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H\u0130S GRANDFATHER was working on the field at daytimes. Dealing with the soil was a job he was doing for years. He has missed him. When his school is closed down a vacation, he went to his grandfather. With the morning ezan (call for prayer) they woke up and went to the field. He always found it enjoying to be alone with the nature. They worked together till the noon. When the sun reached to the top they gave a break to take breath and eat. They sat under the shadow of a tree started to eat what they brought from their home.<\/p>\n
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His grandfather asked: \u2018What do you see?\u2019 pointing a little further.<\/p>\n
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He answered: \u2018A stone.\u2019<\/p>\n
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\u2018What else?\u2019<\/p>\n
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\u2018It looks like a millstone.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Then he stacked a dry piece of branch to the ground asked: \u2018What do you see now?\u2019 <\/p>\n
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\u2018A rod which is stacked to the ground\u2019<\/p>\n
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He could not understand why his grandfather was asking these but he enjoyed it. It looked like a game.<\/p>\n
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This time he asked: \u2018Is there any difference between them?<\/p>\n
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\u2018Of course, one of them is a rod, other one is a stone.\u2019<\/p>\n
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\u2018Isn\u2019t there any other difference? Look closer.\u2019<\/p>\n
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He could not understand what his grandfather tried to tell. He shook his head in the meaning of \u201cNo\u201d.<\/p>\n
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His grandfather removed the rod and stacked it next to the stone. Then he asked again:<\/p>\n
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\u2018Is there a difference now?\u2019<\/p>\n
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What he could only see was the shadow of the branch. He said: \u2018The rod has a shadow.\u2019<\/p>\n
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His grandfather said: \u2018Yes, it has a shadow but the stone doesn\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Still, he couldn\u2019t understand what his grandfather wanted to tell him. <\/p>\n
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He said: \u2018My son, always choose the ones which have shadows and fruits. The ones which don\u2019t have any shadow are not good for himself and for others. Don\u2019t give any value to those who are lying like this stone\u2019<\/p>\n
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He started to understand the issue as his grandfather started to tell his experiences depending on years.<\/p>\n
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He said: \u2018Don\u2019t forget. You can only benefit from the ones which have shadow. There is no benefit from the ones which are close to dunya (the world). Always stay away from the things which are not useful. The benefit is above. Both shadow and the fruit come from there.\u2019<\/p>\n
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With the last shines of the sun, they stopped working and started to go home. He thought about the things that his grandfather told him.<\/p>\n
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Watching the sunset\u2026<\/p>\n
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