Patience and Courage Raghu was very excited and happy to present a beautiful necklace to his mother with his first salary. He was on his way home from the jewelry shop when he decided to take the shorter route home crossing the paddy fields. The thought of his mother’s reaction overwhelmed Raghu, he once again took out the necklace to admire its beauty. The necklace shone in the sunlight, it sparkled and this blinding light reflected by the necklace made Raghu lose his balance. He dropped flat on the field. As he recovered himself and got back to his feet, he noticed that he was no longer holding the necklace. He looked around in vain and finally he noticed a sparkle coming from one of the ditches in the field. As he walks towards the ditch he finds the necklace but to his shock, there was a snake sitting in the same ditch! Raghu was very nervous and did not know how he should retrieve the necklace. He instantly starts throwing stones hoping that the snake would slide out...