by Ellen C. Babbitt
There once was a very kind and gentle elephant named girly-face. He never hurt anyone. One night, a band of robbers were outside of where girly-face sleeps and they woke him up talking about all they were going to do. They talked about how they must be cruel and show no mercy and harm others. Girly-face listened to this and thought that he was being taught to be like that. The next morning he killed his keeper and a few other men. Finally a wise man explained that girly-face must have heard someone talking about this kind of behavior and they all realized it was because of the robbers. So to counteract this, they sent a group of good men to sit outside one night and talk while girly-face listened. They talked about how they must never do any harm to others and girly-face learned from what they said and went back to being a good elephant for the rest of time. I think the moral of this story is that it is important to be conscious of those who you surround yourself with. It is easy to become influenced by those around you, in good ways and in bad ways.
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| Girly-face the elephant, Source:free stock photos |
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