|
Then all of a sudden,she broke into tears. One of her friends said," There is no use crying. Go home and get rid of your son before it's too late." Belinda gave her friends one last look and left. But when she reached home,she had another shock. She saw Andy sitting down in corner and crying. Belinda noticed that there was blood here and there on Andy's body. Bloody Andy. She asked anxiously," What's the matter? What happened to you? " Andy took quite a while to answer. Then he stopped crying and explained. " I went to play with the others. But the others did not want to play with me. In fact,the attacked me. They said that I will bring bad luck to them," said Andy. When Belinda heard this,she could not control her anger. She said ," Don't believe them,Andy. You are not going to bring bad luck." Andy said," The said i have to go away from the village. Is that true,Mother?" Belinda cried when she heard this. Things became worse for Andy. His two brothers refused to talk to him. They thought Andy would really bring bad luck. They told Belinda ," Mother,you must send him away before he brings bad luck to us." Belinda gave both of them a good scolding. The next day,the whole village panicked. Two hunters with rifles had come to kill the ostriches. The ostriches came to know about this. So they fled from their homes. But the hunters kept following them. Everybody ran where Max,the leader, took theme. Belinda and her family ran there too. The hunters fired a few shots. But luckily,the shots missed. The ostriches found themselves running into a pong. They had nowhere else to run. Soon all the ostriches were in the pond. They found that the could not run anymore. They walked deeper and deeper into the pond. The managed to keep their heads above the water. But this was not the case with Andy. He stopped walking when his head was just touching the water. The hunters started walking into the pond. They wanted to get as close as possible to the ostriches. In their hurry,they did not see Andy at the edge of the Pond. Andy quickly hid his head under the water. He held his breath. Then he saw the first hunter's legs moving towards him. He gave the hunter's right leg a hard peck. Then hunter cried," Ouch!" Then a few seconds later,he gave the second hunter's legs a hard peck. The hunters stopped aiming their rifles at the ostriches. The first hunter said to the other,"Something is in the pond. It is biting us." "Yes," said the other. Andy gave theme a few more hard pecks. The hunters grew uneasy. "I think this pond is haunted. There is an evil spirit down there," said the first hunter. " Yes, " said the second hunter. "Let's get out before it kills us." The hunters left the pond. Soon they were out of sight. Andy came out of the pond. All the other ostriches came rushing towards him. They praised and thanked him for his cleverness and bravery. Max said," You have save our live. We are sorry for what we have done to you. We have learnt a lesson. We will never underestimate anyone again." Andy smiled humbly. And of course Belinda was proud of her son. Moral Value:Dont judge a book by its cover. Do not judge, and you will not be judged, because the judgements you give, are the judgements you will get, and the standard you use, will be the standard used for you. (Matthew 7:1-2)  Leave a comment? // 0 Comment(s) |
|
|
