Mirror Image

Mirror Image

Bruno and Timmy were two pups. One day, Bruno and Timmy found a yellow ball. Each tried to catch it in his mouth, but the ball kept slipping out. Bruno and Timmy played with the ball every day. They would run after it and kick it and the ball would roll far away. One evening, it rolled into a strange-looking house.

The pups had heard that the house was full of mirrors, but they did not know what a mirror was or what it looked like. Bruno was scared to enter the house and stood outside. Timmy ran into the house and to his surprise, found many pups inside. All of them looked just like him - black and white, with short tails.

"They want to take my ball from me," thought Timmy.

He barked at the pups. The pups barked back at him. Timmy said to himself, "These dogs have no manners. They bark so rudely. And their angry eyes and bared teeth make them seem like monsters."

"Grrrrr," went Timmy.

The pups growled too. Timmy ran towards the pups. "Wow...bow...bow", he snapped. He ran from one mirror to the other, kicking the pups. In his fury, he banged his head against a mirror. "Ouch, he cried and sat down.

Bruno, who was waiting outside, heard the loud noises. He was excited. He went into the mirror house, wagging his tail. Inside, he was surprised and delighted to find many pups just like him. All of them were wagging their tails and smiling at him.

"All these dogs want to be my friends, " thought Bruno.

"Let me search for the ball. Then Timmy and I can play with these new friends," thought Bruno.

He searched carefully until he found the yellow ball. "Found it, found it," barked Bruno happily. All the pups barked happily too.

Timmy told Bruno, "It's time to go home." Bruno said to the pups, "But we shall come back tomorrow to play with you."

Moral of the story :

Getting angry makes us behave badly.

We may lose our friends, if we get angry often.

When we get angry, we cannot think clearly.

When we are angry we say rude things to people.

Next time when you are angry try doing one of these :
Count slowly from one to ten.

Take ten deep breaths.

Walk away and sit alone for five minutes.

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