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Story No 4 - The Man Who Boasts This is a story of a man who loves boasting about himself and he doesn’t realize that boasting is not necessary for life. A man named John lived by himself. He always enjoyed traveling around the world. One of his neighbors comes by to see him after he returns home from his trip. As he sees his neighbor, he starts to boast about his adventurous experience. He describes everything he did on his trip. He mentions the different people he met and how knowing so many people made him popular. Until here it was okay that he said so many nice things about himself. Further, he started to exaggerate saying no one in the world would have gone a long way as he did. He had a choice to stop at that but he continued saying that there were people who could prove that whatever he spoke was true. As he crossed all his boundaries of exaggeration, another neighbor who overheard the conversation said, “Oh good man, we do not need any witnesses to believe your words. Imagine this place to be Rhodes and leap for us”. Between Baby And Mother Camel This story is about a mother and baby camel’s conversation. The mother camel confidently answers all the baby’s questions except for one and her little one gets her to realize something important that never crossed the mother camel’s mind ever. It was a sunny day at the zoo. The baby and mother camel got free from their work, they began chatting. The baby camel started to ask her mother a few questions. What were they? This left the mother camel surprised and she didn’t have an answer to give to her little one. This realization was important for the mother camel. Learning It is good to work hard, focus on improving our strengths, knowledge, and skills. However, in the end, what truly matters is to be in the right place and use those skills appropriately. After what the other neighbor said, John was ashamed and had nothing more to boast about or even utter the next word for that matter. He kept calm and moved away from the place. Learning When we do good or enjoy, it is not at all necessary to boast about it. Besides being judged, people would lose faith in us. Thus, it isn’t necessary to over-share all good things with people. Story No 5 - The Conversation JANUARY 2020 | WWW.WISHESH.NET