100 Moral Stories

THE DEVOTED MOTHER
A mother duck and her little ducklings were on their wayto the lake
one day. The ducklings were very happy following their mother and
quack-quacking along the way.
All of a sudden the mother duck saw a fox in the distance.She was
frightened and shouted, “Children, hurry to thelake. There’s a fox!”
The ducklings hurried towards the lake.
The mother duckwondered what to do. She began to walk back and
forth dragging one wing on the ground.
When the fox saw her he became happy. He said to himself, “It seems
thatshe’s hurt and can’t fly! I can easily catch and eat her!” Then he rant-
owards her.
The mother duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake. The fox fol-
lowedher. Now he wouldn’t be able to harm her ducklings. The mother
ducklooked towards her ducklings and saw that they had reached the
lake. She was relieved, so shestopped and took a deep breath.
The fox thought she was tired and he came closer, but the mother duck
quickly spread her wingsand rose up in the air. She landed in the middle
of the lake and her ducklings swam to her.
The fox stared in disbelief at the mother duck and her ducklings. He
could not reach them becausethey were in the middle of the lake.
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Dear children, some birds drag one of their wings on the ground
when an enemy isgoing to attack. In this way they fool their enemies
into thinking they are hurt.When the enemy follows them this gives
their children time to escape.
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Chapter
19
MENTALLY RETARDED!
A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all
physically ormentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the
100-yard dash.
At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish
to run therace to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who
stumbled on theasphalt, tumbled over a couple of times, and began to
cry. The other eight heard the boy cry. Theyslowed down and looked
back. Then they all turned around and went back… ..every one of them.
One girl with Down’s syndrome bent down and kissed him and said,
“This will make it better.”Then all nine linked arms and walked together
to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood,and the cheering went
on for several minutes. People who were there are still telling the story.