Sasha Mansor And The Scorks Summary

Basic Principles of Life

Have you ever wanted something, or wished for something, and then when you received the object or whatever it may be you realized that it was not in fact what you wanted. The story that I am going to touch base on is a prime example of the saying, "Be careful what you wish for." The story is called "Sasha, Mansor, and the Storks.
The story is about a ruler, Sasha, who is a great person, and is loved by all of his people, except one. Kashenor was an evil wizard who wanted to replace Sasha with his own son. Kashenor after many days of thinking came up with an evil plan to remove Sasha from his throne. He told him that if he sniffs a black powder and says a magic word he can turn into any animal he like, and to turn
back into a man he bow three times and then repeat the word. The catch to event was that he could not laugh while in the animal stage because he would then forget the word forever and never be able to turn back into a man. So Sasha decided to take the offer, and become a stork with his best friend Mansor. Once they were storks they were having so much fun flying and seeing other animals that they completely forgot about the catch and they started to laugh. Once they realized this they decided to go to a tomb to pray and there they found another victim of Kashenor's tricks. It was an owl who originally was the King of India's daughter. For her to become human again she must marry some one, so they made a deal. If the owl helped them become humans they would marry her. They snuck up on Kashenor bragging to one of his friends, and they overheard the magic word, Mutabor. Instantly they bowed and said the word, and they were humans again. Then Sasha married the owl, which turned out to be a beautiful princess after all. They then executed Kashenor, and tortured his son the imposter, and they pretty much lived happily ever after.
That is a summary of the story of "Sasha, Mansor, and the Storks." I believe that this story is one that should be more populated in the United States. We have all of the famous fairy tales, that still teach great morals, but I think that this would be a great story to teach to little kids. I think that it would make some people less greedy and start to think about what they really want. I also think that it would be cool is some one would make this story into a movie, like Cinderella, or The Beauty and the Beast.
I believe that there is more than just one principle that is supposed to be taught by this story.
I think that to be careful what you wish for may be the main lesson, but there are at least three others. My favorite on would have to be that you cannot be some who you are not. Kashenor and his son tried to get rid of the ruler, and make them selves the rulers. They in return got them selves tortured, and killed because they were trying to be people, and do things that they could not do. Another one that they show here is "If you rub my back I'll rub yours" when the owl knew how to the magic word from Kashenor, she told them she would help them but only if they would help her. This benefited both victims, which just goes to show that you cannot be selfish, and that teamwork will take you to the top. Another principle that I would like to talk about is "You must always be aware of your surroundings." If Sasha would have been paying attention, and not gotten carried away with being a stork he would have saved himself a whole lot of trouble. If he would of just had in his mind to remind himself not to laugh as an animal he could have remembered the magic word and just gone back to his town and busted Kashenor right away for being an imposter. The last two principle that I would like to touch base on are "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." And "Do not take people for granted." If Sasha would have paid attention to his only enemy, Kashenor he would have noticed that
that was him playing a trick on him, and he would have never gotten himself into such a large predicament. This principle kind of goes with being a ware because you always have to be aware of your enemies, they are usually trying to get the advantage on you where ever they can. If Sasha would have not taken Kashenor for granted, he would have been prepared, because Kashenor did tell Sasha that he would get even for kicking him out of the palace. If someone can take all of these principle from just reading one little fairy tale and apply them to real life, I think that they will have an advantage on many people and it will be much easier for them to succeed in life. If one can apply just these basic principles, and keep practicing these it will be much easier for that person to be able to apply more complex principles to their life, and it will be easier for them to be able to notice when there is a principle available for them to apply to life. One thing that I find amazing is that how simple it is to find some great basic principles in life. Just in this one story I found six, so sometimes you just have to look at what is right in front of you to find the answers. All you have to do some times is just think out side of the box and learn to actually apply what you have learned rather than just putting to the back of your mind.