The Boy and the Trees

Once there was a little boy and his father who loved to go on walks. One day they were walking through the forest and the little boy saw some men cutting down trees. In the forest there were lots of different types of trees, and the ones the men were cutting down were large, green trees. The boy asked his dad why they were cutting down the trees and his father told him that they were using the trees to make paper and pencils. The boy and his father continued to stroll and eventually came upon more men cutting trees. However these men were cutting down much smaller, newer ones that the boy had seen them cut before. When he asked his father his father only replied, "They are cutting down the little trees so that the larger ones have more space to grow". Now the little boy was confused because if you are a big tree the men would cut you down, and if you were a little tree the men would still cut you down so you were not safe anyhow. When the boy told his dad about this, his dad said, "You are right, son. If you are in a forest one way or another you will get cut down. The only way is to stay as far from danger as you can. in other words, if you were a tree, try to grow somewhere more public, like a park, and there is less chance you will get cut down." The End

The Boy and the Fireflies

Once there was a boy who was very poor but very smart. One day his parents decided to let him go to school, and he was overjoyed. However, as he was very poor he didn't have electricity and so it was terribly hard for him to read by his studies. Of course he wasn't going to give up school, not after his parents had worked so hard to get him into it. He thought of a way to get light without using electricity, and soon came up with one. He went outside and caught some fireflies. He put them in a jar and read by their light. After that he used their light every night, and he never needed again to use anything other than that.The End

The Deaf Man

Once there was a deaf man who liked to be 'in the crowd'. One day he and his friends were telling jokes, and soon it was his turn to tell one. Now, as you will learn, he can speak, but cannot hear. As this was so he could not even hear himself. The joke he told was funny, so all his friends laughed. When he saw them laughing, he didn't want to be left out, and so he, too, laughed. Now his friends knew he was deaf, so they stopped laughing. Then they asked him in sign language, "Why are you laughing? You cannot hear". The man replied, "You are all laughing. Why can't I laugh?". His friends replied,"Can you hear?". The man, seeing their gestures, had to admit he didn't. So his friends told him, " Then don't laugh." After that, the man understood and never did anything foolishly again.The End

The Man and the Camel

Once there was a man who received a camel for his birthday. One day the camel died, and the man was overjoyed, partly because he didn't have to feed it, and partly because he could shave it to make a warm coat for the winter. He began to shave the camel, but in a few minutes his blade was blunt, as the camel's skin was quite rough. He went upstairs to sharpen his blade. After ten or so times of this, he decided to call his friends over, and together they worked very hard to carry the camel upstairs to where the blade sharpener was , instead of simply carrying the light blade sharpener downstairs where the camel was, and so the men were all very tired. In the end the man who owned the camel barely had enough strength to finish shaving it. The End

Moral:1. If two solutions will have the same result, do the easier one.