Lazy Student

Once upon a time there
was a teacher and holy
man in the city. He had
many students.
One day these students
went into the forest to
gather firewood. One of
them came upon a tree
with no leaves. he
thought, "How lucky I
am! This tree must be
dead and dry, perfect
for firewood. I will take
a rest for a while ,
when the others are
busy searching the
woods. I will climb this
tree and break off
branches for firewood
later.
After a while all the
other students began
carrying their bundles of
fierwood back to
pathsala. On their way
they passed the
student who was
sleeping. They wake
him up and said, "It's
time to return to our
teacher."
The lazy student woke
up and rubbed his eyes.
He climbed up the tree.
He began breaking off
branches and found
that they were not dry
at all. While he finished
gathering his bundle of
green wood. Then he
carried it back to
pathshala, running to
catch up his friends. He
was the last one back,
and threw his bundle on
top of the rest.
Meanwhile they had to
attend religious
ceremony. It was to be
held the next day at a
nearby village. The
teacher told his
students, "This will be
good training. Eat an
early breakfast
tomorrow moring. Then
go to the village."
The students awoke
early the next morning.
They awakened the
college cook and asked
her to prepare
breakfast. She went
out to get wood. She
picked up the top bundle
of the lazy man's green
wood. She brought it
and tried to start her
cooking fire. But even
though she tried to
blew it, she couldn't get
the fire. The wood was
too green.
When its too late and
there was no fire for
cooking breakfast. So
they went to their
teacher.
They told him, "A lazy
student slept while we
all worked. He climbed a
tree and gathered only
green wood and threw
it on top of the wood
pile. This was picked up
by the college cook. And
now it's too late to go
to the village."
The teacher said, "Lazy
man causes trouble for
everyone."