00:01A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits.
00:07The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden.
00:11Stopping suddenly, he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there.
00:16The youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it out.
00:21The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant.
00:25The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.
00:29Now pull out that one, said the old man pointing to a bush.
00:34The boy had to use all his strength to pull it out.
00:37Now take this one out, said the old man, indicating a guava tree.
00:43The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out, but it would not budge.
00:47It's impossible, said the boy, panting with the effort.
00:51So it is with bad habits, said the sage.
00:54When they are young, it is easy to pull them out, but when they take hold, they cannot be uprooted.
01:01Possession with the old man.
01:03Change the boy's life.
01:06Moral.
01:06Don't wait for bad habits to grow in you.
01:09Drop them while you have control over it.
01:12Else they will get control of you.
