The Crying Stone
In a small village, a girl lives with her mother. The girl is very beautiful and everyday she puts make-up and wears her best clothes. She doesn’t like to help her mother work in a field. The girl is very lazy.
One day, the mother asks the girl to accompany her to go to the market to buy some food. At first the girl refuses, but the mother persuades her by saying they are going to buy new clothes. The girl finally agrees but she asks her mother to walk behind her. She doesn’t want to walk side by side with her mother. Although her mother is very sad, she agrees to walk behind her daughter.
On the way to the market, everybody admires the girl’s beauty. They are also curious. Behind the beautiful girl, there is an old woman with a simple dress. The girl and her mother look very different!
“Hello, pretty lady. Who is the woman behind you?” asks them.
“She is my servant,” answers the girl.
The mother is very sad, but she doesn’t say anything.
The girl and the mother meet other people and again they ask who the woman behind the beautiful girl. Again the girl answers that her mother is her servant. She always says that her mother is her servant every time they meet people.
At last, the mother cannot hold the pain anymore and She prays to God to punish her daughter. God answers her prayer. Slowly, the girl’s leg turns into stone. The process continues to the upper part of the girl’s body and the girl is very panicky.
“Mother, please forgive me!” she cries and ask her mother to forgive her but it’s too late. Her whole body finally becomes a big stone. Until now people still can see tears falling down the stone. People then call it the crying stone or batu menangis.
Because usually in the morning you are in a rush, maybe breakfast is the last on the list of your priorities or maybe it isn’t there at all. Breakfast is a very important meal that your body needs. In order to make breakfast give you power and strengths it has to be rich in sugar and low on fats. A proper diet must be firstly equilibrated. This is why you need a tasty and nutritional breakfast but mostly a healthy one. The breakfast aliment that is key for mornings and has all these qualities is cereal.
Why do cereals make the perfect breakfast?
Breakfast cereals are made from corn and rice most times and they are the optimal solution for every morning. Cereals have a rich content of vitamins like vitamin A, C, the whole complex of B vitamins, minerals like iron, magnesium, copper ,phosphor and zinc and anti-oxidants as well and cereals are an important source of calcium. They provide an adequate quantity of calcium for any age, and vitamin D that has a very important role in helping the calcium be absorbed by the organism. Cereals have a low quantity of saturated fats, but a high quantity or unsaturated fats, substances good for the organism.
The fibers in cereals have a huge role in everyone’s health.
Heath in a bowl
Because they are an aliment so rich in fibers, minerals and nutritive substances, cereals for breakfast are ideal mornings. You will start your day in a tasty way and they will provide you with the necessary energy and power to get through the day. Their benefic effect is immediate, but there is also one that is seen on a long term. Getting used to eating cereals for breakfast helps you watch over your weigh and helps you maintain your health.
Some dangerous diseases that cereals protect you from are: heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, intestinal affections, even cancer. So, if you make a habit out of eating cereals is as if you were making a long term investment for your health.
For those of you that want to start the day with a smile on their face, cereals are definitely the best option.
