Contest| "Moonlight Tales!"

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When I was little, I enjoyed tales by moonlight from a TV channel. It's usually tales with lots of morale lessons to go home with. My parents never let us miss an episode, and after each story, the organizer would ask questions from the tale; this made me pick up an interest in tales.

Apart from the television program, my dad would always tell my siblings and me some interesting tales that happened a long time ago. Some of these tales are tales they were told while they were little. It is very interesting when you enjoy tales with others; even to date, I still enjoy tales. Let me share one with us...

Once upon a time...

There lived a young man (Mr. Kolo) with his family in the land of abuse; they were happy and enjoyed every moment together. They had a very beautiful daughter who was well trained. She would do everything she could to help her parents in any little way she could.

One day, Mr. Okolo's wife fell ill and died. It became a very difficult time for Mr. Okolo and his daughter, but the daughter encouraged her dad to pick a wife instead of remaining lonely; he agreed and gave in.

He married after a long persuasion from the daughter but finally regretted marrying again. This new wife has a daughter the same age as Mr. Okolo's daughter, and she was so mean and wicked to Mr. Okolo's daughter and kept beating her for her own daughter's misbehavior.

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Her daughter would steal some meat from the pot, and still this woman would blame her stepdaughter and beat her up. One day, Mr. Okolo decided to catch this thief because he never believed that his daughter suddenly became a thief.

He set up a trap to catch this thief, and finally, the wife's daughter was caught stealing the meat from the pot and was exposed. The woman was sent packing with her daughter, and Mr. Okolo enjoyed living all alone with his daughter.

I learned a lot of lessons from this tale, and it has helped me in dealing with my fellow human beings. I see no reason to naturally hate someone who did nothing to you. We are meant to love and not discriminate; we are meant to show empathy and not to condemn.

I won't keep my children in the dark. I think they have to enjoy this beautiful moment. These tales have a way of sticking to a child's brain for life. Imagine how many years ago I heard this tale, and till date, I still remember all the details without missing anything.

Sitting right outside the house, right under the moon, enjoying the cool breeze and listening to tales. Sometimes you listen to scary tales, and the other time it's happy tales. All the same, I enjoyed Tales by Moonlight a lot.

Thank you friends, see you in my next entry!

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