Grd-2 MST - Being Fair & Helping Hands PDF
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This document contains two children's stories, "Being Fair" and "Helping Hands". The first story explores the concept of fairness through a discussion between farm animals and a farmer. The second story presents the theme of helping others by demonstrating how a bee helps an ant. It follows a fable with simple vocabulary. The stories are likely to be part of a Grade 2 elementary school curriculum.
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# Being Fair Once upon a tale... * **Background:** A barn * **Characters:** Farmer, Cow, Hen, Sheep, Donkey, Ox, Dog, Cat (All the farm animals fix a meeting with the farmer) * **Farmer:** What is the matter? Why have you called me for a meeting? * **Cow:** Sir, my shed is very dark. I feel scar...
# Being Fair Once upon a tale... * **Background:** A barn * **Characters:** Farmer, Cow, Hen, Sheep, Donkey, Ox, Dog, Cat (All the farm animals fix a meeting with the farmer) * **Farmer:** What is the matter? Why have you called me for a meeting? * **Cow:** Sir, my shed is very dark. I feel scared at night. You have not been fair to me. * **Hen:** I do not have enough food to eat. It is not fair. * **Sheep:** We want to play in the grass every evening. But you do not allow us. That's not fair. * **Donkey:** The chicks make so much of noise. I cannot sleep. Is that fair? * **Ox:** I have to do more work than others. Not fair! * **Dog:** You hit me with a stick. You are bad and unjust to me. * **Cat:** I have fleas. You do not give me a bath every week. Are you fair to me? * **Farmer:** I am very sorry. I will try to be fair and good to all of you. ## Questions: 1. Why had the animals called the farmer for a meeting? 2. What was the cow's complaint? 3. Why was the hen angry? 4. What did the sheep find unfair? 5. What did the farmer say in the end? 6. What do you think will happen if the farmer does not care about the complaints of the animals? # Helping Hands Once upon a tale... Once there was a black ant. She toiled day and night to find food. One day, she found a grain of wheat. She tried to lift the grain. "Oof! This grain is very heavy," said the ant aloud. She pushed and pulled it but the grain of wheat did not budge from its place. "I need help," declared the ant. A grasshopper was passing by. "Please Miss Grasshopper, will you help me carry this grain of wheat till the anthill?” asked the ant. “I have my own work to do," said the grasshopper. The little ant then asked a spider for help. The spider was in a lazy mood. "I am resting in my web. Why don't you ask the dragonfly? He is a good friend of yours. He will help you." But the dragonfly was away to another garden and so was the cricket. The little ant began to cry, "My little babies must be hungry. No one is ready to help me carry this grain of wheat. Oh! What do I do?" A little bee that was flitting from flower to flower in search of nectar felt sorry for the ant. He asked the other bees to do his work. "While my friends do my work, I will go and help the ant,” he thought. The bee went and offered help. Together the ant and the bee rolled the grain upto the ant's hill. The ant was thankful to the bee. "Thank you," she waved. The bee smiled humbly and went back to his friends. ## Questions 1. Why did the ant need help? 2. Who refused to help the ant? 3. Why was the ant worried? 4. Who came forward to help the ant? 5. Do you also leave your own work to help your friends and other people?
