spring

A little thing, a little ring, its welcome came to be; a silent thanks for sensing spring soothing as a melody it passes over every being calling its quiet whisper: Wake up tomorrow and the sun shall glisten on.

The Old Man and the Archer

Once , long ago,there was a great and famous archer.He loved most to show of his skills when he was practicing, and he could stand two hundred steps away from the target and hit the bull's eye.One day, a wise old man was taking a stroll when he discovered a large crowd gathering near a fence and he decided to see what was going on.He pushed his way to the front, saying "Excuse me," whenever he bumped into someone or something.When he got to the front he saw an archer shooting arrows. He walked up to the archer and demanded to know why he was making everyone watch him.The archer replied, "That's because I'm so good." The old man argued, "Even if your skills are impressive, you don't have to brag about it." The archer asked as he shot another arrow,"Well, if you say that, what can you do?".The old man said,"I am an oil vender, or someone that pours oil. I can pour oil without spilling a single drop." Now the archer thought,"What kind of use is that?",but he only said,"Show us."So the old man took out a jar and a coin with a hole in the middle about as small as a square that sides add up to 2.1 centimeteres and poured oil through it from about one and a half meters high and he did not spill a single drop in ten tries.He was impressive.Even the archer clapped.Then the old man said,"So you see, if you just keep practicing and never brag, you'll be even better at what you're already good at".From then on, the archer never bragged and he could then shoot the bull's eye from a thousand steps away.The End

Moral:1.Practice hard.2.Don't brag while you're at it.

The boy and the arrows

Once upon a time a time there was a boy who shot arrows from only ten inches away from his target.As this was so, of course every time he shot, he always hit the bull's eye dead centre. Now, he was a very selfish little boy and always bragged to his friends that he could hit the bull's eye every time.One day while he was bragging to his large group of friends, an old man walked by, and being tinterested in the conversation, he asked the little boy,"Why are you bragging?".The little boy replied,"Every time I shoot an arrow, I always hit the bull's eye dead centre."The old man thought for a moment and said,"Oh, is that so?Then why don't you show us your amazing skills?", he asked gesturing to the large group of boys.The selfish little boy did so.He mounted his arrow, stood ten inches away from his target and all his three tries hit the bull's eye.The wise old man stroked his beard and said, "Boy, stand one hundred feet away from the target and shoot." The boy shot three times, three times he missed.The old man chuckled and said laughingly,"you see?You are not as good as you claimed you were.You chose too easy a target."The End

Moral:1.Aim higher.2.Don't brag.

The boy and the orange

Long ago, there lived a boy and his poor family.They didn't have much to eat, and the boy hadn't tasted lots of foods before.One fine day, his rich friend invited him to his birthday party.The little boy asked his parents if he could go.They said yes, so he went.When he got there, he thought, "Oh no!I didn't bring him a present!" So he apologized, and his friend forgave him."You can come anyway", he said.The little boy played lots of fun games and a lot of different foods he hadn't ever tried before.The most delicious food to him was an orange ball called an orange.He secretly hid one in his shirt pocket, as he had no pockets on his pants.Afterward, he bowed Chinese manner to his friend and the orange fell out of his shirt pocket.His friend's parents saw it and asked if he wanted more.But the little boy only replied,"I don't want any.I just want to take one to my family because they have never tried it before." Now his friend's parents praised him and gave him many more to take back to his family.The End

Moral:1.Respect your family.2.If you respect them,you'll be happy you did it.