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    The document contains 5 short stories with morals: 1) The story of the boy who cried wolf, whose lies caused the villagers to ignore his real cries for help when he was attacked by a wolf. The moral is not to abuse kindness and help from others. 2) The story of a baby camel asking its mother why camels have useful traits like humps and feet, but remain in zoos. The moral is your strengths are useless if not in the right place. 3) The story of a foolish donkey that plays a trick to make its salt bag lighter, but suffers when the same trick is played with a cotton bag. The moral is luck doesn't always favor tricks.

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    The document contains 5 short stories with morals: 1) The story of the boy who cried wolf, whose lies caused the villagers to ignore his real cries for help when he was attacked by a wolf. The moral is not to abuse kindness and help from others. 2) The story of a baby camel asking its mother why camels have useful traits like humps and feet, but remain in zoos. The moral is your strengths are useless if not in the right place. 3) The story of a foolish donkey that plays a trick to make its salt bag lighter, but suffers when the same trick is played with a cotton bag. The moral is luck doesn't always favor tricks.

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    The document contains 5 short stories with morals: 1) The story of the boy who cried wolf, whose lies caused the villagers to ignore his real cries for help when he was attacked by a wolf. The moral is not to abuse kindness and help from others. 2) The story of a baby camel asking its mother why camels have useful traits like humps and feet, but remain in zoos. The moral is your strengths are useless if not in the right place. 3) The story of a foolish donkey that plays a trick to make its salt bag lighter, but suffers when the same trick is played with a cotton bag. The moral is luck doesn't always favor tricks.

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    The document contains 5 short stories with morals: 1) The story of the boy who cried wolf, whose lies caused the villagers to ignore his real cries for help when he was attacked by a wolf. The moral is not to abuse kindness and help from others. 2) The story of a baby camel asking its mother why camels have useful traits like humps and feet, but remain in zoos. The moral is your strengths are useless if not in the right place. 3) The story of a foolish donkey that plays a trick to make its salt bag lighter, but suffers when the same trick is played with a cotton bag. The moral is luck doesn't always favor tricks.

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    1.

    The Boy Who Cries Wolf


    Once upon a time, there was a young shepherd
    boy living in a village. Every day, the boy would take
    his flock of sheep to a nearby hill. One day, the boy
    felt bored and decided to play a prank on the
    people of his village. "Wolf...Wolf!" he cried out as
    loud as he could.
    Listening to his cries for help, the villagers
    rushed to help. And, when they came close, he
    began laughing. When the villagers understood that
    the boy had fooled them, they were very angry.

    However, the boy lied again a few days later.


    This time too, the villagers warned the boy before
    returning to the village.

    A few days later, the villagers heard the boy's


    cries for help once again. And, this time, it was for
    real. However, the villagers were tired of being
    laughed at and didn't think that the boy was really in
    trouble. So, they ignored his cries for help. And, the
    wolf killed and ate all his sheep.

    The moral of the story is do not laugh at the


    kindness and helpfulness of people, they might not
    always offer it.
    2. The Camel and the Baby

    One day, a baby camel was chatting with her


    mother. She asked, "Mother, why do we have
    humps, round feet, and long eyelashes?"

    The mother explained, "Our humps store water.


    This helps us survive long journeys in a desert
    where there is no water. Our round feet allow us to
    walk comfortably on sand. And, our long eyelashes
    protect our eyes from dust and sand."

    The baby camel remained silent for some time


    and then asked, "Mother, why do we stay in a zoo
    even when we are blessed with so many qualities?"

    The moral of the story is your skills and


    strengths are of no use if you are not in the right
    place.
    3. The Foolish Donkey
    A salt seller used to carry the salt bag on his
    donkey to the market every day.
    On the way they had to cross a stream. One
    day the donkey suddenly fell and the salt bag also
    fell into the water. The salt dissolved in the water
    and hence the bag became very light to carry. The
    donkey was happy.
    Then the donkey started to play the same trick
    every day. The salt seller came to understand the
    trick and decided to teach a lesson to it.
    The next day he loaded a cotton bag on the
    donkey. Again it played the same trick hoping that
    the cotton bag would be still become lighter.
    But the dampened cotton became very heavy
    to carry and the donkey suffered. It learnt a lesson.
    It didn’t play the trick anymore after that day.
    The moral of the story is luck won’t favour
    always.
    4. The Greedy Lion
    It was an incredibly hot day, and a lion was
    feeling very hungry.
    He came out of his den and searched here and
    there. He could find only a small hare. He caught
    the hare. “This hare can’t fill my stomach,” thought
    the lion.
    As the lion was about to kill the hare, a deer
    ran that way. The lion became greedy. He thought,
    “Instead of eating this small hare, let me eat the big
    deer.”
    He let the hare go and went behind the deer.
    But the deer had vanished into the forest. The lion
    now felt sorry for letting the hare off.
    The moral of the story is a bird in hand is worth
    two in the bush.
    5. Two Friends and the Bear
    Vijay and Raju were friends. On a holiday they
    went walking into a forest. Suddenly they saw a
    bear coming at them. They became frightened.
    Raju, who knew all about climbing trees, ran up
    to a tree and climbed up quickly. He didn’t think of
    Vijay. Vijay had no idea how to climb the tree.
    Vijay thought for a second. He’d heard animals
    don’t prefer dead bodies, so he fell to the ground
    and held his breath. The bear sniffed him and
    thought he was dead. So, it went on its way.
    Raju asked Vijay, “What did the bear whisper
    into your ears?” Vijay replied, “The bear asked me to
    keep away from friends like you,” and went on his
    way.
    The moral of the story is a friend in need is a
    friend indeed.

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