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The lesson learned from a story

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What is the THEME of this story: Once a cat was in a hurry. She ran across the street without looking. She narrowly escaped being hit by a car.

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Look both ways before crossing the street.

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What is the THEME of this story: Long ago a beautiful princess had all beautiful expensive dresses. She bragged about them all the time. The other maidens got so tired of hearing about it that they stopped being friends with her.

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Don't brag; be modest.

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What is the THEME of this story: Once there was a young boy and an old man. The young boy laughed at the tired, slow old man. Then the young boy needed to interview a veteran for a school project. The old man was very helpful and the boy got an A+ on his paper. The boy felt bad about laughing earlier.

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Respect your elders.

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What is the THEME of this story: A long time ago there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. He wished everything he touched turned into gold. A fairy made this wish come true. Then anything he tried to eat turned into gold, so he starved to death.

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Don't be greedy.

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What is the THEME of this story: There were once some hardworking ants and a grasshopper who hated to work. The ants gathered food all spring while the grasshopper played. When winter came, the ants had enough food, but the grasshopper had nothing to eat. Since the ants had no extra food to give, the grasshopper starved.

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Don't be lazy.

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What is the THEME of this story: There once was an ugly duckling. The other ducks laughed at her, and she felt ashamed. However, as she developed, they saw that she was not a duck at all. She was actually a swan, and she was beautiful.

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We all are capable of improvement.

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What is the THEME of this story: Once a frog jumped off an embankment into what he assumed was a pond. Unfortunately it was not a pond; it was just a ditch. There was a raccoon in the ditch that ate him.

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Look before you leap.

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What is the THEME of this story: A lion was about to eat a mouse, when the mouse pleaded, "Let me go, and someday I may help you." Laughing, the lion let the mouse go. Later, hunters caught the lion in a trap. The mouse, seeing what happened, came to chew the ropes that bound the lion. The lion escaped.

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Help others because what goes around comes around.

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What is the THEME of this story: There was once a tiny fish that was tired of being in the school of fish all the time. He picked a fight with a couple of the other fish, and said "I don't need you; I'm leaving." So he swam away, without the protection of the group, and was soon eaten by a bigger fish.

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United we stand, divided we fall.