@NGOENYI CONTEST #13|| YOUR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD STORY AND THE LESSONS|| 50 STEEM PRICE TO BE WON|| 10% TO @STEEMKIDSS by @patience90

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INTRODUCTION

Special thanks to @ngoenyi for yet another interesting contest to share my favorite childhood story and the lessons.
The title of my story is The Greedy Lion and the Wise Tortoise

The Greedy Lion and The Wise Tortoise

Once upon a time there was a greedy Lion who was very strong, boastful, arrogant and always claim no one was like him.
Therefore, anytime the other animals got either a piece of land or had a bumper harvest, the greedy Lion snatches everything from them because he was stronger and the animals always hide their achievements from him because of fear.
One day the wise Tortoise tricked the Lion.
He walked as slowly as his short legs could carry him and off he went to the Lion's house and called.
Lion! Lion! The strongest of all.
The Lion answered arrogantly and asked what brought the slowest animal to his house.
Then the Tortoise said, Lion today I have seen someone stronger and bigger than you and that infuriated the Lion and he demanded to see the animal right away to challenge him to a fight.
The wise Tortoise took the Lion to a Well he found deep in the forest and asked the Lion to look inside.
And behold the arrogant Lion looked into the Well and lo, he saw another Lion that was as big as he was.
And out of anger, the Lion said I will jump inside to get you because as he was roaring, so the Lion in the Well roared and yet he refused to come out of the Well and the arrogant Lion decided to jump in to fight his supposed enemy and boom! It fell inside the Well and realized it was his reflection he was fighting all the while.
While struggling inside the Well, the Tortoise was laughing at him outside and refused to help the Lion out.
That was how the arrogant Lion struggled and drowned. The other animals became happy and free again after throwing a party for the Tortoise for his wisdom.

What are the lessons learned from that story?

I have learned some lessons in that story which are:

• One should not be greedy to snatch from the vulnerable
• Always think before taking any action in the case of the Lion jumping into the Well
• We should be wise not to fall victims of tricks
• Always keep your success stories to yourself because the enemy will want to destroy it
• Be friendly to others no matter your status in the society.

How did you learn the story or who told you the story?

I learned this story in primary 3 which was narrated by my class teacher Mr. Vincent Ashiki and as an adult, I came across it again in a children story book.

At what age did you learn the story?

I learned this story at the age of 9.

CONCLUSION

There are so many stories we heard during our childhood that are stuck to our brain and we also share to the younger generation.

Cc: @ngoenyi
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Best regards
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