wilderness. The father said: "Son! Are you taking me to abandon me in the cold. At least give me a blanket."

His young son was also with him. He said to his grandfather: "Granddad, I will bring a blanket for you."

When the child brought the blanket, the disobedient son saw that the blanket had been cut in half and he only brought half of it. That disobedient son asked his own son, "Why did you bring half a blanket?"

He replied, "I brought half for him, and when you get old, I will have to abandon you somewhere too, so I will give you the other half then."

The disobedient son wept as he understood that what he was about to do to his father today, his own children would do to him tomorrow.

As you sow, so shall you reap

It is narrated that a son grew tired of his father. He put his father in the car and planned to push him into the canal once they reached its bank. When he reached the bridge of the canal with his father, the father understood and said: "Son! Not here. Go a little further, where the water is deep, and push me from there".

The son said: "What are you saying?"

The father replied: "I also pushed my father from this very spot."

"What you are about to do to me today, I also did to my father, and now I am facing its consequences."^[1]

This world is a place of recompense for deeds. Children who respect their father will, in turn, be respected by their own children later on.

If you see children kissing their father's hand somewhere, go and ask the father whether he honoured and respected his own father, and he will