Do you know your right hand from your left?

How many of you know your right hand from your left?  This will be a fun story.  As your mother or father reads this story out loud there is something you will have to do!

leftt hand

right hand

Every time you hear the word THIS raise your RIGHT hand and every time you hear THAT raise your LEFT hand.  Every time you hear the word KING raise both hands and say "OH MY".

king

                      
You've got it? Here is the story.  It goes like this. (right hand) tricky!!!

This is a story about a King, who wanted his people to learn to do things for themselves.  When a problem came up they always asked, "King, what should we do? "  The king was getting very  tied  of his people always asking questions and never doing anything for themselves, so he thought he would teach a lesson.

gold

The king called his most, trusted and special servant to his throne room and said, "Take this shovel and this bag of gold and dig a hole in the middle of the road. Then put this bag of gold  in that hole and cover that hole with a big stone.".  The servant left and dug a big hole as he was asked to do. He put that bag of gold into the hole and covered it with a big stone. He returned to the king and this is what the the king told him, "Now whoever removes that rock out of the middle of the road may keep the gold." 

Out of curiosity the king sat by his window watching the reaction of the people. First a man came by, ""What is that," he questioned to himself,  'what is this stone doing in the middle of the road?  It will block my vegetable cart when I go to the market.  I must go and tell the king.".   "This is just what I expected ,' said the king.'that man will NOT get the gold."


Later some teenagers came by and saw the stone in the middle of the road,"What a stupid place for a stone.  We had better go to tell the king."  This response sadden the king. He thought at least the young people would have thought for the safety of others, but they didn't. The king said, "The gold will not be theirs"

stone

Several days went by and the king was getting rather anxious, "Isn't there anyone in the my kingdom who can think for themselves?"  No one THOUGHT to remove the stone. Every time they ran to tell the king. So the king told his servant, "I will give this challenge one more day to see if there is anyone in this kingdom who will think for themselves." 


The very next day a young boy came down the road and saw the stone.  "What is this stone doing in the middle of the road?  That can be very dangerous. Someone might get hurt. I had better move this stone."  The young boy bent down, picked up the stone and noticed the bag of gold in the hole. He looked inside the bag and said,  "Oh no,this is gold!  I must return this gold to the king." The king saw the boy remove the stone and he was delighted, "At last I've found someone who can do this or that for himself!"

The young man and the king

The boy went to the king and told him his story, "Sir, this has to be your gold"  But the king interrupted him and said, "Son, you are the only one in my kingdom who removed that stone and this gold is your to keep." And that is the end of the story about that boy and that gold and this king.





  

Spoons

I would like to tell you about a birthday party that you will never forget. It is a short story but a fun one. Once there was a little boy Sammy, who didn't think anyone would remember his birthday. So he went to the store and bought for himself ice cream and a delicious chocolate cake, all with his own allowance.  Then he thought "How are we going to eat the ice cream. We will need spoons."  But what he didn't realize, was that the spoons he bought, all had VERY LONG handles.

On the day of the party when Sammy's mother brought out the cake, all the children sang happy birthday as Sammy blew out his candles.  Everything was going along very well UNTIL the ice cream come out. What a mess occurred! The children tried to eat the ice cream, but they couldn't get the ice cream into their mouths!! The children were getting very frustrated and cried out to Sammy, "Hey, Sammy, how do you expect us to eat the ice creams with these ridiculous spoons? 

Sammy was a little embarrassed.  He never thought that the spoons would be that much trouble. Sammy had to think quick and said, "If we pair up, we can feed each other."    

It was a brilliant idea and the children loved it. The long handles were no longer a problem because now they could reach each other's mouths.What fun it became. They laughed and laughed.  The boys got a little out of control intentionally missing the mouth. You can imagine the mess they caused, but it was a party and why not?

It was the most unforgettable birthday party the neighborhood children ever experienced. Sammy's long handle spoons became a new birthday tradition and Sammy knew exactly where to buy them.


P.S. Boys and girls,  I have to tell you that the only reason Sammy thought no one remembered his birthday was because, his mommy and daddy had planned a SURPRISE party and the neighborhood children were keeping it a secret.  That night when his parents tucked him in bed, they told him about the surprise party and his ONLY reply was, "Gee, and I spent all my allowance on myself!  But, I will never forget THIS birthday.!!"