Story with Moral Lessons

1. A group of
animals started a
school. Each was
going to know
nothing about.

2. So, the duck, an excellent
swimmer, took up running.

3. Well, try as it might, it remained a
poor runner… and in the meantime
became second class in swimming.

4. The dog was
good runner, but
it broke its leg
trying to fly.

5. The owl was
natural at flying
but almost
drowned trying to
swim.

6. At the end of all these special
courses, none of the animals was
good at anything.

7. The moral of the story is:

8. Be what you are. Don’t try being
what you are not; for if you aren’t
what you are, what are you?

9. BE YOURSELF!
Reference: The Next 500 Stories by Frank Mihalic, SVD