Desire to get more than all the rest

Desire to get more than all the rest

By

P.R.Ramachander

(Story not mine but related in Tamil  by my friend sri Vasu Iyengar. Thanks to him)

One very rich billionaire   announced .

“I am going   to distribute all my wealth ,

Free    to all those    who come to the beech,

As much as   every one   wants,

With the first come   , first  served basis.”
And an ocean like    crowd assembled there,

Every one  fighting   to be   first in the crowd.

Unable   to control   the crowd fighting  with each other  ,

To be the  first  , he again  announced,

“The first  person in queue would get ,

Only one    rupee   of my wealth.

And every man behind would get  double,

Of the man just in front   of him,

And within   minutes   the beech  ,

Was emply of   persons  because  ,

Every one   was driving   as far away  ,

As possible from   the billionire.