🌳 Moral Story 12: The Dove and the Ant
SCC1970`s Moral English Stories| A thirsty ant went to a pond to drink water. While drinking, she slipped and fell into the rushing water. "Help! Help!" the ant cried. She was drowning. A dove was sitting on a tree branch nearby. He saw the poor ant in trouble. Quickly, the dove plucked a large leaf and dropped it into the pond near the ant. The ant climbed onto the leaf. The leaf floated safely to the bank, and the ant climbed out. "Thank you, kind dove," said the ant. "I will help you one day." A few days later, a hunter came. He saw the dove and aimed his gun. The ant saw this. She quickly crawled inside the hunter's shoe and bit his heel. "Ouch!" the hunter yelled and missed his aim. The dove heard the noise and flew away to safety. Both were now safe and happy. Moral: Any act of kindness, no matter how small, is never wasted. ...