There is a story about my childhood that I would like to share with you as it gives motivation to children and can improve the self-confidence of grown ups.

       Once upon a time there was a beautiful forest and in that forest there was a small pond with full of green plants. The pond was very beautiful with flowers and green plants and due to that reason lot of animals use to come to the pond for water and fairies use to visit the pond for their entertainment.

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One day when a fairy was taking bath in the pond she heard the roars of the animals near the tree. As the shouts came louder, fairy came out of the pond and came to know that all the animals were joking on a little ant and telling that it was very small and useless. They all were powerful and it cannot do any thing compared to them. So, it has to seat behind all of them and not in the first row.

     The ant was crying as all animals were ignoring her. She was upset. Ferries asked the ant why were you crying? The ant replied, ” All my friends believe that I am poor and useless and so I have become alone. What should I do?” The fairy made the ant calm and told all the animals ” the forest is your house and you are all family members of this forest. All of you should live as friends and every one has his own importance and strength to do, no one is useless. Give respect to all as even a small person can show his capacity when real time comes. There is no matter if the ant is small, she also may be useful in difficulty” Then the fairy went her home. All animals had to give little respect to the ant forcefully.

   After few days, a magician and his assistant came to the forest and seat near the pond. They saw lot of animals in the forest and got an idea. The magician wanted to give tribute of 100 animals to his God. The magician thought that he could kill 100 animals easily because many animals were living near pond. He planed to set net near pond to hunt animals tomorrow.