0:02 Once upon a time there lived a man in a
0:05 small village. He was very worried about
0:08 his son. His son was lazy and careless.
0:11 He never worked. He just wandered here
0:14 and there in the village all day long.
0:16 One day the man decided to teach his son
0:20 a lesson. He called his son to him. He
0:23 said gently, "Son, there is a watch kept
0:26 inside the cupboard. Bring it to me."
0:29 The boy went and opened the cupboard. He
0:31 took out the watch and came back to his
0:33 father. The father looked at the watch
0:36 and then said, "Now take this watch to
0:39 the market. Ask everyone you meet how
0:41 much they think it is worth." The boy
0:43 nodded and went to the market with the
0:46 watch. He showed the watch to different
0:49 people. One man said it was worth 500
0:53 rupees. Another said 1,000. Someone else
0:56 said 800. Everyone gave a different
0:59 price. Some people even gave the same
1:03 price, but no one agreed completely. The
1:06 boy came back home and said, "Father,
1:08 everyone told me a different price for
1:12 the watch." Some said 500, some said
1:16 800, and some said 1,000. The man smiled
1:19 and said, "All right, put the watch back
1:22 in the cupboard." The next day, the man
1:24 called his son again. He asked him to
1:27 bring the same watch. The boy brought it
1:29 and gave it to his father. Then the
1:31 father said, "Now go to the market
1:34 again. This time don't ask the price of
1:37 the watch. Ask people the price of the
1:40 time inside this watch." The boy was
1:42 confused. He didn't understand what his
1:46 father really meant. Still, he obeyed
1:48 and went to the market again. He asked
1:50 the people he met, "How much is the time
1:53 inside this watch worth?" People looked
1:56 at him strangely. Some laughed at him.
1:59 Some told him to go away. Some said,
2:02 "What a foolish question." The boy felt
2:05 embarrassed and sad. Finally, he stopped
2:07 at a small shop where an old man was
2:10 working. The old shopkeeper was busy
2:12 repairing watches. When the boy asked
2:14 him the same question, the old man
2:17 paused his work. He looked at the boy
2:20 with a kind smile. He understood what
2:22 the boy was trying to ask. He said
2:26 softly, "Son, you cannot put a price on
2:28 time. You can give millions of rupees,
2:31 but you cannot buy back even one second
2:34 of your life. That is why you must use
2:36 your time wisely." The boy listened
2:40 carefully. The old man continued, "Time
2:42 has one bad thing and one good thing.
2:45 The bad thing is it passes. The good
2:49 thing is you can choose how to spend it.
2:51 Everyone in this world has 24 hours in a
2:54 day. The rich and the poor both. The
2:56 difference is how they use those hours.
2:58 The boy's eyes filled with
3:01 understanding. Something changed inside
3:04 him. He thanked the old man and went
3:06 home quickly. He told his father
3:08 everything that had happened in the
3:11 market. The man smiled with pride and
3:14 placed his hand on his son's shoulder.
3:18 From that day on, the boy's life changed
3:21 completely. He started working hard. He
3:24 began using his time wisely. He stopped
3:27 wasting his days wandering around. He
3:29 understood the real value of every
3:32 moment. Friends, time is free for
3:35 everyone. But it is priceless. You
3:38 cannot buy it, but you can use it. You
3:42 cannot keep it, but you can spend it.
3:44 Once it is gone, you can never get it
