We often wish to recount entertaining stories to our little children before they sleep. Below we present you enjoyable stories that contain wonderful values children will acquire.
An Active Hen
One day, there was a hen with a beautiful and very lovely appearance living on one of the animal farms. One day, the hen was walking among plants and flowers in the adjacent garden when she noticed some wheat stalks along her path. She immediately gathered the wheat grains quickly and returned once more to the farm at speed.
When the hen returned to the farm, she went to her animal friends and offered to help them so they could plant together the wheat stalks she had gathered from the garden. But all the animals mocked the hen, left her alone, and walked away. The hen was sad but insisted on planting the wheat stalks alone. She experienced fatigue and sorrow as she planted the stalks alone, yet she never despaired and kept striving until she finally finished planting all the wheat stalks.
The beautiful hen didn’t stop there; every day she would go to check on the wheat stalks and care for them well. The wheat grains began growing day after day until finally the harvest day arrived. The hen came asking her bird friends and other animals to help her harvest the wheat, but they refused again this time too. Despite her sadness at their refusal, the hen didn’t despair.
She immediately harvested the wheat without anyone’s help, then went to them after finishing the harvest and asked them to help her carry the wheat to the mill to obtain flour. Of course they refused, so the hen decided to carry the wheat to the mill alone, going and returning until she brought the flour and took it to the baker, who made delicious bread from it.
She returned happy and overjoyed, having worked very hard but in the end obtaining what she wanted. Even though no one agreed to help her, she finally got what she wanted and achieved what she had wished for. She returned to the farm happy and proud of herself, happiness filling her heart, feeling intense pride and increased confidence in herself, and she praised her Lord greatly.
When the other animals and birds saw the bread the hen brought, they were amazed and each hurried to offer help carrying the bread so they could all eat from it - it was abundant and delicious. But when they approached the hen and made this offer, she refused, and strongly so, because she had often offered them help so they could enjoy that good-tasting bread in the end, but they refused and left her alone when she needed them most.
She had planted alone, harvested alone, carried the crop alone, and made bread from it. Now that everything was ready, they wanted to share in the food. No, and a thousand no. This is the condition of many these days - many, except those God has had mercy on, want everything without effort, even if it’s at others’ expense.