Let’s hear a tale about BEING HAPPY together. A group of highly established alumni got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation among them soon turned into complaints about their stressful work and life. The professor went to his kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups, including porcelain,…
Let’s hear a tale about the SENSE OF CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY together. On a warm summer at a beautiful beach, a little boy on his knees scoops and packs the sand with plastic shovels into a bucket. He upends the bucket on the surface and lifts it. And, to the delight of the little architect, a castle…
Let’s hear a tale about THE “LONGEST” STORY together. Once upon a time, there lived a chief who liked to listen to stories. And he knew so many stories that sometimes he stopped the storyteller and finished the story himself.One day the chief sent his servants everywhere to find a good storyteller.“Our Chief will give many…
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Let’s hear a tale about BRAVERY together. People have told stories about Robin Hood for more than 700 years. Nobody knows if he was a real person or an invented character. In the legends, Robin was extremely intelligent and had a playful sense of humor. He loved playing tricks on people.‘Pick a card, any card!’The stories…
Let’s hear a tale about COURAGE together. Have you heard of Boudica? She was the queen of the Iceni, a tribe of people who lived in eastern England, in Britain, for almost 2,000 years ago.Boudica was tall, with very long red hair, and wore a gold necklace and a beautiful brooch. She was very intelligent and had…
Let’s hear a tale about LISTENING TO OUR HEARTS together. A successful young executive was riding his brand new Jaguar down a neighborhood street when he noticed a kid darting out from between parked cars. He slowed down a little bit as he appeared near it, and a brick smashed into his car’s door. He slammed on…
Let’s hear a tale about GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY together. Long, long ago there lived an old woman who sold the best soup in the market. It was chicken soup.Nobody knew the old woman’s name. Nobody knew where she lived. Nobody knew why her soup was always the best in the market and why it was so hot….
Let’s hear a tale about THE IMPORTANCE OF CURIOSITY AND OPEN-MINDEDNESS together. Have you read The Tale of Peter Rabbit? It’s a very famous children’sbook, written by Beatrix Potter.Beatrix was born in 1866. She and her brother kept many small animals as pets – rabbits, hedgehogs, guinea pigs, mice, frogs, and even bats! They both liked to…
Let’s hear a tale about ELIZABETH I together. Elizabeth was born nearly 500 years ago, in 1533. Her father, King Henry VIII had six wives. When Elizabeth was two, her father ordered her mother’s execution.“Off with her head!“Elizabeth was very clever, but she had a difficult childhood with her bad-tempered father and so many stepmothers. She was…
Let’s hear a tale about A VALUED CHARACTER together. There was once a man who had four young sons.Wanting to teach them about the dangers of judging things too rapidly, he decided to send each of them on a journey, one after the other, to a distant pear tree.Each son when in a different season, the…
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