In the house of one of the farmers, a group of small dogs was living with their mother. One time, the farmer wanted to sell them, so he placed on the wall of his house a board written on it: There are dogs here for sale. One day, this board fell, so the farmer went to fix it. While he was like this, he felt the touch of a small hand pulling from his clothes. He opened to find a small child.
He said to him: What do you want, oh little one? The child answered: I want to buy a dog. The farmer said to him: Well, oh boy, but these dogs are very expensive because they came from a distinguished lineage of dogs. The boy thought with his head for a while, then reached into his lower pocket and brought out some metal coins and gave them to the farmer, saying to him: I have only 50 cents. Is this enough to buy a dog?
The farmer smiled and said to him: Yes, oh little one. Then the farmer let out a call with which he called his dogs. The dog came out with her four puppies from the dog house. The boy was extremely happy with the beauty of these dogs. But suddenly, the boy noticed something small moving with difficulty from the dog house. It was a small puppy that had some disability, trying to get out quickly with its back legs.
When the boy saw him, he pointed to him, saying: I want that puppy. But the farmer said to him: I do not think you truly want that one. This puppy will not be able to play or run with you like the other dogs. After hearing what the farmer had said, the boy took a step toward the mother dog to lean on the door, then began to raise the leg of his pants to show a disability he had tied with a band.
For the child himself had a disability in one of his legs. Then the small child said to the farmer: My lord, I myself cannot play or run well. This puppy resembles me, and he will not need a person who understands him and realizes what he is in.
Moral Value Learned: Each one of us has his own special quality. If we can accept the quality of some of us with kindness, we will be able to benefit from their quality and transform it into a source of strength and success.
The story is translated from: Puppies for Sale