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The Dog and His Bone [A version of the tale by TheFableCottage.com] A dog is walking down the street when he sees a bone in a trash can.
A greedy dog loses his bone after chasing his reflection, teaching a lesson about being content with what you have.
Key Takeaways
- Be happy with what you have.
- Greed can lead to losing everything.
- Appearances can be deceiving.
- Impulsive actions driven by jealousy can have negative consequences.
Summary
- A dog finds a bone in a trash can and happily takes it home.
- While crossing a bridge, he sees another dog with a bigger bone in the water.
- The dog becomes jealous and decides to steal the bigger bone.
- He jumps into the water but realizes the other dog was just his reflection.
- In the process, he loses his own bone which sinks to the bottom.
- The dog ends up wet, cold, and without any bone.
- The story concludes with a moral about the dangers of greed.
- The dog’s greed causes him to lose everything he had.
- The tale is narrated in US English with clear, simple language.
- It is a classic fable emphasizing contentment and gratitude.
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“A bone! Yippee! How lucky for me!” he thinks. He grabs the bone and happily runs home.
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He runs past the train station and the school. He runs through the park. He runs onto a bridge.
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On the bridge, the dog looks down into the deep, still water below. There, he sees another dog with a bone in its mouth.
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“Who is that dog?” he wonders. "What is he doing down there?" The dog stares at the other dog.
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The other dog stares back. “Where did that dog get such a BIG bone?” the dog wonders.
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"Why is his bone bigger than mine?" The dog growls at the other dog. The other dog growls too.
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“I want that big bone!” he thinks. The greedy dog decides to steal the other dog's bone.
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He leaps off the bridge and into the water. Splash! But as soon as he hits the water, the other dog disappears.
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There was never any other dog. It was just his own reflection! The water is very deep, and the dog is surprised.
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“Woof woof woof! Help!” he barks. And when he barks, his bone drops from his mouth — and sinks to the bottom of the water.
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The dog swims to shore. He is wet and cold, and now he has no bone at all.
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Moral: Be happy with what you have. If you're greedy, you might lose everything.
Topics:dog and his bonefablemoral storygreedcontentmentTheFableCottagechildren's storyUS English accentreflectionlife lesson
