A shepherd boy watched over his sheep near a village. Bored, he cried 'wolf' to trick the villagers into coming to his aid. They rushed to help but found no wolf. He did this several times for fun. Then a real wolf came. When he cried for help, the villagers thought it was another lie and didn't come, and the wolf ate some of his sheep.
Once upon a time, a young shepherd boy was looking after his sheep close to a village. He was feeling a bit bored and mischievous. So, he decided to play a trick on the villagers. He yelled 'wolf' at the top of his lungs. The villagers, being kind-hearted, immediately rushed towards the field where the boy was. But, much to their dismay, there was no wolf. The boy found this so amusing that he repeated this prank a few more times. The villagers were getting angry and frustrated. Then, one day, a real wolf actually came. The boy was terrified and shouted for help. However, the villagers, believing it was just another one of his lies, didn't come to his rescue. Sadly, some of the sheep were eaten by the wolf.
A boy was looking after sheep. He got bored and cried 'wolf' to trick the villagers into coming. They came but there was no wolf. He did this several times. Then a real wolf came, but when he cried for help, the villagers thought he was lying again and didn't come to help.
There was a young boy looking after a flock of sheep. To amuse himself, he shouted 'wolf' while there was no real wolf around. The concerned villagers rushed to help him. But they found out he was lying. He repeated this false alarm a few times. Eventually, a real wolf showed up. By then, the villagers had had enough of his lies and ignored his cries for help, and the wolf attacked the sheep.
The moral is that lying repeatedly makes people not believe you even when you are telling the truth. Just like the shepherd boy who kept crying wolf for fun, and when the real wolf came, no one believed him.
A boy sees a beach full of starfish washed ashore. He starts picking them up one by one and throwing them back into the ocean. When told he can't possibly save them all, he says that it matters to the ones he does save.
Sure. There was a boy on the beach where there were many starfish stranded on the sand. A man saw the boy picking up starfish and throwing them back into the ocean. The man told the boy that there were so many starfish, he couldn't possibly make a difference. But the boy picked up another starfish and said as he threw it back, 'It made a difference to that one.'
There was a boy who met a lion. They became friends somehow. And then they had adventures together, helping each other out along the way.
There is a story about two wolves inside a person. One is good, with positive qualities, and the other is bad, with negative traits. They are constantly at war. Which wolf wins depends on which one the person feeds more. If the person makes good choices and feeds positive thoughts and actions, the good wolf will be stronger.
Once upon a time, a boy saw a bunch of delicious - looking cashew nuts. He was really attracted to them. His eyes lit up and he thought about having all of them for himself. So, without much thought, he reached out to grab all the cashew nuts together. But his hands couldn't hold them all properly, and they all slipped through his fingers. He watched in dismay as the cashew nuts fell to the ground, and he was left empty - handed. This simple story tells us that sometimes, when we are too greedy or impatient, we can lose what we want.
Sure. A boy used to play with an apple tree when he was young. As he grew older, he came back to the tree at different times asking for things. First, he wanted money, so the tree gave him its apples to sell. Later, he wanted a house, and the tree let him cut its branches. Eventually, when he was old and just wanted a place to rest, the tree offered its trunk. It's a story about the relationship between the boy and the tree which is very touching.
On a beach, a little boy noticed many starfish that had ended up out of the water. He decided to take action. He started to pick up starfish, one at a time, and put them back into the ocean. A person nearby told him that he couldn't possibly save all the starfish, so his actions were futile. But the boy simply said that the starfish he was saving mattered. This story shows the power of individual action and the importance of not being daunted by the scale of a problem.