There was a boy named John and he was very sad. His father found him crying.
When his father asked John why he was crying, he said that he had too many problems in his life. His father just smiled and asked her to bring him a potato, an egg and some coffee beans. He put them in three bowls.
He then asked John to feel their texture and then instructed him to fill each bowl with water.
John did as he was told. His father boiled all the three bowls. English short story | An old man –
Once the bowls had cooled, John’s father asked him to feel the texture of the different foods again. Foolish Donkey | English bedtime story
John noticed that the potato had become soft and its skin peeled off easily; The egg had become hard and tough; Whereas the coffee beans had completely transformed and filled the bowl of water with aroma and taste.
Moral
This story teaches us that there will always be problems and pressures in life, like boiling water in a story. How you react to these problems is what matters most!
