Tales of Wisdom

That is (picture) a senior high school English text book and it has so many good stories, I enjoy reading it then I decide to share some awesome stories to you. Hope you enjoy and take a pleasure for some minute ahead.

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The Man, The Boy, and the Donkey

This is an old story, but it teaches us something that is still true today.

One day, a wise man said to his young son, "Come with me and i will show you something." The father got onto his donkey and told his son to walk behind him.

On the road, some people pointed at the man and said, "Look at that man. Why doesn't he let the boy ride the donkey?" The man and the boy heard this, and so they change places. The boy rode and the man walked.

A few minutes later hey passed some other people. The people pointed and said, "Look at that boy. How can he ride while his old father walks?" So, the man got onto the donkey with the boy.

Then they passed some other people, who said, "That poor little donkey can't carry two people. They're too heavy." So they got off the donkey and they both walked. 

They walked through a village, and people laughed at them, saying, "Look at those two fools! Why do they walk when they have a donkey?"

The man and the boy thought, and then the man said, "We've tried walking and we've tried riding. Let's try carrying it." So they carried the donkey, and all the people in the village laughed at them, saying, "Look! They're carrying the donkey! They're mad!"

Finally, they put the donkey down, and the man said to his son, "This is a lesson for you, my son. In this life, you can never please everyone."

my favorite:

A Famous Cherry Tree

There is a famous story that Goerge Washington chopped down a cherry tree when he was a boy. When his parents asked if he chopped down the tree, he told them he did it. He said he couldn't lie to them. Our dialogue tells the same story, but in a different way.

Mother: Goerge, come here!

Goerge: I'm coming, Mother.

Mother: I can't find the axe. Did you see it?

Goerge: Yes, it's in my room.

Mother: Why is it there?

Goerge: I used to chop down the tree.

Mother: What tree?

Goerge: The cherry tree in our back yard.

Mother: Don't tell me you chopped down our cherry tree!

Goerge: Yes, I did.

Mother: Why?

Goerge: For fun.

Mother: How come! Your father is going to be angry with you.

Goerge: No, he won't.

Mother: He certainly will! He planted that tree when he was a boy.

Goerge: But I will tell him some other kid did it.

Mother: That's a lie! Goerge, you can't lie to your father.

Goerge: Gee, Mother! Do I always have to tell the truth?

Mother: Of course, you do!

The Officer

Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles, who was rich and had no children of his own, died and left Dave a lot of money. So, he decided to set up his own real estate agency.

He found a nice office, bought some new furniture and moved in. He had only been there for a few hours when he heard someone coming towards the door of his office. 

"It's my first costumer!" he thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended to be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and expensive house in the country.

The man knocked at the door while this was going on, came in and waited politely for the agent to finish his conversation. Then he said to him, "I'm from the telephone company, and I was sent here to connect your telephone."

Take It to The Zoo

It was a quiet day. Suddenly, a police officer heard a scream. She ran around the corner. She couldn't believe her eyes. There was a man with a huge lion on a leash. 

"Hey, you!" she said. "You can't walk around the streets with a lion. Take it to the zoo!"

"Okay, officer. I just wanted to show Baby the town." The man opened the door of his car and the lion jumped in. The officer stood and stared as the man drove off in the direction of the zoo.

The next day, the police officer saw the same man and the lion again. "Hey, you!" she said. "Come over here! And bring that lion with you!" The man brought the lion over to the officer. 

"What's the problem, officer?"

"Problem? I told you yesterday to take that lion to the zoo!"

"Oh, I did, officer. I took Baby to the zoo. He enjoyed it very much. But today, I'm taking him to the movies!" 

Which one is your favorite? 
No one?:D  Hey you are awsome