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    Rama asked his monkey army to build a bridge to cross the sea. Thousands of monkeys worked tirelessly carrying large rocks. A small squirrel also wanted to help and carried pebbles from the shore to drop in the sea. The monkeys laughed at the squirrel's small contribution. However, the squirrel insisted on helping with love in his heart for Rama. When the monkeys threw the squirrel, Rama comforted it and blessed it with three white stripes on its back, showing that all help, no matter how small, is appreciated when given with love.

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    Rama asked his monkey army to build a bridge to cross the sea. Thousands of monkeys worked tirelessly carrying large rocks. A small squirrel also wanted to help and carried pebbles from the shore to drop in the sea. The monkeys laughed at the squirrel's small contribution. However, the squirrel insisted on helping with love in his heart for Rama. When the monkeys threw the squirrel, Rama comforted it and blessed it with three white stripes on its back, showing that all help, no matter how small, is appreciated when given with love.

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    Rama asked his monkey army to build a bridge to cross the sea. Thousands of monkeys worked tirelessly carrying large rocks. A small squirrel also wanted to help and carried pebbles from the shore to drop in the sea. The monkeys laughed at the squirrel's small contribution. However, the squirrel insisted on helping with love in his heart for Rama. When the monkeys threw the squirrel, Rama comforted it and blessed it with three white stripes on its back, showing that all help, no matter how small, is appreciated when given with love.

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    Rama asked his monkey army to build a bridge to cross the sea. Thousands of monkeys worked tirelessly carrying large rocks. A small squirrel also wanted to help and carried pebbles from the shore to drop in the sea. The monkeys laughed at the squirrel's small contribution. However, the squirrel insisted on helping with love in his heart for Rama. When the monkeys threw the squirrel, Rama comforted it and blessed it with three white stripes on its back, showing that all help, no matter how small, is appreciated when given with love.

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    The Story of the Squirrel

    From Ramayana
    INDIA

    Ram asked his army to build a bridge over the sea. Work began at once on a stone bridge. The
    monkeys pulled out rocks and heavy stones from the mountains and carried them to the sea.
    They cut them into shape and began to build the bridge. All this was very difficult work and it
    took a long time. Thousands of monkeys worked night and day. Rama felt happy. “How hard
    they work! Their love for me makes them work like this,” thought Rama.
    One day Rama saw a small brown squirrel. He was going up and down the seashore with little
    pebbles in his mouth. The little squirrel could carry only little pebbles at a time in his
    smallmouth. He carried the pebbles from the seashore and dropped them into the sea. A great
    monkey was carrying a large heavy stone on his back and the squirrel came in his way. The
    monkey jumped back.
    “Here, you little thing,” shouted the monkey in a voice like thunder, “you’re in my way, I
    stepped back and you’re alive now. But I nearly fell. And what are you doing here?”
    The little squirrel looked up at the great monkey.
    “I’m sorry you nearly fell, Brother Monkey,” he said in his small voice, “but please always
    look where you are going. I’m helping Rama build the bridge. And I want to work hard for
    him.”
    “You, what?” shouted the monkey and laughed aloud. “Did you hear that!” he said to the other
    monkeys. “The squirrel is building a bridge with his pebbles. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I’ve never
    heard a funnier story.” The other monkeys laughed too.
    The squirrel did not think this funny at all. He said, “Look, I can’t carry mountains or rocks.
    God gave me only a little strength. I can only carry pebbles. My heart cries out for Rama and
    I’ll do all I can for him.”
    The monkeys said, “Don’t be foolish. Do you think you can help Rama? Do you think we can
    build a bridge with pebbles? He has a big army to help him. Go home and don’t get in our
    way.” “But I want to help, too,” said the squirrel and would not go.
    He carried the pebbles again from the shore to the sea. The monkeys were angry and one of
    them picked up the squirrel by his tail and threw him far away.
    The squirrel, crying out the name of Rama, fell into his hands.
    Then Rama held the squirrel close to him. He said to the monkeys, “Do not make fun of the
    weak and the small. Your strength or what you do is not important. What matters is your love.
    This little squirrel has love in his heart.”
    He then held the squirrel closer to him and said, “Little one, your love touches my heart.” He
    said these words and passed his fingers gently over the little squirrel’s back. And when he put
    him down there were three white stripes on his back. These were the marks of Lord Rama’s
    fingers.
    From then on the squirrel carries the three white stripes on his back.

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