13 STORIES FOR CHILDREN

bled with intense happiness. He felt he would die if he did not sing, and he realized he could never be a business-bird collecting money. Right then and there he sang for the trees, the water, the sun, and the flowers without demanding any payment.

The Elderly Lion

The lion woke up to a screech from his neighbor, the owl. Annoyed and angry, the lion wrinkled his forehead and hollered at the owl: “Quit screeching.” The owl said: “You will die someday soon. You are so old now. You will die and leave this beautiful jungle behind.”

The lion looked around to find the sky blue and clear, the

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