to protect their fields from stray animals. They were happy to spend those dark, cold nights in each other's company and kept themselves entertained by telling stories and cracking jokes with each other. After harvesting, they went to the market together for selling the cereals and vegetables and then divided the money equally among themselves. And in this way, their friendship grew even close.

One day Chandu's brother-in-law, who was a farmer living in the adjacent village, came to visit him. He told Chandu about the chemical fertilisers and pesticides which can be used to increase the productivity and prevent the loss of crops due to insects and pests attack. And the increase in crop production means increased flow of money into his kitty. Chandu liked the idea very much. He had absolutely fallen for it and even started dreaming of becoming rich. After his brother-in-law has left, he called Nandu and discussed the idea with him. Nandu was alarmed when he came to know about it.

"Don't you know how harmful they are!" He said in utter disbelief, "We are farmers Chandu. We provide food for the people and not venom. And don't forget we also eat a share of what we are cultivating."

"Don't be an emotional fool Nandu," Chandu shrugged casually, "everybody is using these things to increase productivity and make more money. As for us, we will cultivate cereals and vegetables separately for our family using bio-manure. And we will be safe."

Nandu stared at him in utter disbelief with a widely gaped mouth.

"Think of it Nandu," Chandu's mean eyes fixed themselves on him, "Don't you wish to give your family a luxurious life. Don't you want to give your kids better education and a bright future. We need money for all that!"

"Of-course, "Nandu nodded, "I do wish to do so, but not by serving death in the form of food."

"Fine!" Chandu burst out, "you can do what you wish to, but on your land. I am going to do what I have already decided."

"What?" Nandu said in a teary voice, "are you going to break all bonds with me? How could you do so, Chandu? How could you be so mean?"

"I will definitely do what I feel is right. And if you don't find it worth accepting then you can leave."

"Okay," Nandu said as he drew a deep breath, "but don't forget one thing Chandu - you will reap what you sow!"

With these last words the friends walked out on each other. Chandu brought huge sacks of chemical fertilisers and mixed them deliberately with the soil of his land. His productivity multiplied by many times that year and his crops were being envied by the whole village. His vegetables grew larger than their usual size owing to the effect of the fertilisers and fetched him more money as they weighed more. And in this way, within a few years Chandu became the richest man in the whole village. He was now addressed by the villagers as Lord Chandrashekhar Iyyer. Nandu and his family continued the old agricultural practices and hence had to satisfy with a meagre income. But Nandu was proud of himself that he didn't do anything wrong, out of greed.

They grew old as years passed by and their children grew up. Nandu went to invite Chandu for his daughter's marriage but had to face sneer contempt. Chandu strictly instructed his family members not to take part in the marriage of the daughter of a "poor farmer". On his son's wedding, Chandu didn't even card to invite Nandu who lived so close to him.

Two more years passed and it was the first birthday of Chandu's grandson. Everyone was busy with the preparation of the celebration. And hence, no one noticed when the baby crawled out of the house and went to the store in the backyard. The store was full of numerous sacks of poisonous chemical fertilisers. As the baby was hungry and all others were too busy to feed him, he pulled open one of the sacks. He saw white coloured powder spill down on the floor near him. His eyes glowed out of pleasure as he thought it was sugar. The baby happily ate it all.

When it was time to cut the cake, everyone enquired for the baby. They searched every nook and corner of the enormous bungalow but there was no sign of him. As they were thinking of reporting to the police, they saw the door of the store room lying ajar. They all rushed into it, at once. But it was too late by then. They all burst out crying as they found the baby lying dead on the floor due to poisoning.

At that very moment, Chandu realised his mistake. He ran back to Nandu and fell on his feet. Nandu pulled him up, hugged him and shed a few tears himself out of the grief of losing the innocent baby.

"You were right Nandu," Chandu said sobbing on his shoulder, "today I have reaped what I have been sowing all these years!"

Afterwards, Chandu never made use of poisonous chemicals to grow crops. He used only the biomanure. They both started farming together once again and were happy like those good old days.

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• As you sow so Shall you Reap Essay

As You Sow, So Shall You Reap Essay

“As you sow, so shall you reap” is a known proverb to everyone. This proverb has great significance in our life. It means as the action is, so is the result. Actions decide the consequences. The word sow means to plant a seed, and reaping means enjoying the crop when the seed has grown. It means whatever seeds you plant, you get the fruits of the same tree only. This in-depth means whatever you do comes back to you. If you do good things to people, you will be rewarded with good things, and if you do bad to others, then bad things will come back to you. This ‘As You Sow, So Shall You Reap’ essay will help students to understand the meaning of this proverb with the help of a story.

Students can also go through the list of CBSE Essays on different topics. It will help them to improve their writing skills and also increase their scores in the English exam. Moreover, they can participate in different essay writing competitions which are conducted at the school level.

500+ Words As You Sow, So Shall You Reap Essay

If you sow an apple seed, you can’t expect to harvest oranges. The law of karma operates in the same way. So, you should be aware of what you are doing. Most people live life unconscious of their thoughts, deeds and actions without thinking of the consequent effect. Due to this, they get pain in their life. Below is a short story that will help in understanding the “As you sow, so shall you reap” proverb in a better way.

Short Story on As You Sow, So Shall You Reap Proverb

If you read the great Epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, you may come across many examples of the proverb “As you sow, so shall you reap”.

In Ramayana, Kaikeyi, the youngest of the three wives of King Dasaratha, postulates the exile of Lord Rama. She reminded the king about his promise. She asked to send Lord Rama to the forest for fourteen years and her son Bharat to be crowned as the heir apparent for Ayodhya. Following the orders of the father, Rama leaves for the forest. He is also accompanied by his wife Sita and the most beloved brother Lakshmana. The wider ramifications of this incident lead to the untimely demise of the King, Dasaratha. Also, Bharat refuses to become the king of the Ayodhaya. Kaikeyi loses in the game. Her husband dies in the grief and sorrow of his son Rama, and her own son Bharat also leaves her. Manthara, the hunch-backed maidservant and close aide of Kaikeyi, is also abhorred by one and all. This shows that the proverb “As you sow, so shall you reap” is true.

We get good or bad fruit according to our good or bad deeds. If the action is based on goodness, it will churn out only goodness in the long run. If the action has been evil, the outcome also tends to be evil.

Students must have found this “As You Sow So Shall You Reap” essay useful for improving their essay writing skills. They can get the study material and latest update on CBSE/ICSE/State Board/Competitive Exams, at BYJU’S.

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